I’d heard of the incredible edible movement, having read Pam Warhurst and Joanna Dobson’s book Incredible! Plant Veg and Grow a Revolution . So I was delighted to find an incredible edible garden in Dumfries on a recent visit:
Incredible Edible Dumfries also has a wordpress site. So you can find out more about them there.
I’ve been trying to follow the advice in Incredible! Plant Veg and Grow a Revolution to grow vegetables in the front garden but am having a little battle with the elements and slugs. My herbs are doing really well but vegetables just don’t seem to like the front garden environment. This year’s tomatoes have fruited but I think they’ve been too dry and the plants have shrivelled up. There are a few tomatoes hanging on but they’re hardly an advert for growing your own.
Here’s how it looked in the spring:
I’ve been thinking of turning the whole patch over to herbs but I’ll give it a really good dose of compost and give the vegetables one more chance next year. Meanwhile the lavender in the front garden is absolutely buzzing with bees – maybe I should get some bee hives and do the incredible edible thing that way.
Yes, it has been very dry for tomatoes this year. Still, no harm in trying next year to have a second perspective.
Ever optimistic!