I am just starting out planning for spring, as to what we will get and what will go where. What would you all say are the best crops to grow, the easiest to store and preserve?
Kelly
just starting out...what's the best to plant?
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barefootmamax4
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Paddy's mum
- Barbara Good
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Good morning and welcome to the site.
The best advice given to me about growing your own fruit and veg, is to grow only what you and your family like to eat. There is no point in spending money, effort and time to produce something that nobody will touch! It sounds so obvious but it never fails to amaze me when keen growing friends give me, say, rhubarb and then tell me they have it available because nobody in their house will eat it!
If space is limited, don't grow what is easily available elsewhere, probably considerably cheaper than you can produce it for (eg potatoes). We are surrounded by acres of cabbages, brussels sprouts and other brassicas, so we wouldn't grow any of those ourselves.
Most people seem keen on growing those things that are expensive to buy, have a short season, and that taste so much better when just cut. Raspberries, new potatoes, sweetcorn, strawberries, seem to top the list. I normally grow a reasonable amount of lettuce/salad leaves, and nothing tops the taste of mini tomatoes, still warm from the sun, and travelling no more air miles than from the vine to my mouth!
Perhaps talk to someone near you who grows their own food and pick their brains on what grows best in your location. Hope this helps.
The best advice given to me about growing your own fruit and veg, is to grow only what you and your family like to eat. There is no point in spending money, effort and time to produce something that nobody will touch! It sounds so obvious but it never fails to amaze me when keen growing friends give me, say, rhubarb and then tell me they have it available because nobody in their house will eat it!
If space is limited, don't grow what is easily available elsewhere, probably considerably cheaper than you can produce it for (eg potatoes). We are surrounded by acres of cabbages, brussels sprouts and other brassicas, so we wouldn't grow any of those ourselves.
Most people seem keen on growing those things that are expensive to buy, have a short season, and that taste so much better when just cut. Raspberries, new potatoes, sweetcorn, strawberries, seem to top the list. I normally grow a reasonable amount of lettuce/salad leaves, and nothing tops the taste of mini tomatoes, still warm from the sun, and travelling no more air miles than from the vine to my mouth!
Perhaps talk to someone near you who grows their own food and pick their brains on what grows best in your location. Hope this helps.
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supersprout
- Tom Good
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Great advice, thank youPaddy's mum wrote: The best advice given to me about growing your own fruit and veg, is to grow only what you and your family like to eat. There is no point in spending money, effort and time to produce something that nobody will touch! It sounds so obvious but it never fails to amaze me when keen growing friends give me, say, rhubarb and then tell me they have it available because nobody in their house will eat it!
If space is limited, don't grow what is easily available elsewhere, probably considerably cheaper than you can produce it for (eg potatoes). We are surrounded by acres of cabbages, brussels sprouts and other brassicas, so we wouldn't grow any of those ourselves.
Most people seem keen on growing those things that are expensive to buy, have a short season, and that taste so much better when just cut. Raspberries, new potatoes, sweetcorn, strawberries, seem to top the list. I normally grow a reasonable amount of lettuce/salad leaves, and nothing tops the taste of mini tomatoes, still warm from the sun, and travelling no more air miles than from the vine to my mouth!
Perhaps talk to someone near you who grows their own food and pick their brains on what grows best in your location. Hope this helps.
I am getting the whole family involved at seed buying stage this year
I'd add asparagus and globe artichokes - got 69 in, will increast to 100 plants. I want to make those artichokes pickled in oil, they get eaten in spades in our house. Anyone got a recipe?
