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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 23 August 2013

My Potatoes Are Out of the Ground Now.

The potatoes that I am harvesting at the moment are good to eat but they are smaller than they would have been if there had been more rainfall. If I were to compare them to the ones available in the supermarket my potatoes without a constant supply off water use on them daily, without chemicals to prevent a slightly blemished skin, without a dosing to prevent blight well they are amazingly good as they have grown despite maybe having the odds being stacked against them. The other thing to consider is that I prefer the texture and flavour of the potatoes that I have grown myself.

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