I have been put on a low carb diet and apparently potatoes are not too good for me, with the exception of new potatoes. So I plan to extend what I have been partly doing in previous years and grow new potatoes continuously for about 9 months of the year. I think I can do that using a combination of outdoors, tunnel & greenhouse.
Secondly, I have always thought that commercial frozen peas taste manky and my own frozen peas tasted just fine ... until last year. I used to grow Onward peas but switched to Douce Provence and they DO NOT freeze well. So this year I am growing 5 different varieties of peas, just a 6' row of each variety, all sown at the same time, and compare yield, taste fresh and taste frozen so that I can grow the best one in future years. (Onward grows too tall for my tunnel)
Thirdly, I am going to have a go at growing early strawberries hydroponically. Percy Thrower produced ripe strawberries for Easter and I have tried several times over the years and failed miserably. Easter is early this year so I don't stand much of a chance in reality, but it will be "interesting". I dug up some Royal Sovereign runners and they have been in the salad drawer of my fridge since early December. I potted them up on Saturday and hopefully they will burst into life soon.
Lastly, I am going to continue my experimental hydroponic lettuce growing. It worked quite well last year but I would like to get it documented and photographed for others who have expressed an interest in doing the same, plus iron out a bug or two (one of them being greenfly
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All good fun and keeps that old grey matter stirred up.
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