Free seeds worth pounds 18* for readers.

GROWING your own is fun and very rewarding. The quality and taste of home-grown vegetables is second to none and of course growing your own in your garden, allotment or window box will cut the cost of your food bill.

Today, with our recession busting offer, every reader can claim ten packets of vegetable seeds that have an RRP of pounds 18.20* (*for just pounds 1.99 to cover postage and packaging).

The vegetable selection will give you a wide range of tastes, shapes and colours and will provide you with an abundance of vegetables and herbs for healthy living.

Chilli Pepper Cayenne: Very high in vitamin A& C, they will add heat and colour to your cooking.

Coriander: Herb with a distinctive flavour, add to Indian dishes Chives: Mild onion flavour, lovely in soups, salads and sauces.

Sweet Basil: Every cook's companion. Many uses but particularly good with tomatoes.

Chantenay Carrot: A rich orange/red fleshed carrot with a crisp sweet flavour.

Tomato Gardeners Delight: A tasty sweet cherry tomato produced on long trusses, for the traditional kitchen.

Spring Onion: they can have a strong flavour and are commonly used in salads and stir fries.

Leek: Sturdy plants which have excellent winter hardiness. Ideal in casseroles and in white sauce.

Courgette: One of the easiest vegetables to grow. Slice thinly and eaten raw, cooked on a griddle, in a stir fry, or fried in a light batter as chips.

Additionally we've also lined up some brilliant low priced vegetable offers that you can take advantage of.

Offer 1 - All year round lettuce seed collection: Offer Price pounds 5.99.

Harlequin Mixed, Little Gem, Red Salad Bowl, Tom Thumb, Iceberg, All Year Round and Green Salad Bowl.

Offer 2 - Easy Sow Collection: Offer Price pounds 5.99. .

Spring Onion White Lisbon, Swiss Chard Yellow, Parsnip Hollow Crown, Radish Ilka, Sweet Corn Minipop and Beetroot Burpees Golden.

Offer 3 - Tasty Tomato Seed Collection: Offer Price pounds 5.99.

Beefsteak Costoluto Florentino, Garden Pearl, Gardener's Delight, Ilde and Sungold.

Offer 4 - Brassica Seed Collection: Offer Price pounds 5.99.

Brussel Sprout Red Ball, Cauliflower F1 Malvern, Broccoli

Purple Early Sprouting, Cabbage F1 Spring Hero, Cabbage Golden Acre and Cabbage Offenham.

Offer 5 - Vegetable Seed Collection: Offer Price pounds 5.99.

Artichoke Green Globe, Beetroot Detroit 2, Beetroot Chioggia, Calabrese Ramoso F1, Celery Golden Self Blanching and Courgette All Green Bush.

How to Claim Tick for Free Offer and include pounds 1.99 p& p, or enter the quantities you require on the order form. No stamps or cash please.

Fill in your name and address details and send to: Free Vegetable Seed Offer, Dept (Code to be added at proof stage), 22 Yew Tree Courtyard, Earl Soham, Woodbridge, IP13 7SG. Please make cheques/PO payable to: Cottage Garden Seeds and write your name and address on the back or complete your credit card details. Offer closes June 30 2009 and is open to UK residents only. Only one free application per person. Your contract of supply is with Cottage Garden Seeds.

Terms and conditions available on request. All offers are subject to availability. Please allow 28 days for delivery.

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The cream of the crop: Beetroot, tomatoes and cabbage.