We're really excited about our latest project. A-C and I are keen gardeners, but really only when it comes to edible plants :) We do love beautiful gardens and really believe that edible gardens, i.e. gardens where most plants produce something edible, are not only delicious but also beautiful. Indeed veg and fruit plants come in all shapes and sizes, and colours. The colours are just amazing and the flowers and smells you get from many plants are just divine. But of course growing fruit and veg at home isn't only about beauty; it's also about productivity. You would be surprised how much food can be grown in a bit of soil. Apart from the quantity, the quality and diversity you get from growing your own is astounding.
Honestly, once you've got the bug and experienced some true growing successes and what real food tastes like you're never going back. Fresh sun-ripened strawberries off the plant, still warm from the sun, are so incredibly different to anything you can buy, except if you're at a pick-your-own farm on a nice sunny day. The experience of the freshness and the quality and the sheer delight of flavour and aromas is simply so different because you can get hold of something that simply isn't available in the shops. It only makes sense for supermarkets and most shops to stock a limited variety of fruit and veg, so you as a grower have the chance to discover new types of fruit and veg varieties that you've never tasted before. Even when you take different varieties of the same plant makes a huge difference. This year I grew a quick-growing variety of Italian bulbed fennel. and wow, was that stuff good, so refreshing and juicy and that amazing flavour of anis seed. I've never grown such good fennel before.
I know I'm rambling a bit here, but then again that shows how fascinating it is, even after years now of growing, I still get so excited about this stuff. If you're really into food, then I believe growing your own and really experimenting with what you're growing is the next level. You learn to appreciate fruit and veg for the incredible diversity of flavours and tastes that they produce, and also how they make you feel. Even though I'm somebody who tries to steer away from the typical mantra of 'eat healthy, be healthy', I really do find that eating your own homegrown food makes you feel a lot better. And if that's just because it makes you happy and proud because you've achieved something like growing deliciously sweet peas, well then that's great.
There really are so many reasons for growing your own, especially for foodies, and in our new program we'll touch upon those reasons and show you what we are growing at home and at the community garden in Helen's Bay. Each month we'll be showing you what we're doing in the garden, what projects there are, what we're sowing and harvesting and cooking as well. Hopefully our videos will either give you the inspiration and knowledge you need to start growing your own or if you already grow fruit and veg we hope that you may pick up some helpful hints and ideas :)
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