Investing In Self Seeding Vegetables

By Cynthia Sax on November 4, 2026

The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I plan to invest in a couple more perennial vegetables and herbs in 2027.

We already have the seeds for Winter Savoury and we hope to buy some Red Currant plants.

But the big push for 2027 is self seeding vegetables.

We will have a bed dedicated to them.

We already have the seeds for Shiso, Wild Arugula, Tree Spinach, and Amaranth, all new-to-us heavy self seeders.

We like the idea of not having to buy seeds every year and also not having to plant them (though we do expect to have to move self seeded plants around).

(smiles)

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Gardening – What Did You Not Eat?

By Cynthia Sax on October 21, 2026

When I’m completing a review of a gardening season, I pay special attention to the fruits and vegetables we had excess of and/or didn’t eat.

It makes little sense to devote precious gardening space to fruits and vegetables we don’t want.

This past season, for example, we had a LOT of kale.

Kale is awesome. It is both drought and cold resistant.

And we like kale.

In small quantities.

But we didn’t need to have thirty plants.

So next gardening season, we’ll reduce the amount of kale we plant. We’ll likely swap in swiss chard, which we didn’t have enough of.

What fruit or vegetables did you grow and didn’t eat?

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