Taste the difference!
It may seem like a gardener's inflated sense of self worth, but, you really can taste the difference in the food you grow for yourself.
Savouring the delights of your vegy garden is just sheer indulgence and you will find yourself muttering things like 'that's the best tomato I've ever tasted'.
There are many other worthwhile considerations like reduced carbon footprint, sustainability, no pesticides, no preservatives, no genetically modified food, etc, but the real joy is the TASTE.
Beautanicals Sells Seeds
We believe that if you buy the seed, grow your own vegetables and save the seed from your own plants to sow again next year then that's about as close to self sufficient as you can get today.
We often wonder how we ever got on before.
It becomes such a way of life that it is rarely a chore and, to top it all off, your range of taste and nutritional options is huge.
We have found that because of our climate or geographical location, there are some vegetables that we cannot grow well. Instead of setting ourselves up for defeat we have simply looked to other plants to supply that need.
There is such a wonderful range of fruit and vegetables available to us today from all over the world, that we have choices never dreamed of by previous generations.
There is no need to seek out 'new hybrids' or strains of plant that have been genetically modified to grow in environments for which they were never intended when nature has already provided alternatives, elsewhere in the world.
Strictly Vegetable
The basics that we are all familiar with.
Some foods, you just can't do without. Most vegetables are reasonably seasonal but the seasons are changing and many can be planted outside their normal time. Times indicated are suggestions only and you may need to experiment to work out exactly when you can plant.
Tomato's or Tomatoes if you prefer
Some foods are a little hard to define
Literally, tomato is a fruit and not a vegetable.
Many others are either difficult to classify or too unusual to fit yet.
So we just call it all 'food' and go from there.
Real Fruit
It's hard to believe that some fruit is good for you when it tastes so wonderful
We have avoided most of the 'normal' fruits here to concentrate on the ones that are easy to grow with little commitment and space required to grow them.
Essential Culinary Herbs
Going for taste usually means that the food will be better for you.
Many of the old and new culinary herbs actually have a greater purpose than taste enhancement. Many of them are termed 'carminative' or 'demulcent' indicating that their inclusion in your diet will help your body process your food more efficiently or with greater ease.