Ensure you choose different types of vegetablesFor greatest benefit choose different types of vegetables to provide variety and too extend the season. It is important to use a range of veg's. for a good crop rotation, to pick the best ones that suit your local climate and soil conditions as well as those you and your family enjoy and those with make up a healthy diet. Vegetables come from different families;
Each type has their own requirements, their own preferences and specific nutritional and health benefits.
Some crops are more frost sensitive so have to be planted later and prefer warmer sites (like tomatoes, aubergines and peppers) which are good for ripening. Some warm sandier sites favour early growth, but drought out so you need to pick early quicker maturing types and varieties of veg. be they carrots, shallots, peas ... Clay soils maybe slower to get going but have more resilience for potatoes and other later types like Brassicas that need moisture and nutrients for a long season.
Remember your '5-a-day' and 'rainbow diet', this is easy when you grow and choose to eat a wide range of delicious fresh vegetables. Can you resist fresh sugar snap/ mangetout peas straight off the plant? Sun-ripened tomatoes red and juicy just ready to pop in your mouth? Or perhaps a young fresh stick or runner bean is your preference. I know temptation get the better of me in my vegetable garden and as for the kids, they won't need tea after devouring the peas! Maximise the health benefits with a plentiful supply of all different types of vegetables packed full of fresh taste, nutrients and anti-oxidants to help keep you fit and healthy.
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