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| I rent a large community garden plot and due to some seedling loss and a recent decision to add my annual flowers to my home garden rather than grow at the community plot I have a lot of extra space available (approx 200 sq ft. of prepped beds). I'd rather not use it to grow weeds, and would like to plant it with items that I can preserve in some way to extend our food into the off season. The catch is that I have to grow things that I can still direct seed at this stage of the growing season (our unusually extended season of cool temps should hopefully help me a bit here) because I don't want to invest much $ in buying plants at this point and I have a lot of seeds on hand. I'm already growing tomatoes, cuces, peppers, various summer and winter squash, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, spinach, lettuce/greens, beets, watermelon radish, eggplant, onions, herbs, and some shell beans. Any suggestions for fast growing, versatile to preserve foods (and suggestions for ways to preserve them) appreciated! |
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| Green beans. I especially love pickled green beans (i use recipes from joy of pickling) even more than pickled cukes! You can also pressure can or blanch & freeze. Carrots? I also live these pickled but they are a good storage veg too Too late for melon for you (they take a fair amount of space vs having preserving value)? |
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| More varieties of shell/dry beans - crowders, black eyed peas, pink-eye purple hull, pinto, red kidney, etc. Swiss chard and okra. Dave |
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| You could still plant peas (snow, snap or shelling), broccoli, potatoes. Bok choy, napa cabbage, or some other unique veggies would be fun too. Can never have enough onions as far as I'm concerned! Grow some storage types as well as sweet varieties and bunching. Deanna |
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| Thanks! That was what I suspected, but I wanted to be sure. |
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- Posted by myfamilysfarm 5b (My Page) on Fri, Jun 14, 13 at 13:48
| All depends on what you and your family will eat. Don't grow something that you don't like to eat. |
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