High worth or rare vegetables

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I have a fairly small veg plot in the garden and this year I'm doing ordinary veg but have realised that much of the veg I grow, while staples are easily bought quite cheaply in supermarkets. The exception to this, in my garden, are salad leaves, sprouting broccoli and asparagus which are expensive in the shops but cheap and easy to grow.

I'd like to fill my plot with this sort of stuff. Salsify was mentioned on another thread so I think I'm going to give that a go, and I want to grow globe artichokes too.

Can anyone recommend other veg that are either expensive in shops, or can't be found in shops that you grow and wouldn't be without?

Depending on your space, globe artichokes are fab, rhubarb, maybe even a cordoned/pillar pear tree (homegrown pears are to die for!) we love Jerusalem artichokes too but thwy do take over & you need to be ready for their wind giving properties ;-) wigwam of cucumbers takes up minimal space, and supplies my cucumber loving kids. I also grow unusual varieties - so yellow or striped courgettes; purple beans ...

We don't do cucumbers in this house. I do have rhubarb and soft fruits (blueberry, strawberry, raspberry).

There's a market stall near us that sometimes has fabulous types of summer squashes but I can't even find seeds for them.

Unusual varieties is a good idea.

Lidl is good for squash seeds and other unusual veg varieties.

Try saving the seeds from your squash. I put mine in my compost and loads of little volunteer squash seedlings are now popping up where I've sprinkled the compost. Not sure if they'll have time to be productive but they look happy for now.