Salad Crops

Tomatoes

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Introduction Growing your own tomatoes is simple and just a couple of plants will reward you with plenty of delicious tomatoes in the summer. There […]

Sweetcorn

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Introduction Sweetcorn is delicious eaten fresh and there are some new selections that are easier to grow in the UK. Mini sweetcorn is a good […]

Spinach

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Introduction Spinach can be grown to produce a crop all year round, making it a useful vegetable to grow when other greens might be in […]

Rocket

November 18, 2017 shouball 0

Introduction Rocket is an easy-to-grow crop which adds a lovely peppery flavour to salads. The younger leaves are milder, more tender and palatable. Older leaves […]

Radishes

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Introduction Radishes are easy to grow in any size of garden. They are fast-growing and are ready to harvest in about four weeks from sowing. […]

Lettuce

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Introduction Choose the right varieties and you can have lettuce almost all year round. There are so many types of lettuce to choose from – […]

Florence fennel

November 12, 2017 shouball 0

Introduction Florence fennel, a wonderfully ornamental vegetable, is grown for its swollen leaf bases or ‘bulbs’ and edible leaves. When using in salads, the flavour […]

Chilli pepper

November 11, 2017 shouball 0

Introduction Home grown chilli peppers have excellent colour, texture and flavour, including many shapes and colours not readily available in shops. Plants are extremely varied; […]

Celeriac

November 11, 2017 shouball 0

Introduction Botanically speaking, the edible part of celeriac is a swollen stem. Hardier and more disease resistant than its relative, celery, it has a similar […]

Aubergine

November 8, 2017 shouball 0

Introduction Aubergines (eggplants) are becoming popular vegetables to grow at home – thanks to new cultivars more suited to the British climate and their delicious […]