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Wow. My favorite thing to grow… If you look at my garden right now, you would think the answer was weeds. I think my all time favorite is probably the black beans we grew this year. Before we harvested those, my answer would have been peas. Love those little guys fresh from the shell and still warmed by the sun… Yum!
Love growing, drawing, painting strawberries! There’s nothing better than fresh sweet Arkansas grown strawberries
Peas is my favorite. But then again anything you plant from seed and watch it grow is a blessing.
My favorite vegetable to grow is cucumbers. I love all the different varieties, especially the lemon cuke. One of my favorite recipes for making pickles is a Russian Dill recipe. I shared a jar of Russian Dills with my friends once and now that is all they ever make with their cucumbers.
My favorite veggie I grow in my garden is okra I chop it and put egg and corn meal to freeze to fry for the winter and make tons of pickled okra. I make it as hot as possible for my son in law and only mild for me!! Those are Thanksgiving must haves!!
The apron is wonderful! I just purchased my second Persimmon (Fuyu) tree. This tree grows the beautiful flat ones that I eat like an apple. Crunchy with a taste of honey.
Oh Gosh, hands down, Zucchinni! Those happy, delicious vegetables come in so many shapes, sizes and beautiful healthy colors. They dry, store and cook up so effortlessly and the recipes for what you can put them in!!! My favorite zucchini dish is to lightly fry them in pork grease with a little ground pepper and parmesan cheese…delicious! I’d put a heart emogee if I could 🙂
All I grow are herbs. I plant them in deck rail planters and get to enjoy fresh herbs for months. I also included stevia plant and several lavender plants. The lavender buds I use in my soaps. Someday when not working outside the home I will have a garden of veggies and potatoes and pumpkins.
My favorite fruit is cherries and for the third year my husband has harvested the cherries from our own planted tree. Being a Chicago girl having my own fruit trees is amazing. We have apple and plum which are only beginning to put out fruit. So exciting to me. My second favorite is wild raspberries from which I make several fruit crisps each summer. Oh, and our own rhubarb, too. Such fun for a city girl born but farm girl at heart.
I love my apple trees! I can share apples with my neighbors and my cows, but the best is making and freezing pies ahead and having them for holidays. Not to mention wearing the “Harvest Apron” while baking would be pretty special!!
My favorite vegetable I grow is pumpkins. They are so versatile. Kids use them for Jack-o-lanterns, used for pumpkin pies, cookies, bread, etc. Is there a pattern available for the apron?
My favorite vegetable is the spagetti squash. Made with marinara sauce it is sooooo delicious!
The favorite vegetable we grow has got to be potatoes! We grow 6 large containers of potatoes, and soon we will dig them up- is like digging for buried treasure! Then I make this wonderful broccoli cheese soup-can hardly wait!
We grow about 20 veggies, but my favorite that we grow has to be apples.
We grow several different vegetables but our favorites are our pumpkins! Every year we grow several types of pumpkins. Our latest favorites are the paper white pumpkins. Cute and festive!!!
If I had to pick only one – probably squash, zucchini in particular. Pretty easy to grow and so many options – mock crab cakes, stuffed, just battered and fried (in coconut oil of course), cooked with other veggies, zucchini bread (with raisins or craisins)…. I’ve even made strawberry zucchini jelly. I also remember making pina colada freezer jam once with zucchini.
my favorite is cherry tomatoes. I love the quickness of this goody. I eat them faster than they grow. The apron is gorgeous. Thank you!
Hi Mary Jane! The best vegetable I’ve had luck growing here in Central Texas are hot peppers. I planted a raise bed full of jalapeños, habaneros, serranos and Fresno chilies, and I called it my “hot bed”!!! This harvest, I’m going to try my hand at canning them! I absolutely love the colors in the print of the apron. The oversized pockets would hold a lot of peppers!
I love summer cucumbers and could eat them all day with lemon pepper! And I have to say, I make the best bread and butter pickles..
My absolute favorite must-have in the garden is tomatoes… of all shapes and colors! We use tomatoes for so many things… sun-dried tomatoes, tomato paste, ketchup, spaghetti sauce, salsas, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, tomato puree, fresh tomatoes… so so so much! We even dehydrate the tomato skins to use later to make paste.
I grew cucamelons for the first time this year and what fun they are! They look like miniature watermelons (about the size of a grape) and taste like a sour cucumber.
Peppers. Any kind or color, sweet or spicy!
My favorite veggie is spaghetti squash! You can make a million different dishes out of them! My favorite is baked parmesan squash! YUM!
I love everything in our vegetable garden but I’d have to say a favorite is spaghetti squash It grows easily, is very versatile, and is a heallthy alternative to pasta. To get it to grow up and off the ground my husband built an arch out of PVC pipe and chicken wire so it could climb. Not only is it genius, it’s a very pretty addition to our garden. Our plants are always plentiful and I love sharing the squash with family and neighbors.
We grow tiny juicy tomatoes that are my all time fav. The littlest ones we save for the dog; he loves them added to his dinner!
I grow a bumper crop of basil. I dry it for myself and family and make LOTS of pesto. I freeze it and enjoy it all year long.
Jan
Pumpkin is my all time favorite… it can turn into my fall pork n pumpkin stew… or pumpkin pancakes or muffins… or decorate my house or front door… or become a spicy Thai pumpkin curry. It brings sweetness and hearty sustenance foods together and makes fall and winter a happy time. I love pumpkin.
I grow organic heirloom tomatoes every summer here in Southern California. Because I love tomatoes so much I can never grow just a few. This year I grew 24 different plants. The first year I grew them we had “virgin” soil and they grew over 6 ft tall and it was a jungle. When I shared my bounty with my new husband’s family, I became the Tomato Queen.
My favorite thing to grow is my Grandma’s Rhubarb Plant…. there isn’t another variety that I can find at stores that tastes as good as the one that I got my Grandma. Miss her so much. She lived to be over 100.
I love to grow sugar snap peas! They’re so delicious to snap off the vine and pop in your mouth- sweet and crunchy, hard to stop snacking on them. Love your magazine- I never throw them out- it seems a sin- I have to share them with my friends- but only after I’ve held onto them for a year!;)
My favorite vegetable to grow is bell peppers. I love making stuffed bell peppers for my family. I never really liked them until I grew them!
My favorite to grow are strawberries and sugar peas. My kids love them.
My all time favorite vegetable that i grow in my garden are cucumbers. They are such a delicious addition to any salad or eating alone.
I love to grow cucumbers and since I grow to many I am able to give bushels away to family and friends!
My favorite is the apple tree my late husband planted years ago. The apples are so plentiful and versatile. They are good for sauce, pies, chutney. The honey bees love the blossoms in the spring and I share the apples with the deer in the fall.
My favorite vegetable/fruit is “green tomatoes” which my husband & I use to make “Green Tomato Relish”. It is so incredibly good!!!
I love growing eggplant with both green and purple stems and then mixing the plants together. The color contrast looks quite stunning. The purple flowers look shy, as they point toward the ground and never look up.
Fav is anything tomato – grape and Roma this year for salads salsa etc. Apron is adorable !!
My husband planted melons this year, which were delicious and I’m really looking forward to having them again next year.
The one thing that I know without a doubt will sprout and produce every year is cucumber! I love planting everything else as well but somehow I never quite get the crop that I do with my cucumbers! Love the apron.
I do best with green beans and wax beans although I had good luck with cherry tomatoes this year I tried strawberries but didn’t have much luck this apron is beautiful and would fit right in my kitchen thanks
I grow golden beets. when they are baseball size they are harvested, gently washed, baked until tender then sliced to be enjoyed lightly buttered with a sprinkling of salt and pepper as a devine lunch.
Yellow grape tomatoes…natures candy! Nothing like a fresh one picked off the vine & popped into your mouth, warmed by the sun.
I love to grow zucchini! They are so easy to grow, (if I keep up on the squash bugs)!
They taste so good in so many different genres. My fav is fried up with a lil garlic and onion, seasoned with soy sauce. I Love Zucchini!
I GROW GREEN CHERRY TOMATOES EVERY YEAR AND DRIVE OVER AN HOUR TO GET THE PLANTS BUT THEY ARE THE BEST TASTING LITTLE TOMATOES EVER.
I love growing tomatoes, I love all the different colors sizes and shapes. Than I make most of them into tomato sauce and whole tomatoes canned so I can enjoy them all year long!
My most favorite is Garlic; this makes most dishes taste Great. The health benefits are a plus too. 🙂 2nd would be basil, Kale and Tomatoes and Peppers. -The Pepper is the herb of the year. But there is so many good vegetables, its hard to pick one.
Well I don”t grow anything but love love love your magazine and lifestyle …I’m an advid camper for over 35 years! I love to bake and last saturday made baked 6 apple pies with apples from Lancaster, Pa. Love vintage ..have a 13 foot “sweet pea” trailer decorated with Popeye collectables..I’VE also been sewing since I was 5 yrs old and love your vintage apron.Have one of your books..Yum
My favorite vegetable ( or are they fruits) are tomatoes. Nothing beats a sun heated, fresh picked tomatoe with a little sea salt.
Pumpkins and any kind of squash. They are easy and last for a long time in storage. Carrots are also a favorite.