Dreams of Vegetables…
One of the things we’re most looking forward to when we finally move home and get ourselves sorted out is a big vegetable garden. Of course we could be putting out of our minds all the hard work of creating then maintaining the garden, but the thought of being able to grab nice fresh veges keeps us positive.
So far we’ve decided we want to grow at least the following veges:
- Aubergines
- Beans. But never broad beans. Yuck!
- Beetroot
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Capsicums
- Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Celeriac
- Celery
- Chicory
- Chillies (of course!)
- Corn
- Courgette
- Cucumber
- Garlic
- Kale
- Kohlrabi
- Leeks
- Lettuce of various types
- Onions of various types
- Pak Choi
- Parsnip
- Peas
- Potato
- Pumpkin
- Radish
- Red Onions
- Rocket
- Shallots
- Spinach
- Spring Onions
- Squash
- Sweet Potato
- Tomatillos
- Tomatoes
- Turnips
- Watermelon
There’s no doubt a few that we’ve forgotten too.
A spreadsheet has been created to keep track of when to plant things, how long they take to grow etc. Now we just have to work out how much space all of that is going to take up! I suspect it’ll be quite a bit. And some of it might require a bit of help from a greenhouse etc, but I’m sure we’ll be able to find space for one of them too.
If we overdo it and end up with too much produce, I’m sure our friends and families will be happy to take some off our hands… They might have to pay us back by doing some weeding though.
Next list is plants for the herb garden, but I suspect that will be easy. Absolutely all of them, unless they won’t cope with the weather…