Kitchen Garden Forum

First of all hi!

I didn't really know where to post this so if it needs moving feel free.

I have just finished planting up a fruit patch in my garden and i wondered if anyone could think of anything that i am missing?

I have:
2 blueberry bushes, raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, elderberries, blackcurrant, redcurrant, a dwarf cherry, semi-dwarf apple and pear and a plum tree.

I have also just planted some lettuce, onios, peas carrots and parsnips. I know i need some tomatoes but can anyone think of anything else?

I do love variety!

Courgettes and mini cucumbers also grow well out of doors (if you like them). And a really nice dessert gooseberry bush perhaps?

I'll be honest i'm not keen on courgettes, the mini cucumbers sound good though. Do they do well outdoors?

As for the gooseberry, I must have dug 50 up when we moved in here, I've got 2 young kids so anything in the garden has to be thornless at the minute. Thanks for the suggestion though.

Yes, Mini cucumbers do well planted outside. I grow mine in a sunny south-facing border. If you look on the seed packets there are several different varieties, called Mini cucumber, Patio cucumber, etc.

Thanks for that, I'll have a look for some of those.

The minis are very prolific once they get going. This is the second year I've grown them outside and even in last summer's poor weather I picked more than we knew what to do with.

Dear manda, a very warm welcome to the forum.

Have you thought about beans, Broad, French and Runner beans, i must admit i'm very fond of all types of beans and they can be very rewarding.
Especially the climbing French and Runner beans.

Hi Manda and welcome

How about tayberries? Cross between a blackberry and raspbberry but are incredibly tasty with lovely big fruits. You grow them just the same as raspberries.

Just a thought

Have you thought about beans, Broad, French and Runner beans, i must admit i'm very fond of all types of beans and they can be very rewarding.

As much as I want to try and grow some beans there is only me that would eat them so I am not sure if the space they take up would be worth it just for me. Its definately something to think about though. Thanks.

How about tayberries? Cross between a blackberry and raspbberry but are incredibly tasty with lovely big fruits.

I hadn't though of Tayberries, Do they have thorns? I have a 5 year old and a 4 year old who love the garden and helping me in it so a thornless variety would be wonderful

This is the second year I've grown them outside and even in last summer's poor weather I picked more than we knew what to do with.

They sound like my kind of plant! I could eat cucumbers for breafast dinner and tea!

Thanks for all the info and the warm welcomes.

Pax is a very tasty red, almost thornless gooseberry. It isn't very vigorous and nice and easy to pick the fruit.

my mum adores red gooseberries, thanks for the idea.

I've also just found a quince! I love surprise plants. Has anyone had any joy with these?

I've got a small quince (sorry, can't remember variety), but don't really get fruit on it. Have you thought of a crabapple? I have one called Laura. The fruits make the most wonderful jelly, the colour is a gorgeous pink, and the flavour is amazing.
As for beans, you could buy a couple of plants of dwarf French beans from a garden centre, which would be enough for you. my children particularly love growing peas, and eating them raw straight from the plant.