This season tested everything — heavy rains, surprise dry spells, weeds that grew faster than intentions, and pests that treated the garden like an all‑you‑can‑eat buffet. Many annual vegetable seeds struggled to germinate, and the seedlings that did emerge fought hard to survive.
But the perennial vegetables? They carried the season with quiet confidence.
🌱 The Unexpected Champions
Despite the slugs, snails, and termites, these varieties germinated and grew beautifully:
- Chicory varieties
- Chinese water spinach
- Artichoke
- Red and green lumanda
- Amarathus
Annuals
🌿 The Unshakeable Survivors
These vegetables thrived in every condition the season threw at them:
- Chayote leaves and squash
- Okinawa spinach
- Malabar spinach
- Egyptian spinach
- Brazilian spinach
- Katuk
- Bean leaves
- Sweet potato leaves
They’ve been the backbone of the garden — reliable, abundant, and unfazed by the chaos around them.
Our gallery captures the vegetables that stood strong this season.
Perennuals
Chayote Vines and Squash
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