The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Growing => Vegetables => Topic started by: waterbuffalofarmer on November 21, 2017, 12:40:58 pm
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As the title suggests... I have decided to keep things in the garden simple for next year, as we will be extremely busy :)
Growing...
Runner beans
Courgettes
Squash
Tomatoes (cherry and normal)
Basil
Climbing and dwarf french beans
Cucumbers
Think I'll leave out peppers or just grow chili ones.
Can anyone recommend any varieties that would suit for easy growth/management?
Runner beans "scarlet emporer"
Toms (tumbling Tom red and moneymaker)
These are the usual I use, they'll stay as I trust them and they are good to grow.
Any other recommendations? :)
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If you like beans for winter stews or bean salads why not also grow borlotti beans, either dwarf or climbing (I prefer to grow the climbing varieties). You can just leave them to their own devices and pick the pods at the end of the season to dry off.
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I now grow polestar runner beans as they're a stringless variety and have been consistent here mid wales.
I've also reduced the number of veggies i grow but wouldn't be without sweetcorn and leeks and curly kale
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I grow for veg boxes and grow several varieties side by side.
For ease of production I would recommend Real Seeds Chwrokee Trail of Tears as a french bean. A climber which is prolific and prosuce green beans but if left black beans for stews and chillis etc. So if you don’t pick them you don’t lose out.
Squash I found both Crown PrinceNd Thelma Saunders Sweet Potato squash, early and prolific. I also like Uchiki kuri.
I would also highly recomnend the tomato Ferline, surpasses most toms for taste with some blight resistance.
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I grow for veg boxes and grow several varieties side by side.
For ease of production I would recommend Real Seeds Chwrokee Trail of Tears as a french bean. A climber which is prolific and prosuce green beans but if left black beans for stews and chillis etc. So if you don’t pick them you don’t lose out.
Squash I found both Crown PrinceNd Thelma Saunders Sweet Potato squash, early and prolific. I also like Uchiki kuri.
I would also highly recomnend the tomato Ferline, surpasses most toms for taste with some blight resistance.
I've tried a lot of squashes I found crown Prince to be alright but uckiki kuri and blue Hubbard by far the best tasting.
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I grow for veg boxes and grow several varieties side by side.
For ease of production I would recommend Real Seeds Chwrokee Trail of Tears as a french bean. A climber which is prolific and prosuce green beans but if left black beans for stews and chillis etc. So if you don’t pick them you don’t lose out.
Squash I found both Crown PrinceNd Thelma Saunders Sweet Potato squash, early and prolific. I also like Uchiki kuri.
I would also highly recomnend the tomato Ferline, surpasses most toms for taste with some blight resistance.
Earlier this week I places 15 " long x 4 " dia tubes of old soil air vent pipe over 13 leeks to protect then from the harsh frosts & to blanch them it saves trenching & earthing them or putting paper collars round them.
The 13 leeks should see us OK for leeks over the next 12 weeks .