Seed catalogues

It’s still early January, but already time for us to start thinking about what we want to grow this year. Some seeds need to be planted well before spring so they get a good start before the main growing season, and that means planning the plot right now.

Tomatoes and beans are a given as they’ve always repaid us well in the past. I just hope that we get more sun this year to ripen the tomatoes, or we’re going to end up with a lot of green tomato chutney again.

We’ll probably steer clear of broccoli this time around as it takes so much careful cleaning if you don’t want to douse it in chemicals to keep the grubs at bay. Carrots, though, are easy to both grow and to prepare, and are proving to be a good winter crop this year. I guess we’ll look at doing more of them this summer, but I would like to try growing them in troughs with a soil and sand mix.

All of these are run-of-the-mill crops that don’t cost much to buy in the shops, though, which leads me to think that perhaps we should be looking to more adventurous varieties that represent a real cost saving when you grow them yourself, like squash and the rarer coloured carrots. Blueberries, too.

What are you planting in your plot this year? What should we grow in ours? Put your suggestions in the comments below.

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