{"id":4365,"date":"2010-05-03T07:44:57","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T06:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4365"},"modified":"2010-05-03T07:44:57","modified_gmt":"2010-05-03T06:44:57","slug":"growing-your-own-herbs-fruit-and-veg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/05\/growing-your-own-herbs-fruit-and-veg\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing your Own &#8211; Herbs, Fruit and Veg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our garden is coming along nicely at the moment. Other than the <a title=\"Building Raised beds for vegetables\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/building-raised-beds-for-vegetables\/\">raised beds<\/a> that I built a couple of weeks ago we don&#8217;t have any areas dedicated to growing fruit, veg or herbs, but it&#8217;s surprising just how many culinary plants we do have.<\/p>\n<div class=\"amazon_ad_right\"><object id=\"Player_86e12084-2c4d-4226-a23e-45554fca4008\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"120px\" height=\"500px\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/ws.amazon.co.uk\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;ID=V20070822%2FGB%2Falslikklworls%2F8010%2F86e12084-2c4d-4226-a23e-45554fca4008&amp;Operation=GetDisplayTemplate\" \/><param name=\"name\" value=\"Player_86e12084-2c4d-4226-a23e-45554fca4008\" \/><param name=\"align\" value=\"middle\" \/><\/object> <noscript><a HREF=\"http:\/\/ws.amazon.co.uk\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;MarketPlace=GB&#038;ID=V20070822%2FGB%2Falslikklworls%2F8010%2F86e12084-2c4d-4226-a23e-45554fca4008&#038;Operation=NoScript\">Amazon.co.uk Widgets<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<h2>Herbs<\/h2>\n<p>We have various herbs dotted around the flower beds:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rosemary<\/li>\n<li>Thyme<\/li>\n<li>Marjoram<\/li>\n<li>Parsley<\/li>\n<li>Sage<\/li>\n<li>Coriander<\/li>\n<li>Bay<\/li>\n<li>Lavender<\/li>\n<li>Lemonbalm<\/li>\n<li>Mint<\/li>\n<li>Feverfew<\/li>\n<li>Chives<\/li>\n<li>Basil<\/li>\n<li>Lovage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Fruit<\/h2>\n<p>Fruit isn&#8217;t easy to grow here, but we do have flower bed that has some:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Goji Berries<\/li>\n<li>Raspberries<\/li>\n<li>Whitecurrants<\/li>\n<li>Redcurrants<\/li>\n<li>Strawberries<\/li>\n<li>Rhubarb<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Vegetables<\/h2>\n<p>The new raised bed and a few containers are where we grow our veg and currently on the go we have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Potatoes<\/li>\n<li>Carrots<\/li>\n<li>Beans<\/li>\n<li>Courgettes<\/li>\n<li>Salad<\/li>\n<li>Peppers<\/li>\n<li>Kale<\/li>\n<li>Chard<\/li>\n<li>Sprouts<\/li>\n<li>Leeks<\/li>\n<li>Spring Onions<\/li>\n<li>Tomatoes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m quite surprised myself seeing as we never intended to &#8216;grow our own&#8217;, it has just kind of happened as we&#8217;ve added plants to the garden. 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