Veg Guide
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Grow your own: Asparagus
Asparagus is one of the few perennial vegetables (those which come up year after year) and is one of the most highly prized –a true delicacy.
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Grow your own: Beetroot
This is aroot vegetable that you either love or hate but it is unique in its colouring and flavour. It is a more popular vegetable in Eastern Europe and the States where it is used more in hot dishes.
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Grow your own: Broad beans
This is a great crop for sowing in spring but also autumn to get some delicious beans in June when there is not much else in the veg garden.
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Grow your own: Broccoli
Broccoli is a highly nutritious vegetable that is a must for the veg patch. You will really notice the difference in flavour of your own grown broccoli and, being so fresh, it will contain even more vitamins and health giving…
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Grow your own: Brussels Sprouts
The Brussels sprout is a much-maligned veg probably due because of childhood experiences of eating it overcooked. However, when fresh and picked small straight from the plot, then boiled lightly, this is a truly delicious veg.
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Grow your own: Cabbage
This is another crop that has suffered the same prejudice as the Brussels sprout, again probably due to being served overcooked.
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Grow your own: Chicory
Chicory is a popular Italian salad crop but they have never really taken off here. One reason could be their slightly bitter taste, but they should be more widely grown for the zing they can add to salads.
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Grow your own: Cucumbers
The traditional long, smooth cucumbers need to be grown in awarm, almost hot, humid atmosphere so require greenhouse or polytunnel conditions.
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Grow your own: French beans
This vegetable is a great choice for new comers to veg growing and especially good for those with little space. Just one plant will produce many beans over along period so a whole row will keep a family in beans…
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Grow your own: Garlic
It’s either loved or hated but whatever your view garlic is certainly popular… and until you have tasted your own grown you won’t believe that it can be so much better than shop bought.
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Grow your own: Kale
Kale or borecole is one of the best winter greens you can grow and just packed with health-giving nutrients.
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Grow your own: Leeks
Leeks have to be king of the winter vegetables and probably the most popular to grow and eat at this season of the year. It is also the easiest of the onion family to grow and generally undemanding.
