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Advice on growing vegetables in a natural vegetable garden
Vegetables and vegetable gardens: advice on creating a natural vegetable garden
Carrot
It likes sandy soils and requires a long vegetative cycle: sown in April and harvested in October and November before the frosts. The desired quality criteria are dry matter, colour and taste.
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Cauliflower
A vegetable typical of maritime climates, it needs well-drained, silty or clay soils, high in organic matter and calcium. It is mainly grown in Brittany, almost all year round, and in north-west France in two seasons, summer and autumn. Look for good quality florets in terms of firmness, whiteness and taste.
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Broccoli
It needs well-drained, silty or clay soils, high in organic matter and calcium. It is planted in May or June and harvested in August or September.
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Spinach
A short growing cycle (50 to 60 days) withsowings on well-drained, silty soils. Too much water causes the leaves to turn yellow, whilst a lack of water restricts growth and has a negative effect on quality. Sown from March to July. Harvested from May to October.
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Pea
Sown in March or April and harvested in June or July, it is grown on even-textured soils for tenderness and flavour.
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Green bean
It likes well-drained soils but will not tolerate any kind of water-related stress, the effect of which is to make it stringy : the crop has to be watered in limited quantities but at the right time. Sown in May and June. Harvested in August and September.
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Random tip
Cooking is not always destructive: it softens soluble fibre and makes vegetables easier to digest. It also transforms certain carbohydrates to make them much more digestible.
Tip
Carrots are naturally mild with a delicate, sweet taste: children love them however you serve them. They are also a good way of encouraging them to like other vegetables, for example mixed with peas or mashed with potatoes.