Home Grow Veg !

[HOBIE]

Out in the garden this morning & got a dish full of small toms. taste spot on 😉

 

[Matt Cycle]

Someone from work gave me a tomato plant and so far this summer I've had a few off it. Still lots on there, just hoping and waiting for them to ripen. 🙂

 

[weecee]

Hepato If you could manage a pot or a shopping bag you could grow potatoes or salads and enjoy them that way. A friend said she had nowhere to garden so I did a shopping bag with potatoes in it that she had by her door, fab spuds and no space reqd. Also not too cumbersome to manage if you can't get around easily. Salads grow in a pot on a windowsill or a table and herbs like chives and basil do too. One pot growing something will make you feel good. No major bending and lifting needed either. Good luck.

 

[HOBIE]

I just eat them off the plantweecee. 😉

 

[weecee]

The best way Hobie, especially for berries or fresh peas.

 

[eggyg]

We have grown veg this year, have a glut of chard which I don’t really know what to do with. Purple carrots, yellow courgettes, rhubarb, strawberries, spring onions, parsnips ( not ready yet) and tomatoes which are still green! Next year we are going to get into it a bit more and are planning new raised beds. There isn’t anything better than just popping out to the garden to pick your spoils.

 

[weecee]

We have grown veg this year, have a glut of chard which I don’t really know what to do with. Purple carrots, yellow courgettes, rhubarb, strawberries, spring onions, parsnips ( not ready yet) and tomatoes which are still green! Next year we are going to get into it a bit more and are planning new raised beds. There isn’t anything better than just popping out to the garden to pick your spoils.

Chard can be frozen, just a quick blanch first. Also good for stuffing like vine leaves. Chopped up can be added to salads, or finely chopped added to cous cous. Throw it into an omelette, or cooked leftover chard can be added to savoury scones or muffins. Instead of spinach you can have it on an English muffin with egg on top. Very good for you and full of iron.

 

[Cinnamon]

Just grown herbs this year ... lovely to snip them and put them in foods. Also sprig of mint in my ice cold water, very refreshing.

 

[HOBIE]

Been at the Toms today & Strawberry plants are flowering again, 🙂

 

[mikeyB]

I now live in a flat, but I’ve got pots of basil, flat leaf parsley and thyme. I’ve also got a pomegranate bush on the balcony. First year, so nothing doing. Another summer like the one we had should get things going. (Tolerates frost to -10C).

It’s not ecomically worthwhile growing stuff in a limited space such as spuds, when they are so cheap in the shops. I’ll be getting trailing strawberries for the balcony next year.

 

[HOBIE]

Had some very nice toms yesterday. Keeps you fit looking after them too.

 

[HOBIE]

Outside in garden. Toms still on go 😎

 

[MrsPeel]

we had an amazing garden in our house in Brazil, fruits, vegs, roots, here we have communal gardens and we have a small balcony, when I was still more mobile we grew some stuff and we love plants too so the balcony and the place inside was full of green... then when my mobility got worse things died, I spent a long time bed bound....was lucky that my carer at the time had an allotment and kept bringing amazing stuff!
I have started being able to move a bit more and already we are growing herbs again, we did grow potatoes inside our larder, but on that I have to agree with @mikeyB ...cheaper at Morrisons/Tesco/Asda....

Now I'm very excited to read this thread!!! Thanks everyone, I didn't think we could grow much here....thank you especially @Barbie1 & @weecee for all the info!! we LOVE figs and they are so expensive in the supermarkets! and strawberries...I have to try them!!!

 

[HOBIE]

We should all move to Brazil Mrs Peel ? Sounds good. Took the last of my Toms off plants yesterday but cauliflowers look good and will get some cheese mix. 😉

 

[Seabreeze]

Having grown veggies in potato growing bags - potatoes, beans, peas and then tomatoes and spring onions in pots, I have taken the leap and had a vegetable garden dug for me, so excited!
I have got a row of garlic, two rows of onions, winter lettuce and spring cabbages planted, the rest is just dug over for the frost to do its job.
In a tired flower bed I have some potatoes - Christmas new potatoes growing to cleanse the soil.

Currently harvesting black cherry tomatoes - delicious and autumn raspberries - yum.
Just finished our summer potatoes, but there are some great farms around with delicious potatoes. (I am not diabetic, my mum is and I put more veg than potatoes on the plate).

the eating and cooking apples are all in now and the plum tree will fruit next year, it only fruits every other year. Happy that I've discovered about tree grease and tree wash, no nasties in the apples this year!

It's great to be able to pick from the garden and cook for the plate, it tastes so much better and I am really excited about the veg plot next year, will have to start planning it out next couple of months.

 

[weecee]

Try growing a golden yellow autumn raspberry . I think it is something like Autumn Gold or Falls Gold. Beautiful sweet golden raspberries. Yummmm

 

[HOBIE]

Still have some Toms. Makes you feel better 🙂

 

[HOBIE]

Home grow tastes better 😉

 

[HOBIE]

Have finished sugar-snap peas, nearly finished strawberries, cauliflowers nearly ready. Its Tomato time 😉

Getting some supplies in this weekend. Seeds etc 🙂

 

[SkinnyLiz]

I now live in a flat, but I’ve got pots of basil, flat leaf parsley and thyme. I’ve also got a pomegranate bush on the balcony. First year, so nothing doing. Another summer like the one we had should get things going. (Tolerates frost to -10C).

It’s not ecomically worthwhile growing stuff in a limited space such as spuds, when they are so cheap in the shops. I’ll be getting trailing strawberries for the balcony next year.

try growing mangetout, or french beans, those dont need a lot of space and can be quite pricey to buy in the shops.
edited to add:
They also do quite well in pots.