Easiest things to grow in my garden

LameWolf

I've always found weeds the easiest things to grow!:rotfl:

Ok, joking aside, if you want to try growing tomatoes, the variety Red Alert are very easy, if you can get hold of them. They're a very tasty cherry tomato (little ones) and one of the easiest varieties I've come across.

Herb-wise, mint (keep it contained or it'll take over), chives, rosemary and lemon balm are all easy-peasy.
I grow my basil in a pot on the kitchen windowsill, as it's only half-hardy, and a late frost will kill it.

Oh, and a word to the wise, don't grow stuff you're not keen on eating! Obvious, I know, but you'd be surprised how many folks grow something because it's easy, and end up with a glut of stuff they don't particularly like eating.

pollyanna_26

Forgot to mention the Greenfingered Money Saving Forum . Lots of advice and different threads on growing .
polly

Butterfly_Brain

Most fruit and veg are easy to grow, you just have to know how to tackle pests. I am another who uses companion planting to keep away some of them and having good loam is a must start in October I lasagne plant which basically is a layer of cardboard that you soak in water, followed by chicken manure, a layer of compost, a layer of peelings, a layer of compost, a layer of straw and a layer of compost. by the time April comes you have a lovely rich growing medium that is warm and the plants get away lovely.

TiredTrophy

Cauliflower and broccoli are quite difficult.
Use horticultural mesh to cover other cabbage family and carrots...the mesh not the fleece. Last 15 years if looked after..I use bars or stones to hold down the edges and wash at the end of the season in the washing machi e or hose it down while it hangs on the line.
For cost effectiveness, I rate green salads, french, broad and runner beans. While hg tomatoes ,peppers, aubergines are delicious, they are cheap at themarket by the time they are ripe in the garden.
Herbs such as parsley, basil and coriander are also cost effective. Try to grow stuff that goes straight in the garden without pots and seed compost and as other folks say, only stuff you will eat
Have fun.

Foxriver8

torbrex wrote: »

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.

Thanks, hadn't thought of making jam, that's a nice idea

Foxriver8

pollyanna_26 wrote: »

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

Thanks Pollyanna I don't have a greenhouse but it's pretty cold where I live (quite far north) so I'm having a think about getting one. Tomatoes are probably what we eat most of so if I could grow a ton of tomatoes that would save a fortune.

Thanks for the advice and the welcome :) x

Foxriver8

Thank you all, lots of great advice. Thinking about getting a small greenhouse now. Lots to think about x

suki1964

Look at what produce is grown in your local area

I'm in Northern Ireland on the north east cost which is very wet, very windy, rarely ever goes above 20oC and very little in the way of good sunny days ( but I love it still )

Farms here in my area grow ( apart from grass) spuds and mostly root veg and these are what we have most success with

We also grow cabbage and sprouts, beans and peas

We have no luck whatsoever with tomatoes, peppers, onions.

We do some years manage lettuce, other years the rain just destroys them

It's a good job that here spuds, turnip, carrots and cabbage are the mainstays of most family dinners

Caterina

Climbing French beans, they are super easy, you just need to guide them up a cane and they keep giving into October, on a warm autumn even November.

Courgettes, a bit tricky to start, need a couple of plants to make sure you get enough male and female flowers but once started they fruit on and on, very generously. Can be had as small or medium courgettes or also let them grow to marrow size. If you find too many male flowers (on a long thin stalk) once you have your female ones pollinated and growing, you can use the flowers to cook, there are amazing recipes online for zucchini flowers, stuffed, deep fried, baked, in omelettes etc.

pigpen

dandelions and cat poo mountains!!

Raspberries grow rather nicely too.