I recently read a survey that claimed us Brits are getting into gardening by the age of 31, a whole 10 years earlier than generations before. I'm a good four years away from this age yet I must admit, of late I've developed a new found fondness for growing things.
With a nod to my greedy self, everything I've planted is edible.
I'm a complete novice in this area so would welcome tips from any green-fingered readers who have successfully grown fruit or vegetables before.
I'm not going to turn this into a gardening blog, so won't be constantly updating on the progress, however I'm sure you'll find a recipe or two using the produce from the garden here, if and when it happens.
I've planted carrots, courgettes and marrows in one bed and have another with spring onions, Mohawk sweet peppers and Scotch Bonnet chillies.
Separately I have a patch for spinach and lettuce, a tomato plant, a rhubarb plant and a flourishing blueberry and redcurrant plant.
I've been lovingly tending to some parsnip seeds I've planted too and am keeping my fingers crossed these are going to see it through to December and make an appearance on our Christmas lunch.
Finally I have an array of different herbs which are already making regular appearances in dishes and particularly salads - my first success.
So far the most exciting occurrence has been the Mohawk plant which has sprouted a little green pepper this week, with several buds which I'm hoping will follow suit shortly. The blueberry bush is already full of fruit too, it's just not quite ripe enough yet.
As I mentioned words of wisdom on growing fruit and vegetable are more than welcome - otherwise wish me luck!
There's nothing better than picking and cooking an ingredient that you've grown yourself, just keeping planting I say!
ReplyDeleteThank you - I have been enjoying just using the herbs, I can't wait for the fruit and vegetables to be ready to pick. The spinach is coming along nicely too now - see a nice variation of sald coming my way :-)
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