There are so many different types of vegetable seeds that many gardener don’t even know about. When my parents used to run a market garden they grew every vegetable possible. Some vegetables in the list are grow by most gardeners and there are others that aren’t grow as often anymore by the vegetable gardener. I am listing the types in alphabetical order:

• Artichoke – Globe. These grow in big plants and the globe grow on top of the plant.

• Artichoke – Jerusalem. These grow underground and you dig them out like potatoes. They have a habit of taking over!

• Asparagus – Are a delicious vegetable. You can grow them yourself but you have to be patient. When you buy asparagus crowns to plant you’ll still have to wait three years before you can properly pick from them. But the will crop for twenty years.

• Asparagus Pea - It’s more of a ‘mange tout’ you need to harvest the pots when they are around 1″ long as otherwise they go tough. The plant gets the most beautiful red flower.

• Aubergine - Is a large purple fruit. They are better grown in a greenhouse but you can try to grow them in a sheltered spot.

• Basella – Malabar Spinach. This is a climbing spinach it grow about 3 foot high and should be grown in a greengouse or poly-tunnel. This spinach is really delicious and has a milder taste then ordinary spinach. The leaves are a really dark green colour.

• Beetroot - Most gardeners grow some beetroot on their patch. Beetroot is a lovely vegetable that many people really enjoy.

• Borecole or Kale. A great plant to have to get lost of greens in the winter time and not many vegetables are around.

• Broad Beans - It’s a vegetable that you either love or hate.

• Broccoli - there are many varieties around.

• Brussel Sprouts - We love them really.

• Cabbage - Many different varieties such as white, green, red and savoy. You’ll find one you like to eat and grow.

• Cape Gooseberries – Physalis. Is really a fruit. But they were on my parents list. Cape gooseberry is a delicious little fruit the size of a gooseberry and bright orange. They have a papery husk around them. Best to grow in a greenhouse but will grow in a sheltered sunny spot. Will grow to about 6 ft.

• Cardoon – A real old fashioned vegetable. It looks like an artichoke plant. You can eat the leaves.

• Carrots - We all grow the trusty old carrots.

• Cauliflower – Diferent varieties: white, or purple.

• Celery – Green, red or blanched.

• Celeriac – This is a round ball like a turnip or swede and tastes just like celery.

• Chinese Cabbage - Can be eating like lettuce.

• Chicory - Chicory is more popular in Europe then the UK. Well worth growing.

• Courgettes – We grew green and yellow and also round courgettes.
  

• Cucumbers - Can be outdoor or indoor cucumbers.

• Endive - Is like a lettuce but more bitter.

• French Beans - Many different varieties: green, purple or yellow.

• Garlic – Is from the onion family. Garlic can be eating fresh or allow it to dry and then it will last all winter.

• Gherkin - Grow you own gherkins you just have to pickle them!

• Kohl Rabi – I like a turnip and you can grow a purple or green variety.

• Leeks – Are also family of the onion. Leeks take a long time to grow and are a lovely vegetable throughout the winter.
  

• Lettuce - many different varieties: Iceberg, cos, butterhead, Lollo rosso, etc.

• Marrow – You can either buy special marrow seeds and grow them into marrows or you’ll find that you will get a courgette that you have forgotten to pick and it grows into a marrow.

• Melons – Melons can be grow indoors or outdoors. They need a sheltered area if you grow them outdoors.

• Okra – Ladies Finger. Its origin is from Africa. Should be grow in the greenhouse.

• Onions – Onions are usely grow by every gardener.

• Parsley – Parsley is a herb that can be succesfully grow in your garden.

• Peas - That include mange tout.

• Peppers - Green, red and yellow.

• Peppers – Hot chilli.

• Perpetual Spinach – Tends to last longer then ordinary spinach.

• Potatoes – We only grew early and second early potatoes but you can also grow maincrop potatoes.

• Purslane – Golden or Green. You eat the young leaves.

• Rhubarb – Rhubarb is very easy to grow and will produce a lot of rhubarb.

• Runner Beans – Need to have a sheltered spot to grow really well then they will produce many beans for you.

• Salsify – Salsify is a large tapered root with a smooth texture. The root can be added to stews to give extra texture.

• Scorzonera - Scorzonera has a texturethat is similar to parsnip and it tastes like artichokes.

• Seakale – You can eat this like asparagus. You can either blanche it or eat it green.

• Swede – A swede is a large root vegetable and can be used in stews and is also used in Cornish Pasties.

• Sweetcorn – A tall plant that produces around 3 to 4 cobs on each plant. Home grown sweetcorn tastes much better then shop bought.

• Turnip – Turnips are an root vegetable and are delicious eating on their own with butter and salt and pepper.

• Tomatoes – There are many varieties of tomatoes. Some can be gown outdoor and many varieties are grown indoors. There is nothing like a tomato that you have grown yourself.