Easiest things to grow in my garden

Foxriver8

So, we have a lovely big garden with space for some veggies etc. We have tried a few things over the years but have then forgotten / got distracted, not had time etc etc.

My New Years Resolution was to just generally be a bit better in every way (:D) therefore I want to be more organised, have the garden nice, and grow some nice stuff which will also help us save money (ie more than a few wilted lettuce leaves like previous years :cool:)

So, we are hoping to do a bit of work in the garden today (or possibly next week). Does anybody have any advice on what is easy to grow for beginners and that will give good results? I have a potato planter somewhere (hopefully still in one piece from the windy winter weather) so was thinking potatoes and maybe cauliflower or something? Anybody got any thoughts? :j

WantToBeSE

I have never had any problems growing potatoes and carrots, as well as herbs.

Foxriver8

Thank you, will try carrots. They are not one of my favourite veggies, don't eat them that much but I do love a big pot of carrot and coriander soup ��

ancientofdays

Runner beans and French beans are as easy as pie, purple sprouting broccoli, leaf beet and chard are all reliable.

Anne_Marie_2

We used to grow only what we would use in our small vegetable plot. Potatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, spring onions, chives, brussels sprouts, lettuce, rocket and spinach, as well as a small herb garden. My one indulgence was asparagus, which actually was really easy to grow, but takes two years before you get anything, but so worth the wait.

Durin

Onions... Perhaps, it's just me, but they are, like, the easiest thing to grow. In fact, they can even be grown in pots. And if you put an onion in a glass jar filled with water, you can always have some fresh onion stalk.

SailorSam

Foxriver8 wrote: »

So, we have a lovely big garden I want to be more organised, have the garden nice,
So, we are hoping to do a bit of work in the garden today (or possibly next week). Does anybody have any advice on what is easy to grow for beginners Anybody got any thoughts

Grass is easy to grow.

pollyanna_26

Hi Foxriver and welcome to the forum . As Anne Marie said grow things you know you will use . Salad ingredients are costly so I grow salad leaves in batches through the seasons . If you have a greenhouse Tomatoes . I grow outdoor tumbling tomatoes in pots as I don't . Spinich is useful I grow mine as baby leaves mainly . Herbs are easy and the stupid cost in shops is an incentive to grow yourself . I grow garlic , peppers shallots and many other veg . I gave up growing potatoes a few years ago as I can buy good quality potatoes from the farms near me . Fruit is a good option when you have a large garden .
Good luck
polly

torbrex

I don't grow veg but I do have fruit in my garden, a couple of blackcurrant bushes, 2 rhubarb patches and an ever expanding strawberry patch and I get more than enough fruit for my needs and plenty spare to gift jars of jam all over the place

All grow easily and apart from actually picking the fruit they require very little maintenance other than pruning of the currant bushes at the end of the season.

lessonlearned

If you can I would grow things that are expensive to buy.....so herbs, salad leaves, spinach and Definitely fruit, especially soft fruits like like strawberries and raspberries.

Home grown tomatoes are easy and taste much nicer than shop ones. If you get a glut (and you usually do) then you can freeze them. Green tomatoes, the ones that don't ripen at the end of the season make fab chutney.

I have given up with cabbage - caterpillars everywhere. Carrots succumbed to carrot fly but green beans seemed easy. If you shove a few marigolds near them it protects them from blackfly.

potatoes are easy and are very good for breaking up hard soil which hasn't been cultivated for a while.

Take a look at "companion planting" as a natural way of pest control, , eg basil next to tomatoes, marigolds next to beans.

pollyanna_26

Lesson Learned has reminded me why I stopped growing carrots and cabbage . I do find spring cabbage do well but the rest are impossible .
I grow marigolds all over the place for a number of reasons including companion planting I grow the old Pot Marigold which has edible petals and other uses , plus it takes me back to my childhood . I let some of the plants go to seed and just chuck the dry seeds around and never have to buy the seeds ( very mse )
I also grow french beans and climbing sugar peas , both of which are costly to buy .
polly