How do you choose your favourite vegetable?

Choosing your favourite veggie isn't easy. It's like choosing your favourite child. It can be the one you most like eating, or the one that is most productive or easiest to grow. Here are some of mine. 

My favourite crops

Lettuce, radish, pak choy and rocket must be the easiest crops to grow on the farm. But in the heat of Summer, when everything looks tired, you cant beat corn, eggplant and okra for standing up to the heat. The first abundant zucchini and cucumber in the Spring are some of my favourites, as well as a cauliflower you have waited for all Winter. Tomatoes before Christmas, when the weather isn't crazy hot yet and the plants aren't sulking, and potatoes pulled from the ground in late Spring. The first spear of asparagus, a perfectly ripe red capsicum with no fruit fly or sweet kale in the middle of Winter. 

My least favourite crops

At this farm, carrots would have to be my least favourite crop to grow. In our clay soil they can be a nightmare, rotting in the ground and growing short and stumpy. Garlic is also a difficult crop for us t grow as we get warm wet weather just as the plants are maturing, leaving the bulbs susceptible to rot and viruses. Leeks are tricky as they take so long to mature, and we never seem to have enough chard. 

Still to come

Next time I will talk about our farm tours and why you should join our next one. 

This week's recipe links

Stuffed Eggplant with Spiced Ground Beef and Bulgur from The Mediterranean Dish. 

Easy Pepper Chicken Stir-Fry from Spend with Pennies. 

Cucumber and Tofu Stir-Fry from V for Veggie. 

Fennel and Basil Beans on Ricotta Toasts from Taste. 

More info

To read more about what's happening on our local organic farm this week as we grow and care for veggies for our box delivery, check out this week's newsletter here.