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Growing Your Own Fruit and Vegetables

We grow our own fruit and vegetables for our meals for as much of the year as we can. Without a greenhouse we have to buy shop food in the winter months but in the spring, summer and autumn we often have enough to share with family and friends.

Read about growing your fruit and vegetables here on my growing your own food pages.

Friday, 3 February 2012

seed potatoes - this year I am going to grow

First early seed potato - Pentland Javelin. As is one I have grown in the past and enjoyed eating.

Second Early/salad seed potato Charlotte as I find these beautiful on a plate with a fresh salad in the warmer days.

Not yet purchased the main crops and I may yet buy another bag of first earlies - International Kidney is one I enjoy.  This is the same variety that is grown as Jersey Royals on the island of Jersey. They have a milder climate there and so get the earliest crop of English potatoes to sell in the markets and shops.

So I will be putting the seed potatoes to chit tomorrow. I have an article on HubPages about how to chit potatoes, I will add a link for it.
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a healthy potato plant in flower

a healthy potato plant in flower
photo of potatoes in flower

home grown carrots.. grown from seed

home grown carrots.. grown from seed
photo of my first bunch of carrots 2009

Even a small batch of mixed fruit can be useful

Even a small batch of mixed fruit can be useful
Home Grown Fruit can be made into delicious compote