Topic: what would you change or do differently?

[carrot-cruncher]

Grow less in the greenhouse so I can actually see where I'm going

Take even more fuchsia cuttings as I sold out at the car boot sales this year

Plant more seeds to sell at car boot sales as I ran out of stock.

Get the space cleared in the front garden that I've ear-marked as a veggie plot

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[Ishard]

I will;

Plant more b beans/ sugar snap peas/spuds/beetroot/sweetcorn
Not plant onions
weed effectively
Define the edges of my plots better
buy fruit bushes
make more raised beds
Make sure I mark every seed tray
sow in paper pots and loo rolls 1 month later
cover brasicas
not spend so much money uselessly
have a special bed for squashes not cram them in anywhere
actually eat what I bring home the same night
add more flowers to my plots
cover the caravan so it looks like a shed (as I promised the council)
be more discerning about toms
Host a BBQ for allotment holders with HM wine and beer

Ah next year......

Everything is going to be perfect ;D

[flossy]

 
I will  ' try to '

Finish coverting my plot into a one path up the middle arrangment
Dig out all grass from said path, line and stone it at a much lower level to edging boards
Stop 'dotting' left over or weak baby veg in little spaces
Really , really want to grow Florence Fennel
Make raised bed for same
Stop walking clumps of mud into my shed
Put an inside lock on same, cant hold the door ; [ I'm a girl ]
Oh and the really big one - Fence out Mr Fox !!!!!!!

[grawrc]

Try to get there at least once a week between September and March even if it's only to admire! ;D ;D
Finally clear the "paths" around my sheds over the winter, putting down weed fabric and wood chips so that is easily maintained.
Keep on top of when things should be sown. This year I was late with all the tender stuff.
Fewer potatoes and more small batches of everything. I don't have the time to freeze or preserve huge stocks of things, nor the freezer space, and anyway it tastes best when it's just picked.
Eat seasonally.
I think that's enough for starters.

[Froglegs]

Try not to fret if i get a bit behind, as i allways get there in the end. :)

[Emagggie]

Grow spuds in the earthed up manner (I mulched with straw and got too many greenies).
Replace all bean/fruit/squash structures with metal posts and wire (all wooden and blown over and had to be mended)
Plant autumn fruiting raspberries
Remove oh so bitter blackberry bush kindly given by plot neighbour :-[
No broadies
remember to plant in succession, and not so many!!

[Sparkly]

*Make sure any planting in lines is actually straight!
*Plant much more onions and garlic
*Sow peas in a double row rather than in a strip as t is easier to weed
*Get organised for brassica planting
*Weed more!
*Keep to the plan of recording sowing dates
*Sow less tomato seeds, no matter how tempting it is. Also sow much later

[tonybloke]

I  am not going to bother with lettuce at the plot, it's easier at home in 10" pots! plant 3 each month for successional crops of baby leaves.

[Nemesia]

Only 4 courgette plants next year.

with all the info gleamed prior to this years first attempt at courgette growing i though 4 plants would be sufficient for a family of 5 with no gluts, well i still had a glut i have learnt to cook courgettes in ways i didnot know existed :o next year 3 plants not a leaf more.

The best courgettes I ever had were in an Italian restaurant in central Manchester. I asked for the recipe but they refused...and then.... I found it in The Times cookery book(years ago) the courgettes are sliced across and deep fried in a batter made only with the whites of egg which have been whipped plus other bits I can't remember. Scrumptious.