Plant-Based Diet: How to Grow 5 Delicious Foods You Never Find in Shops - Gardenista
“I wish we’d stop growing potatoes, carrots, and onions,” says Mark Diacono.
Photography by Mark Diacono, except where noted.
Quince, like all top fruit, is double value, performing early and late with its spring blossom, followed later by evocative and picturesque fruit. A three- to four-foot-tall Jumbo Quince Tree is $19.95 from Willis Orchards.
Quince
Lovelier looking above ground than below, but below is where the unique flavor is stored.
Salsify
Wineberries
We buy more vegetable seeds than those of flowers in the UK and enjoy the idea of circumventing the supermarket to put our own food on the table.
“It is deeper-flavored than raspberries and more wine-y; hence the name. The canes are covered in deep pink hairs: very beautiful, especially in autumn and winter.” The Japanese wineberry also makes an informal boundary or hedge.
Alpine strawberry, filed under Easy. A potted Alpine Strawberry (Fragaria vesca) plant is $10 from The Shop at Monticello.
Alpine Strawberries
Photograph by Kendra Wilson.
Freckles Lettuce
Rows of Freckles lettuce. A packet of Freckles Lettuce Seed is $2.75 from Organic Seeds.