Garden - The Vegetable Patch

I can not tell you how happy I am with our vegetable patch.  Now we have never grown a thing from seed and to think that we have had such a variety and consistent supply of vegetables throughout the summer, from only a few packets from the garden centre.  Well we will most definitely do this again next year.

I would like to recommend a vegetable patch to all my friends and family.  It takes up as little or large space as you have the time to manage.  You do not have to have a large garden as many of the crops can be grown in plant pots and containers (we grew potatoes in bags).

I have loved the way Little Miss P has been involved right from the beginning, helping daddy build the raised bed frames, preparing the soil, sowing the seeds, watering the seedlings, watching them grow, harvesting and of course the best bit, the eating!

I did a lot of research beforehand, as I was very realistic about the time we would have available to commit to the vegetable patch.  We chose vegetables we loved to eat, as we thought this would motivate us to nurture, but we also picked seeds which could be sowed straight into the ground.  We do not have a greenhouse, although at some point I will no doubt mature to the point this will be on a birthday wish list (I asked for a potting bench this year!)

We have had an 80% success rate in our first year, isn't that amazing (we think so!)  One failure (carrots) and one disappointing crop (didn't get as many potatoes as we hoped for).  Apart from that we have had a constant supply of multi-coloured radishes, yellow zucchinis, beetroot, spinach, lettuce and spring onions.

Now as we harvest the last of the crop, we can begin to prepare and plan for next year.

Nice to see you again.
Xxx