With all this extra time we have suddenly experienced at home this year, creating a fruit/veggie garden has never been more popular.
As we approach the warmer months, we need to look at what fruits and vegetables will thrive best in your garden over the summer.
Here’s a list of some of our favourites that you might find are easier than you think to grow.
Chillies
Heat is crucial for chillies to grow in your garden. They grow best when there is a hot, dry sun shining down on them each and every day for a long periods of time. Red or green, you name it, they are delicious home-grown over the summer period.
Capsicums
Another member of the solanaceae family, capsicums, just like chillies, are ideally best grown in the summertime. It’s best to pick your capsicum once the soil is over an estimated 20 degrees, and it’s up to you whether you pick them green, yellow or red. The longer you wait, the sweeter they get.
Berries
Berries can thrive in even the smallest of places. If you plant your berry bush beside your campsicum, they will blossom almost anywhere, needing only the smallest amount of space. Some of the crowd-pleasing favorites during this busy time are strawberries and blueberries.
The easiest part of planting your berries is, as you might have guessed, actually planting them. During the summer months, your berries will need a little more maintenance than you might have anticipated, and will need regular watering to survive the hotter days.
It’s important to make sure that once they have developed and are growing well, you are regularly picking the fruit. This is an important process as it encourages the plants regrowth and continual blossom.
If being outside with nature has been something you’ve enjoyed throughout this year, have you thought about a career in horticulture recently? Last month we wrote an article directed at all future students, starting what exact pathways may lead out studying to become a horticulture.
Click here to read more about the career pathways horticulture has to offer.