I like to grow food. My partner likes to cook. Those complementary interests lead to great meals. This year we had another good garden and as every year, some crops grew better than others. The advantage of growing a lot of different food is that a singular crop failure will never put you in dire straits.
Zucchini
I’ve been able to spend time pursuing my hobby, but I hardly live in the garden and I consider myself a lazy gardener. Trying to get the most output from the least input is the approach I follow.
Cilantro
My garden is also an experiment. I’m trying to prove that human labor could be employed to solve all the world’s food problems. I’m now quite sure this is true. I know that if I devoted thirty hours a week to my garden. I could easily feed many people with very high-quality food.
Green Beans
Anyway. I do believe food gardening on a small intensive scale using as much hand labor as possible could change the world for the much better, but it won’t happen in today’s world.
Chili Peppers
These are some pictures of things we grew this year. These are just the crops I took a picture of, there were a lot more. Growing good food is easy if you have the time and a little bit of space for it.
Rhubarb
Cauliflower
Brussels Sprouts
Eggplant
Shallots
Sweet Corn