Hi, I forgot to say my full name is Jan Grouwstra, for my nick here I chose to leave out 'Jan' as people then sometimes assume I'm female, while I'm male. 'Jan' happens to be a normal name for males in Europe.
I'll try my hand at any veg or fruit, but I'm turning more and more to cold-weather crops, as they work best here. It's not even cold here, it's very much a sea-climate, but it doesn't warm up much in summer. Plants that require warmth don't thrive well here. Tomatoes, peppers, squashes and such aren't going to yield much, if anything, and greenhouses aren't allowed, so that way I'm restricted.
But I think it's an ideal climate for perennials, as they won't suffer much during our mild winters, while it stays cold
enough for them to not bud out too early.
My strawberries and artichokes are still looking green and fresh, so that's how mild the winter is here, we've barely had any frost.
A crop grown too much in my region is the potato, but I do grow some of those as well, like this Scottish potato, 'Red Highlander' and the yellow one is 'Charlotte', a German one.
The Scottish one is a very bright red when washed:
There are some old fruit
trees in the orchard here, like this pear:
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