[Kate and her Ducks]

I'm with you on the get a greenhouse front.

Going to ask for contributions for Christmas

[penance]

Yep, got fed up of tender stuff doing bery poor.

[FCG]

I'm building a coldframe by the way, out of old glass. Great thing, old windows.

[Kate and her Ducks]

Only room for one so I will be going for the greenhouse!

[FCG]

I'm amazed at your garden Kate, so compact but so full of food and DUCKS!

Loved the apple tree.

[Kate and her Ducks]

Got to make the most of what you've got but dream of the future.

I love looking out of my bathroom window at all my neighbours neat, clipped, trimmed, boring gardens and my wild, overgrown, full of veg and ducks garden.
I doubt it is a sentiment they share but they are very sweet about the amount of noise my lot make!

[Ice]

A second greenhouse to extend the season even more.  Raised beds to ease my aching back.  Turn my compost heap more regularly.  Buy a big freezer so nothing goes to waste and I have veg for winter.  Win lots of money on the lottery.

[peapod]

This Year
Onions, beetroot, swede, snips,carrots, french beans,chillies all good. Ive been so proud of myself, prepping my own veg for my sunday dinner, it just cant be beaten
Wish Id planted more sweetcorn, and wish Id started earlier...BUT I didnt get a plot till May

Next year
More peas, many many more peas
Spuds
More More More toms! I cant believe how quickly they got eaten!
No sweet peppers, they arent worth the hassle or the room
More chilies and different varieties, Ive loved checking in the GH every day
Flowers on the plot
Blackberry and gooseberry bush going in
NO BROAD BEANS URKKKKKKKKKKK
More french beans oh yum
Brassicas and sprouts
Get the plot set up properly

AND TA DA
I MAY have another plot coming up this year very near me...I SO want to be fully self sufficient all year round. Two plots should do it! Not only for money but for the taste of my own grown stuff. The french dwarf were a revelation, I never thought they could be so full of flavour.

Paula

[FCG]

Grr i'm insanely jealous of you peapod. I can't even get one plot!

[compostqueen]

I got myself another, next to mine.  I'm tending it while someone else gets it, if they ever do. It's horribly overgrown. Here we go again. I don't dig so having one no-dig plot has been a challenge, let alone two  

[peapod]

Grr i'm insanely jealous of you peapod. I can't even get one plot!

I know how you feel hun I really really do, I so wish I could get you a plot because I know how much you want one.

This isnt definate by any means yet. I was talking last night at work to a plot holder on the site near me and hes going to get in touch with the boss lady (not a council owned site so one of those where you need to know someone to put a word in). There are a few plots going spare because they can be prone to poachers, and most used them to raise chickens. But I need to be interviewed by her (why do you want one, when can you get down, etc etc) so she may not like me!

Paula

[Bombers]

I want another one too! :cry:  Because basically I need to treble the amount of Potatoes, and Onions I grew this year. out of the 3 dozen or so Ailsa craig onions  I pulled out last Month there's only 20 or so left. Other notable successes
to be repeated next year are  Carrots/Lettuce/Parsnip/Runner Beans/Cauliflowers/sweet Peppers (all at home) and Cabbage/Leeks/Broad Beans/French Beans/Celeriac/Beetroot/sweetcorn/sprouts/courgettes/strawberries/rasberries/Garlic. (down the Lottie)
Had poor results with Broccolli, (Think I might try a different variety because Mrs Sreb likes Broccolli)
Also Tomatoes/cucumbers were feeble. (Most hit with the bl**dy blight) I Think I need a greenhouse!
The most productive (with the exception of the Courgette "weeds") has been my Sweet Peppers! Can't believe how many we've had off the 8 plants so far, so I think I might try some Chillies with them next year.
The least productive were the Butternut squashes. One (Briany) from 2 plants. Don't think I'll bother with those again.

[Cleo]

The garden did well this year

courgettes ( lots )

Tomatoes  ( lots ) no blight but some wouldn't redden, chutney here      we come.

potatoes ( lots ) Charlotte did well. Kids thoroughly enjoyed them
peas  ( loads ) but they never made it as far as the house

carrots ....very poor
pumpkin....finally gave up trying to save it from the slugs and pulled it up.

Next year the allotment should be in full swing so will try brassicas, onions,shallots , cauli's and the rhubarb I have inherited.
The kids want to grow parsnips and beetroot ...oh and also an enormous turnip      

Have managed to persuade them that bananas not viable option in Brum

[Carrie3]

Its my first year too.  I didn't feel as if I succeeded with much - but boy - I learnt a lot!!

Successes:

Charlotte potatoes
French Beans (2nd sowing)
Runner Beans (2nd sowing)
Carrots
Sweetcorn
Tomatoes
Chillies
Salad leaves
Radish
Spring onions
Blackcurrants
Raspberries
Blueberries
Weeds and Couch grass  

Failures:
French Beans (1st sowing - Hubby watered them in the morning, I watered them in the evening!)
Runner Beans (Same as above!)
Peas (Same as above!)
Carrots in tubs
Pumpkins (started off OK then suddenly finished when put into ground)
Cabbages (went away for the weekend - got back and slugs had stripped the lot!)
Sweet Peppers (got peppers on them about the size of a regular tomato but they didn't grow any bigger - outdoors)
Parsnips (don't even know where they went!)
Tomatoes eventually got blight!

Like I said - I've really enjoyed it and learnt a lot!  Particularly from this site so thanks everybody!

Purchase for next year - defo a greenhouse!!

Can't wait!

Carrie x

[GreenOwl]

Next year I hope to finally get my allotment.  Still waiting on the new site being started

I usually grow the same crops every year with 1 experiment:

garlic
early spuds
peas - must grow more
runner beans
tomatoes  - got blight
sweet peppers
courgettes - ok but not as prolific as usual
sweetcorn - excellent
runner beans
cucumbers - excellent
salad leaves - terrible apart from the rocket
broad beans
leeks - doing well so far
carrots in tubs - best results so far
spinach - seedlings all eaten
rhubarb
strawberries - poor
raspberries - excellent
gooseberries - excellent
cherries - poor
cobnuts - poor

This years experiment was Cape Gooseberries, jury still out as haven't ripened yet.  Only grew Broad beans and leeks as neighbours gave me plants, so won't plan to grow them again.  

Not sure what next years experiment will be.  Might try carrots in modules as I know they hate transplanting, maybe I can grow them in the ground if I start them off elsewhere.  Same with spinach and salad leaves.  Small seeded stuff just gets eaten if I plant direct.