My Next Year Vegetables For Our Home Vegetable Garden

I heard that you shouldn’t grow the things you can get at the local grocery store, instead grow things you like you can’t readily get at the grocer.

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Spicy Peppers – We don’t find many types of hot peppers locally, some days there are none at all, even at the farmer’s market so we are going to plant even more hot peppers in coming years.

Tomatos – Okay maybe the tomato is actually a fruit but I don’t really care. I still eat it like it’s a vegetable. We grew 4 or 5 kinds this year and plant to grow even more tomatoes next year. I won’t plant them so close together thought.

Once you’ve grown your own tomatoes and tried that first one you’ll know why we grow so many tomatoes. They just taste so much healthier from your garden.

NOT Iceburg Lettuce – Although iceberg lettuce doesn’t very that much from store to home, leaf lettuces and other fancy lettuces can taste much sweeter and crisper if grown at home. Plus, exotic lettuces can often be very expensive.

Peas – Peas can be very hard to find fresh. Canned peas are often mushy, and although frozen peas are certainly better than canned, they still pale in comparison to fresh peas. Tiny baby peas are sweet, delicate, and delicious, making them well worth the effort.

Carrots – Nothing much better than a garden fresh carrot pulled, wiped off and munched down. Sure beats the bland carrots we get during the winter months. Brings back memories of growing up on the farm.

Radishes – I’ve bought lots of radishes at that grocery store over the years and they are usually alright if you buy small ones but the larger radishes tend to be pithy and gross. But being fair we have grown some of those pithy ones so I can’t really put down the grocery store. But we still grow them anyways, they do seem to taste better if you eat them immediately out of the garden.

Greens – Although most greens are readily available in stores, they’re often yellowing and wilted by the time you buy them. By growing them yourself, you can be sure you have fresh greens when you want them.

Asparagus – I don’t buy asparagus at any time of year and certainly wouldn’t grow it, if it wasn’t for my beautiful wife pushing me. She likes those finger sandwiches with aspargus at the ladies church meetings. Yuk.

Green/Red/Yellow Peppers – This was our first year growing peppers but it won’t be the last. As soon as you cut one open you can smell the difference from store bought peppers. They are plump and bright and make your mouth water. I don’t get that when I find them shrivelled up and sad looking at the store. Plus I can grow them so much cheaper.

Cucumbers – Store bought cucumbers are often bitter and dry. If you’ve ever had a dried out, semi-hollow cucumber, you’ll understand the importance of growing your own!

Corn – I have so many great memories of eating corn by the bucket full when it gets harvested. We would actually invite the entire family for a big harvest meal. You can’t beat sweet corn picked and cooked within minutes.

Vegetable gardening has become a real passions for me and I can’t wait for next season and I’m making new plans for all the seeds I get from Check Out Mike The Gardener’s Monthly Seed Club.