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RE: EATING OUR FIRST HOMEGROWN TAMARILLOS
My garden didnt seem to do that well this year. Tomatoes did great last year, but this year almost nothing. Do you have any insight to what plants you can leave in the ground over the winter? I was told to leave the strawberries and just cover them with straw. Good luck with your garden! @papa-pepper
Strawberries, and most other common berries are perennials, so they can stay in. Some herbs are also perennials or biennials, so they can come back too. The common "garden foods" like tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, lettuces, etc, will all probably need to be planted yearly, depending where you are at. On a fun note, if you leave your carrots in over the winter, they'll grow up to about three feet tall the second year and go to seed, which can be fun to see and it provides you with free seeds for the next year.