[stompy]

Good morning guys,

Just wondering, what was the first thing ever that you

1, planted on your allotment ?
2, ate from your allotment ?

I know for some of you it may be difficult to remember (due to the amount of time you've worked your plots, not due to age and memory loss)  

The first thing i planted on my plot ever was my 3 apple trees and a pear.

The first thing i ever ate from it was a radish.

Im betting the humble radish will be right up there

[lucywil]

crikey!! that's a hard one to remember, i know the first thing we planted was potatoes but the first thing we ate? i think it was probably lettuce

[JayG]

I started off gardening as an 8-year old helping my mum to grow stuff to help out the family budget; runner beans were the number 1 choice, and 50 years later they still are (she's still "at it" as well at the age of 83!) 

[oldcow]

Not grown in an allotment, but my first veggie was a tomato plant in a pot, out on the patio. I tended to it the whole summer, watered it, fed it, gave it support. By the end of the summer, only ONE tomato was ripe. Well, I thought, it will be the best tasting tomato ever! But it was completely, utterly, depressingly tasteless!!!! Worse than a supermarket tomato!

[bigben]

I think onions from sets were the first thing I planted on the allotment and radish the first thing I ate

[Starling]

Shallots and you are right Stompy a radish.

[m1ckz]

yesssssss radish lol, but this year rhubarb,then to day radish

[JohnB47]

First thing planted - spuds. First thing ate - rhubarb left by the previous caretaker. The allotment hadn't be used for years and was completely overgrown. Discovering the rhubarb was a pleasant surprise. The first of my own crops eaten - can't remember whether it was my spuds or my beetroot but both were very reasonable for a beginner.

[Stevens706]

A Rhubarb crown

[harry]

The first thing i ate off my plot was asparagus, the previous owner had left two beds of the stuff

[dexyblue]

yes 1st thing eaten Radish, 1st thing I planted from seed were beans but way too early 

[flowerpower]

First thing were mange tout.. never thought the pidgeons would like them. We ended up with Mange "three" which we had as a garnish one night.

Later that year followed by 10 humongous (sp?) red cabbages. I quietly composted 2 of them... (He still doens't know...)

[massa]

the first thing i planted was my garlic last year in november when i first got the plot and the first thing ive eaten was radish and mixed sald leaves for my tea last night i was so proud! i cant wait for more things to be ready 

[compostqueen]

the first thing I grew and ate on the plot was onions from sets and they were fab 

[corynsboy]

I have a photographic record of tomatoes being the very first thing that I planted.  I’ve got a feeling that is was either radish or rocket that was the first thing to be harvested.