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If you grow your own vegetables, they are bound to be fresher than those you buy in the shops. And you may save money—a family of four could have saved around $ 70 last year by growing all their own vegetables. All of this, by doing something that many people regard as a healthy leisure activity.
Much of this report published here is based on the experiences of our members—nearly 1,500 filled in a mammoth (庞大的) questionnaire. We are very grateful indeed for the enthusiastic help the readers of this magazine gave us.
One thing is clear from members’ experience: growing vegetables can be hard work. Routine jobs like weeding (锄草) and clearing take up a lot of time, quite apart from the exhausting work of digging. However, nearly all our vegetable-growing members thought the results were definitely worth all the effort.
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Disadvantages: hard work and (5)