whos got what this year

HI WHISKY thanks for that with the pink fur's, got another one for ya  i no how to store vegetables but some books say damp sand or peat & some say dry,what do you reckons best .....BERT  :?:

... right hand side

herb bed (too many to list!)
rhubarb (2 varieties)
raspberries
redcurrants
strawberries
potatoes (rocket)
salad bed (lettuce, rocket, beetroot, salad onions, spinach, radishes)
seed bed (things keep moving about in there!)
lavender
wild flower patch

.... left hand side

potatoes (charlotte)
apples (2 eating, one cooking)
pear
plum
morning glory
courgettes (not planted yet!)
calabrese
cauli
sprouts
parsnips (interplanting with radish and salad onions)
onions
runner beans (not planted yet)
grapevines
greenhouses - tomatoes, chillies, aubergines, cucumbers, melon
french beans (two types - one planted one not)
leeks
garlic (4 different types)
broad beans
peas
carrots
sweet peas

Think that's it ... feeling I might have missed summat though!

that was quick i was thinking of giving beetroot and carrot a go.

Beetroot keeps pretty nicely in cider vinegar!  

Carrots : If you don't need the ground, I'd suggest doing what the commercial growers do.   Leave them in the ground until the foliage dies back.  Lay polythene on top.  Cover with straw.   This protects against both winter cold AND spring warmth.   There is a grower here lifting last year's organic carrots now.  They'll be in a Morrison's Supermarket near you tomorrow.

Beetroot : I find that they grow in storage.  Again, you could leave LATER SOWINGS in the drill, mulched with straw until maybe Dec / Jan.  Your winters in Kent are a bit milder than ours so regrowth might be a problem.

thanks for that,yer we like the beetroot roasted or hot boiled best.

Boothy, I've just got my allotment this month, but I've had some great crops from pots in the back garden and a raised bed 1.2 x 2.5 m in size in previous years. It's amazing what will grow if well watered and fed.

Look very carefully before weeding. They are a dirty brown colour, spindly and very hard to see.

Mine were planted outside directly into the bed, I had two brown spindly stems come up about 2 weeks ago, but that's been it, no other stems have appeared, definately no green bits

Might try sowing some more in a seed tray outside and see if that does any better, seeing as the seed isn't supposed to keep very well for next year.