This thread desperately needs a bump, so here it is.
We grow a bunch of stuff in our backyard. At the moment most of the garden is laying fallow while we put tonnes of manure on it (Because we live right on the urban boundary, we can go buy 50kg bags of horse or cow manure (often with sawdust added) for $2AUD).
All year round, we have a peach tree which has just finished its first growth year since we planted it nearly ten years ago.... and the peaches were delightful. We've also got a nectarine tree, a bay laurel which produces well... bay leaves, mint overrunning the side of our garden, rosemary for seasoning, nasturtium overrunning the other side of our backyard, which adds a delightful spicy bite to salads.
Frequently grown in the garden:
Chili of various varieties. For some reason they are incredibly flavourful with not much bite.
Zucchini/aubergine. Whatever dad and I do, it works. Our Zucchini frequently reach double the length of store bought ones with more girth too. They taste a bit better than store-bought. By the time they reach a very large size, the flavour goes down and they become only really usable in stuffing or seeds, or fertilising other plants. We did have a bit of problem with blossom end rot, but treated that with some lime scattered around the zucchini and a bit of milk to prop up calcium levels.
Capsicum/bell peppers. We didn't manage to get many from the most recent harvest, but they were all good.
Pumpkin. These get to a goodly size, but the sheer amount of them exceeds expectations. From ten seeds planted we got a full quarter of our backyard overtaken by happy pumpkins, resulting in a harvest of twenty-seven pumpkins. We're relatively well known in our cul-de-sac for giving out pumpkins to everyone.
Broad beans. Tasty, and easy to grow, and they're nitrogen fixers which make everything extra happy.
Any suggestions for what to grow this year?