Those of you that read my blog already will know I am a little bit obsessed with my garden, after moving here 6 years ago it would be fair to say my garden was beyond disgraceful with 20+ years of neglect it to the best part of 3 years to tame the beast and with a small child we made it as easily maintainable as possible but still with a fair amount of colour and foliage.
My garden has been a learning curve to me as previously I have never really been a garden person but there is something about our current space that has me totally obsessed with keeping it tidy and neat and best of all healthy!
Over recent months as Joshua is getting big I have considered expanding our garden into not just a visually nice place to be, but also a space that will work for us to in terms of feeding us.
As a family we tend to try to eat healthily and with a most of us being lovers of vegetables, turning a patch of garden into a vegetable patch is one idea we have had, although when I decided that the next autumn planting I might have ago at growing some veggies of my own I hadn’t planned on being pregnant so for this season I am going to have hang fire, what it does give me however is more time to plan exactly what I want to grow and if your thinking for growing some veggies here is some helpful information:
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we don’t have a vegetable patch, our Daughter does and has a large greenhouse and grows all veggies
I grow a selection of salad vegetables during the Spring and Summer, including cherry tomatoes, lettuce and spring onions. I also grow potatoes and carrots.
i would love a little veg patch to grow potatoes leeks and onions
i have thought about it, now i won my own house. i would consider growing carrots!
I have a small green house , i have grown tomatoes , peas and chilie so far
D love to grow potatos and greens etc
I dont have one but have always wanted to!
Mainly salad ingredients this year: rocket, spinach, lettuces, tomatoes – hoping to add root vegetable and cabbages, beans and peas next year.
I grew potatoes, beans, and lettuce this year but also grow quite a bit of fruit – apples, rhubarb, cherries, raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries, red currants, and black currants.
we are going to start a vegetable patch next year x
Yes, I’d like a vegetable patch and someone to tend to it for me. Fresh produce would be a great bonus.
I don’t have a veg patch but always grow tomatoes every year. I have grown runner beans in the past too.
I don’t have one, did grow tomatoes once though.
I grow tomatoes, potatoes and runner beans and sometimes salad vegetables
My father in law grows lots of things in his greenhouse and at his allotment. My little one loves helping out. I don’t have the time for an allotment. But we do use the produce from Grandads.
I grow tomatoes and peppers at the moment
Vegetable patch? I’ve got a nice weed patch………..!
I Attempted one a couple of years ago, but my half hearted effort never amounted to much.
Started a veg patch this year and grew tomatoes, spring onions, lettuce, celery, garlic, sweetcorn, potatoes, sugar snap peas, french beans and all were delicious!
I don’t have a vegetable patch, but my parents have an allotment. They have loads of veggies plus a couple of apple trees and down the road there are tons of blackberry bushes, we went and picked apples and blackberries the other day and we made some lovely crumbles
We have a veg patch and grow Leeks, onions, wonky carrots, potatoes, beetroot and strawberrys in wall hangers. My son eats more veg when it comes from our garden
We live in the country and have our own vegetable plot. We grow potatoes, carrots, brussels, green beans, onions and cabbages. It’s wonderful to be able to go out and pick your own vegetables and cheaper x
We have our own strawberry patch which our girls love
Would love to grow herbs and Potatoes.
we have a patch, my son grows potatoes, spring onion and strawberries 🙂
would like a small veg patch to grow just a small range such as carrots, parsnips, peas and celery
I have not got a veg patch but if i did i would love to grow runner beans i love them and my dad use to have his own veg patch i use to help out when i was little and was great fun, x
would love to grow garlic, chilli and herbs
Ive thought about it many times, but I just dont start
I would like to grow carrots as we eat loads
We grow tomatoes on our balcony – we have such a small amount of space that it’s hard to grow much!
We grow potatoes, carrots, onions and other stuff throughout the year.
I would love a vegetable Patch but I have a shared garden so can’t.
we got a fair amount of potatoes this year, only got about 10 tomatoes and the peppers came to mothing
In our small garden we have minarets for apples, pears & cherries, and also grow gooseberries, blackcurrents, blueberries and blackberries!
we grow, tomatoes, celery, strawberries, carrots, beetroot and apples amongst loads more lovely veg. 🙂
I like to grow salad vegetables, such as tomatoes and carrots. But I would also like to start growing my own herbs!
A little 1, but mainly for potatoes 🙂
I have thought of growing vegetables in container in my small garden. In fact I have grown funner b I think fruit is my favourite though and I would grow raspberries and other currants, gooseberries and mini kiwi.
We only have a small garden but do grow runner beans and tomatoes
yes but don’t feel I have the time.
Don’t have a veg plot but would grow runner beans
Do not have one at the mo but would like to in the future
We don’t have a vegetable patch as such – but I intend to grow more veggies just because we get through so many.
I’ve always wanted my own vegetable garden, I’d grow tomatoes!
Would love to grow garlic and herbs.
my mum has a greenhouse for tomatoes, plants fresh herbs in the garden and sometimes potatoes. I’d love one day to have a veggie patch and grow all sorts of goodies, potatoes, carrots, strawberrie etc.
We recently moved into a new house and I have been thinking about a veg patch, I would grow carrots and beetroot as a start
No, I’m hopeless with any kind of plants – I can’t even grow herbs! I’m too disorganised to look after anything well 🙂
We havn,t got a veg patch but if we had id love to grow runner beans , potatoes, and cabbage as they are my 3 favourite veggies
yes I would like to grow some veg 🙂
i’ve grown potatoes, carrots and lettuce before – quite hard work but worth the rewards 🙂
I grow lots of herbs but not started a veggie patch yet
id love to grow tomatos
I have a small patch and concentrate on things that grow well here; spinach, courgettes, mange tout, pak choi and tomatoes.
we have one i grow onions carrots and potatoes
Love to have a veg patche hopefully have one by next year
would love one but apparantly so would everyone else, allotment waiting list about 5 years long!
We are fairly self sufficient in veg. This year we have grown peas, parsnips, potatoes, sweet corn, onions, garlic, leeks, beetroot, tomatoes, peppers and carrots as well as raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, cherries and apples. Just don’t have enough room for greens: cabbage sprouts etc
We don’t have one but my Grandparents do, they grow so many different vegetables and I really enjoyed helping them as a child.
I’d love to start doing it, but my garden is really tiny.
We currently have some soft fruits and herbs, but would definitely like to start growing our own veg too. Maybe some beans, courgettes and tomatoes to start with!
Now that I have retired I will definitely start planning growing my own
I often think of having a vegetable patch but I’ve never got round to it yet!
I tried once but give up because of all the caterpillars
I’ve always thought about it but never got round to having one! I’m hoping when we move next year that I might have one in the new garden – I’d love to grow carrots, potatoes and tomatoes!
This year, we grew tomatoes, baby leeks, a variety of herbs (sage, basil, tarragon, oregano, etc), chillies, and a TON of cat grass for our lovely purring lady! My mum has been growing organic food for years, and she has everything, from hazelnuts to figs, plums, apples, pears, kale, potatoes, and pretty much any veg you can grow over here!
If all goes to plan my mum and I are moving to france next year. We fully plan on growing lots of veg when we move. We have no idea where to start but are planning on doing lots of research first xx
we grow tomatoes and lots of herbs
I have a veggie patch. It is small but I try and pack it as full as possible.
have just sold our house which had a big veg patch, there isn’t one at our new place, but we have got a field so i am planning a large polytunnel
We don’t currently have a vegetable patch, but we are moving in the Spring and mum and I are already planning a veg garden for the new house – we are both so excited about it! Not quite sure what we will grow yet though, the list is so long it needs a bit of streamlining and realism!
I would love to have! Can’t wait to move into a house with garden 🙂
I wish I had room for one, but I grow veg in pots on the patio, carrots, beetroots
I grow tomatoes, strawberries and peas. I would love to grow chillis
I would love a vegetable patch but unfortunately I live in a flat.
We have one and today we have had sweetcorn, tomatoes and raspberries from it.
My back garden is a vegetable patch and I grow beans, beetroot, celery, carrots, potatoes, peas, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, tomatoes, sweet corn etc.
I don’t have one at the moment as don’t have the space but I’ve always wanted to grow my own tomatoes as I use them most days
I’ve attempted to grow chilli but I’d like to grow tomatoes 🙂 xx
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