Grow your own food
Tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers under glass; cabbage, carrots and beans out in the beds; herbs on the windowsill and fruit from a pot or a patio tree. This is the grow-your-own side of Plantvale - pick a crop to see what it gives you, the space and effort it takes, and how to sow, grow, harvest and store it.
Fruiting crops open page
Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, zucchini - the greenhouse and summer stars.
Leafy greens & brassicas open page
Cabbage, kale, broccoli, lettuce, spinach - the productive backbone of the plot.
Roots & alliums open page
Carrots, beets, radishes, onions, garlic and potatoes - the storage crops.
Nuts & seeds open page
Hazelnuts and walnuts for patient growers, plus quick peanuts and sunflower seeds.
Grew more than you can eat? Preserve it
A glut is a good problem. Pickle the cucumbers, can the tomatoes, ferment the cabbage into sauerkraut, and freeze or dry the rest - our preserving section turns a summer surplus into food for the whole winter.
How to preserve the harvestPlan & grow
Vegetable garden basics
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