If you could only have one Vegetable to grow what would it be and why?

just updated my blog about this and thought it would make for good discssion

what would you choose???

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Permalink Reply by Bobby on March 20, 2012 at 21:57

That's a really difficult question. I think I'd have to say lettuce/salad leaves simply because I eat so much of them and growing your own means they are fresh, not washed in chemicals and much much cheaper. But very close contenders would be tomatoes, beans (runners, if I have to be specific), and herbs (its just so convenient to pick handfuls from the garden instead of buying manky looking tiny portions from the supermarket). And then there's spuds - if you'd asked in June last year I would have voted or spuds. I think on the whole it's for the best that I can't only grow one vegetable...

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Permalink Reply by Colin Robinson on March 20, 2012 at 23:02

Although they are so cheap to buy I'd have to say onions. We use so many of them in salads and cooking that I really couldn't do without them. I have home-grown onions twelve months of the year although at the moment I'm limited to spring onions which I overwintered in the greenhouse.

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Permalink Reply by Fred Hogg on March 21, 2012 at 6:20

Easy.........TOBACCO, closely followed by hops.....

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Permalink Reply by Jade Hwang on March 21, 2012 at 8:51

wild rockets! you can use them in many dishes. They are easy to grow and slugs don't eat them. Their flowers are lovely too.

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Permalink Reply by Fred Hogg on March 21, 2012 at 10:09

Don't forget........Bruschetta al pomodoro...

Samantha Smith said:

Mine would be Tomatoes, although Runner's come a close second. There is so much you can do with toms, I fry them up for toms on toast for breakfast and smother them with brown sauce..yum, I have tom sandwhich..yum, you can through them in curries and stir frys and make pasta sauce with them, roast them with aubo's and courgettes and herbs..ok I have made my point, I'll stop now. I LOVE TOMATOES!

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Permalink Reply by Kavey on March 21, 2012 at 10:26

Definitely tomatoes... the flavour of home-grown is superior to what I can buy 99 times out of 100 and I love growing different varieties too!

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Permalink Reply by Stacy Drury on March 21, 2012 at 10:54

I love everyones comments, looks like tomatoes is a popular choice.

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Permalink Reply by Biggreenfingers on March 21, 2012 at 17:27

It has to be onions for me. I love them in everything. You can't beat, bread covered with cheese, tomato and chopped onion and then put under the grill !!! Tomatoes would also come a very close second

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Permalink Reply by TheLittleBalcony on March 21, 2012 at 17:28

Tomatoes for me, though Chilies would come a close second.

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Permalink Reply by Deborah Davies on March 21, 2012 at 18:20

GARLIC for me, I grew loads of it last year and it is still coming up, the flavour on them is so strong to what I would buy in the shops (so mellow), I use garlic in all my cooking, I suppose my second would be carrots the taste is just lovely

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Permalink Reply by Colin Dixon on March 22, 2012 at 13:30

Perpetual spinach. Use it for loads of dishes. Always difficult to get hold of organic spinach. So just grow your own. Put a row in in early spring then keep picking until the following spring. Although if herbs are allowed then Parsley must come a close second