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Originally Posted by Culverin
I'm moving and this time, I get my own garden.
I'm pretty lazy though, so I'd want to start growing things that are pretty robust and hardy.
Do you have any tips on where I should start?
I was thinking green onions, chives, basil, thyme, rosemary and oregano.
But I'm not sure what else would work well in our weather?
Ideally, I'd like to just leave them outside in the winter, and them re-grow themselves in the spring?
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Rosemary, oregano, thyme and chives all grow well here. They're perennial and will come back the next year (Unless we have an abnormally cold winter). These are pretty much set and forget plants (water the odd time). Strawberries are also perennial, but take a few years to really get established.
Lettuce grows really well here too. If you stagger your plantings right you can eat it from spring all the way through to early fall. Nothing beats fresh out of the garden lettuce in salad.
Basil needs 6-8 hours of sunlight and warmth to really grow well. They're a bit more finnicky, but they really grow well with Tomatoes (Hence why I have mine in the sunroom).
Anything in the Mustard/Cabbage family also grows well here: Broccoli, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Kale... They don't need a lot of maintenance once they've rooted, but do need a lot of water and space.
Just make sure your soil is in good shape. Add a bit of a mixture of fresh topsoil, peat moss and vermiculite to the soil, and if you aren't composting already, now's a good time to start.