Topic: What are your hopes and aspirations for the 2009 growing season?

[saddad]

To raise a £1,000 for the NGS through the Open Days, we were well on target then we had that horrible weather for the second day...  >:(

[Robert_Brenchley]

To be able to grow outdoor toms again. To get a decent honey crop, requeen two beehives, and produce splits for two that died out. Apart from that, to carry on as normal, and get a bit more ground under cultivation.

[cornykev]

To grow plenty of decent sized carrots, have less onions bolt so they can last all year round along with the spuds, have much less slugs on the plot, Oh yes and catch the barstard who helped themselves to my Sweetcorn.  >:(           ;D ;D ;D

[james1]

Being my first season as a plot holder
My main aim and what i hope to achieve is not needing to buy veg out of the supermarket
for a couple of months.
hope it becomes a reality and not a pipe dream.................. :D :D

[Emagggie]

Being my first season as a plot holder
My main aim and what i hope to achieve is not needing to buy veg out of the supermarket
for a couple of months.
hope it becomes a reality and not a pipe dream.................. :D :D

That is the best thing James. To walk past all the fruit and veg aisles. ;D

Welcome to you. ;)

[Plot69]

That is the best thing James. To walk past all the fruit and veg aisles. ;D

And when you get to the checkout, listening to the people behind you whispering to each other "Wow, look at all that meat, don't these people feed their children any vegetables?"

And the answer to that as we all know is very, very sweet... "Yes, but we let them sow it, grow it and dig it up themselves".

[simmo116]

Being my first season as a plot holder
My main aim and what i hope to achieve is not needing to buy veg out of the supermarket
for a couple of months.
hope it becomes a reality and not a pipe dream.................. :D :D

my centiments exactly ;D just hope all the hard work pays off

[shirlton]

We have made every effort to keep the dreaded leek moth of the onions and garlic this year.I just hope that it works so that we can get some edible ones. We also look forward to the first full year that we will be able to spend as much time as we want at the allotment without having to get home to look after me mom. So pleased that she has settled in her care home. We are planning to get most of the harvest in before November this year so that when we return after our 3 weeks in Tunisia we shouldn't have too much to do.

[cornykev]

Another holiday Shirl,  :o I don't know, I bearly get out of the front door these days.  ;D ;D ;D

[Vortex]

In answer to the question asked - that we get a summer this year so we get some sweetcorn.

[sazhig]

Cram every spare inch of my tiny garden with plants and get an allotment...no matter what it takes  :P

[saddad]

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you Sazhig  ;D

[carrot-cruncher]

That my edible produce outnumbers the weeds

CC

[sazhig]

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you Sazhig  ;D

Thanks saddad. I think I'm going to need it with the information I'm getting out of the council and the association atm.  >:(

[pippy]

To enjoy being at the allotment, get all the last bits of couch grass out, and to make the follwing breakthroughs ....

1)  Manage to grow at least one parsnip!  (ruddy things!!)
2)  Eat some of the salad leaves before they bolt!
3)  Have a first attempt at growing cauliflowers and celeriac
4)  Grow more flowers for picking and fill the house with them!

Best of luck to you all - hope we get the weather right Tee Gee!

[Plot69]

Cram every spare inch of my tiny garden with plants and get an allotment...no matter what it takes  :P

I see an article on TV no too long ago about Allotment Squating. People go around finding disused plots and then they just calmly start cultivating them and acting as if they've been allocated them. It was surprising the amount of people that get away with it.

Also the people who go out in the dead of night and plant up all the council beds with veg.

[carlseawolf]

1 - Have a proper summer
2 - Grow lots of veg and fruit
3 - Get to eat it before nature does.

[sazhig]

Cram every spare inch of my tiny garden with plants and get an allotment...no matter what it takes  :P

I see an article on TV no too long ago about Allotment Squating. People go around finding disused plots and then they just calmly start cultivating them and acting as if they've been allocated them. It was surprising the amount of people that get away with it.

Also the people who go out in the dead of night and plant up all the council beds with veg.

It is very tempting to just go down there and start work on one of the overgrown plots...and if our council had any 'beds' I might try a spot of guerilla gardening...but they can't even cut grass properly so we don't have any  ::)...there is a nice area over the road from me that could probably have some veg sowed in it's 'borders' (bits the mower can't get to basically)...but don't fancy having to wash my boots every time I go over there as the whole area is literally covered in dog poo  >:(

But, I've decided that as they aren't playing fair they need showing up for the despots they are. I know I'm not the only one who's been badly treated over the last few years & if they are allowed to get away with it then they'll just carry on. Quite frankly I shall just carry on until they get fed up of me  ;D

[Kea]

My main ambition this year is get all the rest of my fruit bushes in and get my plot nice and tidy. Also to grow a bit more than I have so far.

[Barnowl]

To finally put the netting on the fruit cage - perhaps even give it a door or two :)