Recommended
Kitchen Garden Crops
- for small to medium gardens
If this is your first attempt at a
herb or kitchen garden don't get to carried away. Make your
selection from the herbs and veggies below. They will give you a
great introduction to this rewarding hobby.
Herbs
Choose from the
following multipurpose herbs (most have other uses as well):
Annuals: chili peppers,
sweet basil, dill, coriander, nasturtium
Biennials: flat-leaf parsley (Italian parsley), curly leaf
parsley
Perennials: chives, lavender, lemon balm, mint (any variety
you fancy), oregano, sage, thyme, rosemary,
Leaf vegetables:
Cabbage, Spinach, Swiss Chard, Lettuce, Rocket
Root vegetables:
Carrot, Beetroot, Radishes
Peas & Beans:
Peas, Runner Beans, Green Beans, Broad Beans
Fruiting vegetables:
Aubergines (Egg Plant), Peppers (Sweet and Hot), Tomatoes
Shoot Crops:
Celery (self blanching), Artichokes, Rhubarb, Florence Fennel
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