Garden Veggie You Most Enjoy

[A. Lyric]

What do you most enjoy growing in your garden and why?

Do you have a tried and true favorite?

A recent discovery that delighted you?

Do you enjoy it because of flavor, productivity, disease resistance, or something else?

I've grown Sun Sugar Cherry Tomatoes for a couple years now and if I had to pick one
favorite in my garden I'd pick it. It's just so relentlessly, unbelievably productive with
outstanding flavor. It's indeterminate and has outgrown every support I've
tried to create for it and withstood the heat and humidity like a trooper.
I've probably eaten ten little tomatoes all summer, so my greatest pleasure
with this little yellow cherry tomato is giving them away to those who come back
for more. There's always more! Kids especially seem to love them.

Anyone else grow Sun Sugar?

 

[Avocado]

I love growing snow peas. They are planted at the end of winter, first crop to plant, grows pretty fast. Almost no bugs to deal with because they are grown in chilly weather. And they are a tasty treat that goes well with many kinds of meat.

 

[Heirloom farmer1969]

It's a close race between tomatoes and watermelon for me. Although I have good luck nearly every year with tomatoes, my watermelon growing seems to be a hit-and-miss.
Hopefully, next spring, I'll learn a few tricks from this site. I've seen a few pictures of some nice homegrown melons this year on here!!

 

[A. Lyric]

I love growing snow peas.

So many many plants I've never grown, peas among them.

It's a close race between tomatoes and watermelon for me. Although I have good luck nearly every year with tomatoes, my watermelon growing seems to be a hit-and-miss.
Hopefully, next spring, I'll learn a few tricks from this site. I've seen a few pictures of some nice homegrown melons this year on here!!

I'd love to grow watermelon or cantaloupe but they intimidate me. Cantaloupe from the store is a close cousin to carrots and awful.
What kind of tomatoes do you like best? I'm looking for new varieties of tomato and garlic to try.

I hope you find what you're looking for on the forum!

 

[skinyea]

just for nourishment I would go with Potatoes. I can keep them all winter long and can cook them 1000 different ways.

For taste-- Brandywine Tomatoes. to me nothing compares to the taste

 

[pepper]

Beefsteak tomatoes for me and peppers. I like a big tomato with lots of flesh and less seeds in it. But I am looking into trying a new kind next year, I am not familiar with many other verities so if I can find any that fit that description I'll try them.

I just looked up Brandywine tomato that someone just mentioned above, it sounds like what I am looking for.

 

[A. Lyric]

just for nourishment I would go with Potatoes. I can keep them all winter long and can cook them 1000 different ways.

For taste-- Brandywine Tomatoes. to me nothing compares to the taste

I'd love to grow potatoes just to know how they compare to what I get from the store.

Yes, I've heard of Brandywine. Which Brandywine do you grow? I'd like a big slicer next year. I grew mostly determinate tomatoes
this year, Homestead and Rosella Purple, and they were both disappointing.

 

[skinyea]

I'd love to grow potatoes just to know how they compare to what I get from the store.

Yes, I've heard of Brandywine. Which Brandywine do you grow? I'd like a big slicer next year. I grew mostly determinate tomatoes
this year, Homestead and Rosella Purple, and they were both disappointing.

Regarding potatoes it is just a huge relief knowing you have a ton of food just in case everything goes to shit. During the pandemic everyone was going to the stores waiting in lines 6 feet apart, paying crazy prices. I would just go to the basement.

Pink and red brandywine

 

[Meadowlark]

I've attempted to answer this question or a form of it many times on this Forum...and I can never narrow it down to just one thing that I enjoy the most.

I agree with skinyea that potatoes are extremely enjoyable and rewarding to grow (all kinds red, white even sweet potatoes). But onions are just as rewarding to me and their close relatives garlic and American leeks. How could I leave off corn which is undoubtably the best tasting thing I grow. Or tomatoes which we often take for granted. Can't have tomatoes without Okra that would be unthinkable, LOL. My goodness you couldn't leave off beans which we grow in multiple varieties multiple times per year or their close cousins cow (field) peas which are such a delight to eat and replenish our soils.

Right now, I'm planting brassicas which in my younger days I could not even think of eating purchased from the store, but which are just delightful fresh from the garden like Cabbage (savoy and chinese), Arugula, Bok choy, Broccoli (regular, sprouting broccoli, etc), long growing Brussels sprouts, big headed Cauliflower, Collard greens, and Kale plus others. Couldn't leave those off the list. And thinking of cool weather veggies like turnips, radishes, carrots, various lettuce and chard, and beets which grow in abundance all winter here. Could not leave them off the list.

Its an impossible question for me. I love them all.

Not to mention grapes, plums, peaches, blackberries, mulberries, pecans, etc. etc

 

[Meadowlark]

I've attempted to answer this question or a form of it many times on this Forum...and I can never narrow it down to just one thing that I enjoy the most.

I agree with skinyea that potatoes are extremely enjoyable and rewarding to grow (all kinds red, white even sweet potatoes). But onions are just as rewarding to me and their close relatives garlic and American leeks. How could I leave off corn which is undoubtably the best tasting thing I grow. Or tomatoes which we often take for granted. Can't have tomatoes without Okra that would be unthinkable, LOL. My goodness you couldn't leave off beans which we grow in multiple varieties multiple times per year or their close cousins cow (field) peas which are such a delight to eat and replenish our soils.

Right now, I'm planting brassicas which in my younger days I could not even think of eating purchased from the store, but which are just delightful fresh from the garden like Cabbage (savoy and chinese), Arugula, Bok choy, Broccoli (regular, sprouting broccoli, etc), long growing Brussels sprouts, big headed Cauliflower, Collard greens, and Kale plus others. Couldn't leave those off the list. And thinking of cool weather veggies like turnips, radishes, carrots, various lettuce and chard, and beets which grow in abundance all winter here. Could not leave them off the list.

Its an impossible question for me. I love them all.

 

[skinyea]

I've attempted to answer this question or a form of it many times on this Forum...and I can never narrow it down to just one thing that I enjoy the most.

I agree with skinyea that potatoes are extremely enjoyable and rewarding to grow (all kinds red, white even sweet potatoes). But onions are just as rewarding to me and their close relatives garlic and American leeks. How could I leave off corn which is undoubtably the best tasting thing I grow. Or tomatoes which we often take for granted. Can't have tomatoes without Okra that would be unthinkable, LOL. My goodness you couldn't leave off beans which we grow in multiple varieties multiple times per year or their close cousins cow (field) peas which are such a delight to eat and replenish our soils.

Right now, I'm planting brassicas which in my younger days I could not even think of eating purchased from the store, but which are just delightful fresh from the garden like Cabbage (savoy and chinese), Arugula, Bok choy, Broccoli (regular, sprouting broccoli, etc), long growing Brussels sprouts, big headed Cauliflower, Collard greens, and Kale plus others. Couldn't leave those off the list. And thinking of cool weather veggies like turnips, radishes, carrots, various lettuce and chard, and beets which grow in abundance all winter here. Could not leave them off the list.

Its an impossible question for me. I love them all.

you can say that again!

 

[skinyea]

Everything you grow tastes better than store bought. But Tomatoes and sweetcorn tastes the most different. So much sweeter. It is almost like a completely different food.

 

[Ruderunner]

Short version, I don't grow anything I don't like.

 

[A. Lyric]

Short version, I don't grow anything I don't like.

Well, of course not. But if you had to choose, if you could only grow one or two....

 

[DirtMechanic]

What do you most enjoy growing in your garden and why?

Do you have a tried and true favorite?

A recent discovery that delighted you?

Do you enjoy it because of flavor, productivity, disease resistance, or something else?

I've grown Sun Sugar Cherry Tomatoes for a couple years now and if I had to pick one
favorite in my garden I'd pick it. It's just so relentlessly, unbelievably productive with
outstanding flavor. It's indeterminate and has outgrown every support I've
tried to create for it and withstood the heat and humidity like a trooper.
I've probably eaten ten little tomatoes all summer, so my greatest pleasure
with this little yellow cherry tomato is giving them away to those who come back
for more. There's always more! Kids especially seem to love them.

Anyone else grow Sun Sugar?

Yes I do. I mix the tomatoes we do not eat fresh and sauce them. They can add a lot of sweetness to a sauce.

Tomatoes, Peppers, Onions, Herbs.