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    Hello

    I recently got an allotment and moved house and am
    aiming to make my small garden entirely edible. I don't know very much about veg and fruit growing but I'm so excited about learning.

    Our front garden is currently shielded from the road by a big bush and I'd like to replace it with something edible (actually I'd like to replace it with a row of compost bins but my boyfriend won't let me).

    Can anyone recommend something that'll grow about 2 foot tall and wide? Basically like a bush but edible.

    Thanks,

    Rochelle

  • #2
    globe artichoke?

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    • #3
      Oh. I was going to plant that anyway next to the current non-edible bush. I didn't realise it got bushy though!? I'll look at some photos on google. Thanks.

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      • #4
        You could try a perennial cauliflower Nine Star Perennial Cauliflower

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        • #5
          normal artichokes?

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          • #6
            Blackberries and Raspberries?

            No, forget that, anyone passing would nick 'em!
            All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
            Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Pumpkin Becki View Post
              You could try a perennial cauliflower Nine Star Perennial Cauliflower
              Have you tried these? Are they good? I love cauliflower - these look great!
              Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
              By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
              While better men than we go out and start their working lives
              At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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              • #8
                Originally posted by mrbadexample View Post
                Have you tried these? Are they good? I love cauliflower - these look great!
                I've grown them. Dead easy to grow but a very short lived perennial (maybe 3 years) mine lasted two years then got too leggy so I pulled them out and fed them to the chooks!
                My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                Diversify & prosper


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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Rochelle View Post
                  Hello

                  I recently got an allotment and moved house and am
                  aiming to make my small garden entirely edible. I don't know very much about veg and fruit growing but I'm so excited about learning.

                  Our front garden is currently shielded from the road by a big bush and I'd like to replace it with something edible (actually I'd like to replace it with a row of compost bins but my boyfriend won't let me).

                  Can anyone recommend something that'll grow about 2 foot tall and wide? Basically like a bush but edible.

                  Thanks,

                  Rochelle
                  Rhubarb, Seakale,Cardoon, Rosemary, Bay,dwarf apple,strawberry barrel? 9 star perenniial cauli's are not a 'pretty' plant and Walking stick kale which grows for a simiar amount of time (2 to 3 years) can reach about 12 foot tall!
                  My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                  to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                  Diversify & prosper


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                  • #10
                    Globe artichokes also look gorgeous when they've gone to seed. A really vibrant, bright purple.
                    Real Men Sow - a cheery allotment blog.

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