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(28-08-2024, 03:58 PM)Veggie Wrote: I've been "thinking" too. This year has been a disaster for me. Not sure why its gone so wrong as I haven't done anything different - so I'm going to blame the weather
My "essential" veg are toms, courgettes, cucs, beans and mangetout - plus lettuce, rocket and salad leaves. Rhubarb and fruit too.
Because the harvests have been poor, I have not had any surplus to worry about storing - either frozen, dehydrated or in preserves. In some ways this has been a relief.
I've been able to pick and eat fresh and have built my meals around whatever I can pick that day. I've liked that! Not worrying about fruit & veg going off because I've haven't got around to processing it for storage.
My aim for 2025 is to be able to pick (and eat) something every day even over winter. My 3 weekly sowing, growing plan that I've been trying out seems to suit me and I will continue with this.
I always say this but I'm not going to be tempted by growing anything that is doomed to failure - aubergines &, peppers for example. Brussels sprouts and brassicas that are in the ground for many months. The same with parsnips and swede.
I'm aiming for easy, reliable crops that are quick to mature.
Ditto, with the addition of the tenderstem broccoli, sweetcorn, kale and carrots. Subtraction of salad greens, they just don't get eaten here and more often than not run to seed. Fruit will have to look out for itself. One strawberry bed outside a cage is due to be dug up, I am not growing strawberries for mice and squirrels!
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