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The Reward At The End Of The Growing Season
A veg edible garden harvest is the produce we receive from the fruits of your labour. The results for our veg edible garden harvest are in. What worked this year and what did not work out? This blogs shares the results of the fruits of your labour and what our veg edible garden harvest has for us.
The pictures are not quite accurate because throughout late summer and fall I already began consuming some of the vegetables. These are seeds that are planted in late Spring. Some vegetables end up growing faster and more abundantly than others. For example, the tomatoes have been picked off throughout the summer as well as some green peppers from our backyard.
The Kidney bean stalks also dried up and were plucked off. After taking them all out, I was told no more will grow. However, the kidney beans continued growing. I used a small handful of harvested kidney beans for cooking recently and they tasted great.
Tomatoes
The most successful part of our garden turned out to be the sweet tomatoes. They have reached up to six to seven feet tall. These bright red shiny tomatoes are very juicy and tasty..
Out of the tomatoes that harvested, a large majority was used to make pasta sauce.
Some other ways easy ways to use the tomatoes is to put some slices in sandwiches. Additionally, tomatoes are an essential ingredient to make Indian gravy sauce (masala), for cooking vegetables. The masala can last in the fridge for up to two weeks. However, you can make some extra to put in the freezer that lasts up to one year.
Potatoes
Are Potatoes Easy To Grow?
Growing Potatoes From Potatoes
Yes potatoes are very easy to grow and you can grow a lot. What is even better is that you can grow potatoes from potatoes. I am able to grow a fair amount of white potatoes from planting a few the ground. Overall, they turned out quite well and turned out delicious. Potatoes are so versatile and can be made in so many ways. I planted only 3 potatoes, cut them in half and planted them. In return I received almost 30 potatoes.
Planting Sweet Potatoes
Growing sweet potatoes were not as successful. As beautiful as the ground looked with large green vine-like leaves sprawling out, the results were average. I will try again next year. Instead of planting them in the ground I will place them in smaller planters. This year I able to get yield 12-14 baby sweet potatoes.
The effort to get them to grow in the ground is not worth the amount of produce they bring. Especially if the space you have to grow food is limited, avoid planting sweet potato slips in the ground.
white potatoes
Green Peppers
The green peppers grew beautifully however they were not able to all grow to their full size because the fall arrived a little too soon. As a result the green pepper plants died shortly after a cold spike in the air. Nevertheless, green bell peppers are another excellent vegetable to grow in your urban garden because it is easy to do.
Kale
The Kale did not turn out as well as I hoped for. The location they were planted in did not help the kale grow. However if kale is put in a good place it has the potential to grow very large because it is very easy to grow kale. The great thing about these easy vegetables is that if it does not work out the first time, try again. Tomatoes, green bell peppers, potatoes and kale are resilient and will grow again.
green peppers and tomatoes from an urban garden
Growing Beans
As far as the kidney beans, I was able to yield three handfuls. Next year I will plant more kidney beans to receive a better yield, even though what we received form gardening this year has been satisfactory.
Basil
Our basil plants grew beautifully. I was able to dry several of the stems and use it as part of my spice rack. Basil is an excellent herb to grow as you can use it for seasoning many foods.
I have new stems growing from the old basil and cut them. After cutting the stem and taking off all the leaves at the bottom, I placed it in a glass with water and let it sit until roots started growing at the bottom of the stem. This took about 7-10 days. After that I replanted the basil and it is growing well.
kidney beans
Lemon Plant
Green Collards
The green collards in a small clay pot are large and fresh. They continued to grow throughout the summer. The unfortunate thing about these thick leafy plants is that bugs eat them so I was not able to solve that but managed picking out several leaves throughout their growth.
I brought in the two green collard plants inside. One is growing well and the other is much slower. A little plant food for the collard plant was added to to help it grow.
Celery
The chives in our garden grew well this year. We were able to gather several of the seeds and can sow them in the future when we need more.
Carrot Seeds
We were able to grow carrot seeds. To grow carrots I planted the ends in the soil and allow their stems to grow tall. Once the seeds from their flowers came up I was able to take the seeds and put them away. I will be planting the seeds next year before we plant them in the summer.
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