Perennial Plot Choices
| Standard | Other Options |
|---|---|
| Raspberry | Blackberry |
| Strawberry | Blackcurrant |
| Rhubarb | Redcurrant |
| Asparagus | Gooseberry |
These plots will be planted in Autumn 2009 and will take a couple of years to become established, so the yield may be smaller in the first year or two. You can -
- Leave out one of the standard plants
- Replace a standard plant with one of the options
- Add an option – reducing the area of the four standard plants
Vegetable Choices
| Vegetables for Autumn Planting | |
|---|---|
| Broad Beans | Broad beans are the first of the legumes to mature in the year, there’s nothing quite like the flavour of the first harvested beans, lightly steamed and eaten with a little butter and black pepper. |
| Broccoli | In recent years broccoli has had a resurgence in popularity – praised for its high vitamin content and anti-cancer agents. |
| Calabrese | The words ‘broccoli’ and ‘calabrese’ are different varieties of the same vegetable. In general terms, Calabrese produces green heads whereas Broccoli produces purple or white heads. |
| Chard | Swiss chard is a much underrated vegetable, now becoming more popular thanks to the varieties with brightly coloured leaf stalks. |
| Garlic | Garlic is now very popular – mainly due to the increased interest in Mediterranean-style cooking, but also because garlic is a very healthy vegetable to eat. |
| Onion Sets | Easy to grow with a long storage life. |
| Spinach | Spinach can be grown to produce a crop all year round, and at times when other greens might be in short supply. When prepared and cooked properly – pick and use fresh, steam rather than boil – it is a tasty, versatile vegetable. It can even be used raw in salads. |
| Spring Cabbage | Spring Cabbages are one of the most versatile crops when it comes to harvesting. They can produce early spring greens, fully hearted spring cabbage and then spring greens again. |
| Texel Greens | This unusual vegetable has become popular as a fast growing cut and come again salad crop. It has small delicious leaves that taste like a combination of spinach and cabbage, rich in vitamin C. The young tender leaves are ideal in salads or a stir fry. |
We are choosing vegetables that will give us the longest production cycle and continuity of supply. Therefore there may be things that you wouldn’t normally buy but we feel that you should try them and we will come up with recipes to inspire you to use them.