Some vegetables and fruit are so very easy to grow it seems ridiculous not to do so!
1. Chard. Simple to start from seed. Full of vitamins and minerals. Cut and come again…it just keeps giving!
This Ruby Chard has grown in the tunnel and given successive crops since last summer!
2. Parsley. In this case, curly parsley, but in fact any variety is great to grow, providing endless supplies of vitamin C and Iron for a healthy diet, as well as being simple to grow.
Parsley will grow for 2 years easily before it dies back!
Another great Chard is this beautiful yellow variety, bringing colour and taste to the table!
3. Purple-sprouting Broccoli.
These pics were snapped today in the tunnel, so you can see how far advanced this great vegetable is…ready to harvest in January.
The joy of these vegetables and herbs I have here is that they have all self-seeded, in true permaculture fashion!
Again, one of the benefits of cold-composting, allowing seeds to survive and continue on their merry way!
4. Mizuna. The great little winter salad crop…cut and come again!
These are just some of the crops in the tunnel today.
Apple, if you have space for a tree, are very easy to grow…what would life be like without the Apple Pie?
Pumpkins in a sunny spot will provide you with easy to store and save fruit.
Rhubarb is another plant that just keeps giving and all one has to do is to manure it well once a year!
I grow masses of Blackcurrants here at Bealtaine Cottage Permaculture gardens and they are incredibly easy.
Part of the Bealtaine Cottage ethos is to harvest and save seed.
All seed at Bealtaine Cottage is open-pollinated, mostly by Bees.
This is offered for sale at a minimal cost…2 Euro per pack which includes P&P to ANYWHERE in the world!
This is a link to the site.
http://bealtainecottage.com/seeds-for-sale/
Great suggestions! I am looking for some new vegetables to add to my garden this year and I prefer if they are easy to grow because I am still a newbie. I would love to have some green salads and herbs in my first garden. Thanks so much for the post! I will keep it saved together with this lovely infographic I found : https://www.behance.net/gallery/32813791/The-Best-Time-to-Plant-Vegetables Greetings!
Thanks Faye…grow on with blessings X
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Here are the easiest to grow fruits and vegetables for beginners…get started this weekend!
Colette ,if I may offer a suggestion…these beautiful, brightly coloured pictures of your vegetables and fruit would look great on cards or as framed pictures, especially for hanging in a kitchen. The red and yellow chard ones are fabulous!
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Great idea, Christine…I shall look into that…I’m slowly building up a shop.
Bright Blessings,
Colx
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