'It satisfies a nurturing instinct': how lockdown has created a veg-growing revolution

New gardeners across UK hail mental health benefits as they get their hands dirty for the first time

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The lockdown has created a crop-growing revolution that enthusiasts say could transform how we think about nature, food security and our communities.

Growing vegetables has long been hailed as one of the most beneficial of pastimes and an initial run on vegetable seeds in the early days of the Covid-19 crisis has resulted in a bumper crop of early seedlings, which gardeners are sharing using social media and community groups to spread the good news about the “good life”.

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