Author Topic: Excited about next year! (Read 1808 times)

Biscombe · « **on:** October 24, 2007, 11:08:24 »

What are you excited about growing next year??

I'm going to try loads more chilis (thanks everyone)

Plant more berries (only tayberry at the moment but a big cropper!)

Kiwi again (planted 3 canes in a silly place and they all died :(

Red Okra and aubergines!

calendula · « **Reply #1 on:** October 24, 2007, 12:17:52 »

exited about everything as always 8)

but next year I am going to go back to trying salsify and scorzonera and burdock as well - as always aiming to harvest all year round so these roots will contribute to the autumn session

Biscombe · « **Reply #2 on:** October 24, 2007, 12:25:44 »

Wow! burdock is that the stuff they make the drink out of??

calendula · « **Reply #3 on:** October 24, 2007, 12:30:58 »

dandelion and burdock ;D now where will I be able to get some dandelions from i wonder

will have to do a search for a recipe

Tora · « **Reply #4 on:** October 24, 2007, 14:13:31 »

Hello Biscombe. :) I have so many things on my 'to grow' list but I'm particularly looking forward to:

Chillies (Lemond Drop you gave me did brilliantly this year!)
Winter squash
Aubergines (I got only one tiny fruit this year)
Spinach (I want to harvest them as long as possible)
Sweet potatoes again
Would love to try red okra as well. :)

carolinej · « **Reply #5 on:** October 24, 2007, 14:42:30 »

I'm looking forward to next year in the hope we will get weather more suitable to squash. Also looking forward to new varieties of tomatoes, peppers and aubergines. My garlic is in, so I've got high hopes for that, as it will be my first crop ;D ;D

I bought a red gooseberry bush this year too, so I'm hoping for some fruit on that. When I got my lottie this year, the previous owner had pruned the jostaberries to nothing, so there were only a few fruit. As they are supposed to fruit on 2 year old wood, I'm hoping for a bumper crop. Better start collecting those jam jars ::)

cj :)

Spanner · « **Reply #6 on:** October 24, 2007, 15:11:10 »

I have high hopes for my fruit bushes this year. I planted some 'twigs' in the srping and I now have gooseberry, blueberry and red and white current bushes. Hopefully they will fruit next year and I can start enjoying them. A fellow plot holder has given me an old greenhouse frame that they didn't have space for, so I'm going to use that as a 2nd fruit cage and get some rasperries planted as soon as I've dug the brambles out of that patch!
Next spring is also going to be the first spring I can harvest some asparagus so am also looking forward to that. ;D ;D

RosieMcPosie · « **Reply #7 on:** October 24, 2007, 17:01:25 »

next year i'm looking forward to:
-new chillies
-new tomatos
-cape goseberries
-harvesting my first crop of garlic
-getting another allotment (i hope) for my fruit
-giving away home-made (and home-grown) pressies
-making goodies out of my crops!
-allotment bbq's with aunties, uncles, grandparents and cousins to help out ;D

Tee Gee · « **Reply #8 on:** October 24, 2007, 17:45:59 »

As I have mentioned before all I want of next year is a very hard frost during January & February to kill off some of the pests & diseases that have built up over the past two or three mild winters.

If we get that then it should be back to normal for me!

Amazin · « **Reply #9 on:** October 24, 2007, 21:47:43 »

Three main things -

4 proper seasons, especially a cold winter and a SUNNY summer

A plot that produces goodies all year round

A large packet of memory seeds, so I remember what I'm planning to do

;D

davee52uk · « **Reply #10 on:** October 24, 2007, 22:59:42 »

Brilliant getting a Tayberry bush. The I got from Woolworth's for a fiver has paid for itself over and over. We had bumper fruit crops this year probably BECAUSE of the rain.

Next year I'm going to:

Try to grow them so I can have a cabbage every week for the whole year

Continue having a lettuce every week for the whole year.

Grow carrots despite the efforts of badgers and deer.

Not forget what deer can do to growing beans in late Spring.

Plant out some elderberry trees to eventually make cordial and champagne.

Sow seed very, very thinly and also early

Not sow any large seed directly into the ground - mice, rabbits, deer and badgers can find their food elsewhere!

Biscombe · « **Reply #11 on:** October 25, 2007, 08:58:47 »

We're getting a bumper crop of beans at the moment, freezing loads! planted much later than usual ;D

caroline7758 · « **Reply #12 on:** October 25, 2007, 10:00:38 »

Go back to dwarf rather than climbing french beans.

Try yet again to get some decent aubergines

Reap the benefit of spending more time preparing the soil over autumn/winter(or I'll be very cross!)

Sow parsnips into prepared holes filled with compost- it worked well last year, sowing straight into soil was a disaster this year!

Be strict about throwing/giving plants away rather than crowding too many in my greenhouse so none of them get enough light!

Lauren S · « **Reply #13 on:** October 25, 2007, 10:30:40 »

Next season I'm really looking forward to ANY growing, as it will be my first season with my new lottie.
I have lots of new varieties of peppers to grow here at home, including Peter Pepper seeds I received yesterday from the States ;D
Tomatoes for my first time this year were a real let down with the blight :'(.
So I'm just excited about everything really. :)

newbies · « **Reply #14 on:** October 25, 2007, 10:58:32 »

I' looking forward to trying squash and sweet potatoes, all of which I love.

I also want to grow more peas, I always hated peas, but grew my own, and loved them. I'm gonna start stuff off in pots and transplant to give them a fighting chance against the slugs. grr.

Rhubarb Thrasher · « **Reply #15 on:** October 25, 2007, 11:06:30 »

as we've just taken on a new full plot to go with our 3/4 plot, and it's the best plot on the site, and it's got lots of fruit, you bet we're excited

Pigletwillie · « **Reply #16 on:** October 25, 2007, 11:23:52 »

My mind I must say is still no this one as I still have lots of crops on the go.

However,for next year a must is to grow more pole beans for winter storage as haricots as some, especially the spagna blanca (gigantes) have been a revelation in taste, texture and quantity.

The tomato varieties will be cut back to 5 varieties with a couple of trialers tried out and again, chillies cut down to 4-5 varieties with a couple of trialers to see how they fair.

All said, I do love the new start that happens when the onion seeds are sown around new year and a few weeks after that the tomaoes and chillies.

Lindsay · « **Reply #17 on:** October 25, 2007, 12:18:52 »

I intend to try different types of tomatoes, squash and melons, rather than sticking to the tried and tested ones!

Also for the first time I will try sweet potatoes - thanks to the success I've seen other people on here have had. And I'm also really looking forward to growing and eating some home-grown parsnips - if I can!

And maybe, but that's a big maybe, there will be some rain down here - so I will be able to harvest just a few stalks of rhubarb!

Weed-Digga · « **Reply #18 on:** October 25, 2007, 15:26:44 »

Having only got our (Rosie's) lottie this year, I am looking forward to lots of new experiences. Particularly excited about trying:

Different varieties of Strawberries
Trying to grow Sweet Potato from slips
Melons
Lots of Winter Squash!!
Herbs
Asparagus from seed (crowns are too dear)
Lots of fruit from my growing collection of cheapy bushes - Black, Red and White Currant, Goosegogs, Boysenberry, Blueberry, Loganberry, Jostaberry

Getting another lottie!!

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