[CPWSolf]

Have an 8'x6' greenhouse and a 12'x12' (roughly) veggie plot. Plus a strawberry bed, and a caned fruit area, and an asparagus patch.

The usual suspects here:

Potatoes, cucumber, courgettes, leeks, peas, beans, peppers, chillis, tomatoes, parsnips, lettuce, radish, spinach, beetroot, carrots, garlic, asparagus, rhubarb. Plus a variety of soft fruits (all ready established).

New to me this year:

Butternut squash, melons, sweetcorn and gherkins.

Not happening this year:

Onions (space and only I eat them), cabbages,sprouts, cauliflower and broccoli (never had much success plus space) and jerusalem artichokes (I love them but I cannot be bothered with the washing, scrubbing and peeling as I am always so busy).

[glyn.c]

cut back a bit this year "trying to do less but better if that makes sense " in the GH 16x8 ish we are doing 5 types toms ,2 types cuc,melons gherkins and 4 types peppers and chillies and in the garden pots,garlic,shallots onions + kelsae onions,leeks, parsnips,celery "a first for us",red cabbage,cauli,calibresse,sprouts ,peas ,runner beans,broad beans ,french dwarf and climbing,pumpkin squash ,corgettes ,kale and kohl rabi and have a couple of permanent beds 1 asparagus ,1 strawbs and 1 soft fruit(black currants ,blueberries,gooseberry, red currant jostaberry and rasps) and a few apple, pear ,guage and damson trees oh and the cold frame leaves and lettuce

[waterbuffalofarmer]

talking of damsons I have tons of trees in my fields, plus saplings too which I find are an annoyance to remove and plant elsewhere. We get tons off our trees every year, all go into jelly and nice it is too. Thanks for sharing everything guys, my plants are ready to go out and I have more on the way. Hrres hoping for a good year!

[Lesley Silvester]

cut back a bit this year "trying to do less but better if that makes sense " in the GH 16x8 ish we are doing 5 types toms ,2 types cuc,melons gherkins and 4 types peppers and chillies and in the garden pots,garlic,shallots onions + kelsae onions,leeks, parsnips,celery "a first for us",red cabbage,cauli,calibresse,sprouts ,peas ,runner beans,broad beans ,french dwarf and climbing,pumpkin squash ,corgettes ,kale and kohl rabi and have a couple of permanent beds 1 asparagus ,1 strawbs and 1 soft fruit(black currants ,blueberries,gooseberry, red currant jostaberry and rasps) and a few apple, pear ,guage and damson trees oh and the cold frame leaves and lettuce

I daren't ask what it was like before you cut back a bit. 


Tomatoes plants now in greenhouse, kale in pots to grown on a bit, watercress in troughs, runner beans and beetroot hardening off for a few days. I've been given some onion sets and I'm wondering if it's a bit late to plant them. When do other folks plant theirs?

[pgkevet]

My sets went in 6 weeks ago rather than have them laying about in the barn.. but there's only an 1" leaf showing so you still have time to catch up.

I've got 150 sweetcorn hardening off, 2 trays f beans same of runners, tub of leek seedlings, already got 80 brassicas in the field and another 3 sowings germinating/growing on. Sowed carrots, outdoor s onions (3 sowings in greenhouse) and parsnips. I managed to give away my remaining geranums and some of the peppers and toms, repotted swiss chard seedlings. Toms and cues been in the borders a while.
..also growing way less in variety and quantity this year. Quinoa seeds to go in next week.

[pgkevet]

..and after last nights rain my first potato folaige is starting to appear as well as the first outside germinations of peas..

[Marches Farmer]

A neighbour gave me some Russian kale plants last year, which were a success.  Stood very well through the winter, good flavour a bit like Spring greens, and are now in flower and much appreciated by the pigs.  I'm hoping she'll feel equally generous this year too.

[Lesley Silvester]

I have potatoes coming through YET AGAIN where I have never sown any and don't want any. I'm pulling up any growth as it appears but I want to put my kale plants in that bed and don't want them ruined by the spuds.

[Ghdp]

Me too MGWM!

[MAK]

I too planned to cut back but I have been helping my elderly neighbour in her garden because her son has had heart surgery. I planted her 900 seed potatoes and found myself sowing her seed and planting out melons courgettes pumpkin cabbage etc. So I have been doing more work despite growing less myself. Oh she keeps telling me that we will share what is planted in her plot- bless her.

[devonlad]

The long weekend enabled me to get the last things in the ground, so have got, first early spuds, garlic, beetroot, swede, carrot, onions, rocket, leeks, sweet corn, baby sweet corn, runners, French beans, broad beans, peas(loads!) and courgettes. Toms and cucs in the greenhouse. I'm going to have the Best fed slugs in devon

[waterbuffalofarmer]

I planted out my runner beans and the lambs keep getting in and nibbling, have to build some form of pen for the lambs before I go mad! Courgettes are out, toms are potted on as are the cucumbers, now sowing more toms and chili plants also sweet basil and more rocket. Going to be a busy year this one.

[Q]

On Sunday  I was pleased to see that my first two Broad beans had broken the surface and were heading skywards.
I was in a pigeon killing mood yesterday when I found my broad beans had been nipped off at soil level!   

[CarolineJ]

Something has eaten all my mixed salad leaves, probably slugs.  I actually have a load growing on the muck heap from tidying up the stuff that went to seed last year, but not sure I'd risk that even after a good wash!

Strawberries are doing well and flowering madly.  Spuds are through and have had their first earthing up.  Broad beans and peas have both got 4-6", the garlic's doing really well, the onions terribly and the rest only went in in the last fortnight, so too early to say, but hopefully I have leeks, brussels, parsnips, carrots, rocket and spring onions to look forward to.  Ran out of space, so no celeriac, calabrese or mustard leaf this year!

[waterbuffalofarmer]

On Sunday  I was pleased to see that my first two Broad beans had broken the surface and were heading skywards.
I was in a pigeon killing mood yesterday when I found my broad beans had been nipped off at soil level! 

And I have just the air rifle model in mind which would deal with that