Glimpses of growth season

For the three last summers we have been growing our own vegetables. It has been both fun and fulfilling. The learning curve is steep when you don't have any previous experience, and there has been a lot of learning-by-doing. In general, it doesn't require too much work to grow a few things. The biggest hurdle is having enough space and soil, which we have plenty of. Finding time for weeding, though, is not always easy, and the crop quickly shows whether you have been diligent or not. We have in total tried around 20 different types of vegetables, and we are now beginning to converge on the types that both have high nutritional density, high crop density, require less work to grow, and that we actually like to eat. Cucumbers, for example, are very tasty and easy to grow, but the plants don't provide that much yield, so now we prioritise something else. We're practicing organic farming, which means that we are relying on crop rotation for improved nutrition in the soil and to reduce the…