what's easy to grow?

[~*heket*~]

I'm looking to grow easy stuff coz I'm still finding my green thumb. What do you have the most success with?

[~*heket*~]

oh, and I'm talking about vegetables btw

[MamaBear]

Herbs are the best I can do, everything else has either died or been eaten by snails or bugs! Yet to find my green thumb clearly :lol

[~*heket*~]

I found an organic bug killer that seems to be helping in those stakes. When I get home (in a week) I can look at what it's called if you want. I got it at bunnings for about $15 I think.

[Ceres]

Leafy greens are satisfying as you can eat them in a short space of time rather than waiting for things to fruit. Rocket, spinach, silverbeet and so on. You can pick leaves and let the rest continue to grow so within 6 weeks from planting you'll probably never need to buy spinach again.

[asimplelife]

Silverbeet, sunflowers (gotta have sunflowers lol and cool for the kids to see the rapid growth - like half a kids head per week once they get going), potatoes, pumpkins, tomatoes (once in I just mound up the spuds and the tomatoes just need staking and nipping off the laterals - google is your friend with that). Other things need a bit more attention as far as bug control ime.

[Beatrice]

We had the most consistent success with potatoes and silverbeet.

[battlecrumpet]

Herbs and silverbeet; snow peas and strawberries during the winter (in a fairly sunny spot).
We also have sweet potatoes running riot as a groundcover, but they don't yield very well (through they grow like buggery).

[~*heket*~]

We don't have that much room, we're using milk crates as pots atm, I think you get fined for that !? (we have illegal pot - sorry bad pun :lol)

The spinach sounds like a winner!

[~Mel~]

Watching with interest as Will and I are going to start pot too:roflSorry pot gardening, oh it gets worse!

I was looking at beans, carrots, spinach, green leaves and some tomatoes that can grow in pots too. As well as herbs.

[~*heket*~]

I got some tomatoes, and plenty herbs. We're gonna harvest our lettuces soon I suspect (although I haven't seen the for over a week) and we have brussel sprouts and leeks. They're going ok, but I'm thinking about what to do next, when I get the hang of this :eager

[Janet]

Mould. Grows brilliantly as an indoor or outdoor plant and is unkillable. The brownest of thumbs can manage a bumper crop with no expertise at all. *eyes mould creeping up front door*

[asimplelife]

Hehe Janet.

Another idea - how about making a bean house with bamboo sticks or similar shaped into a tepee and then plant a bean seedling at the base of each? I'm going to do one of those (or two) with the kids this year.

[Ceres]

I'm going to add mustard leaves to the list. I grew a couple of plants last year, and they've self-seeded like crazy. They are really, really delicious in a stirfry.

[Sarasvati]

Rocket. Mint (in a shady spot with plenty of water). Green onions (mine are everlasting bunching or something, they have regularly been neglected for months only to continue on :lol).

[Ceres]

Beware of mint in the ground though.. it grow on runners and has plans to rule the world :lol I grow it in pots.

[laura]

Beware of mint in the ground though.. it grow on runners and has plans to rule the world :lol I grow it in pots.


hmmm that explains a lot.

Peas are one of my fave veges to grow. they are easy yo look after, they grow quickly and are so cute with their little vines hugging everything in their reach.... plus nothing beats the taste of fresh peas/snap peas/snow peas.

and carrots are fun too

[Ceres]

I've never had a lot of success with carrots, I think the ants get the seeds before they've had a chance to germinate. Although, last year I was throwing a heap of out-of-date and unlabelled seeds into the garden bed and some carrots (or they may be parsnips) popped up.