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My experiment for this year is a pomegranate and a feijoa.
I'm always open to trying something new. My experience is that most of the novelties are acceptable but very few have any "wow factor". Over many years I've tried lots of them.Among the best are Inca berries / physalis. Easy to grow, rarely bothered by pests, and delicious fruity flavour.Asparagus peas .ok for an occasional dish, especially steamed when very young, but they soon get tough, and not worth eating when they do.Tomatillo are actually quite good for green salsa. But that's it in my opinion. Never really found any other way of serving them that appeals.Cucamelon perfectly edible but I find little to set them apart from snack size cucumber.Salsify and Jerusalem artichokes are quite different. I love the flavour. But, pardon me, pardon me, pardon me, oops, pardon me again, sorry that was me, etc, etc, etc.Nasturtiums are worth a go. A pleasant peppery flavour, and a useful garnish on salads. But I once grew two rows and only ended up eating about one plant.One year I plan to have a go at bamboo shoots. Has anyone tried them?
I don't grow tomatillos now and I've not dug any Jerusalem artichokes up for a couple of years.I've had some experiments that have stuck - Spanish Black Radish Round which crops prodigiously in the Autumn as a succession crop and roasts really well in place of turnips, also climbing bean "Golden Gate" which brightens up the plate.My problem is more that I have success with an experiment and can't repeat it - land cress, Greek cress, Hamburg parsley.I looked at celtuce a couple of years ago and decided it wasn't interesting enough.My experiments now are mostly different varieties of courgette and winter squash (Pink Banana is a wow).Love the Blue Banana. Think Musquee de Provence and Crown Price are my favourites. Honey bear as an acorn and Thelmas sweet potato (it is a squash) was a real eye opener. Definitely growing that one again 😆
We have several Loquat trees which the bees love - just hope I do too!
That is so sad. I had to leave behind a damson tree in my Belgian garden. Nothing like them here and I really dislike the ubiquitous Mirabelles.