Little sweeties
Baby vegetables are not just trendy from a gourmet point of view. For gardeners in a hurry or who have limited space, baby veggies are quicker to harvest and can be grown closer together. Their flavour, of course, is the clincher, being sweeter or milder than their ‘adult’ counterparts.
Traditionally, baby veggies are root crops or leafy greens that are picked young, before the mature harvestable date. There are also specific mini varieties like carrot ‘Little Finger’, and a whole range of red and green baby cabbages.
More recently, the range has extended to dwarf fruiting
