Topic: What will you be growing/not growing next year?

[GrannieAnnie]

I will ONLY plant brussel sprouts if I can build cages for them.
Same for any other in the cabbage family- too many nasty beetles and caterpillars.

[izzywizz]

won't be growing chard next year

[Froglegs]

Swede is out it just will not grow for me,but I'm going to have a bash at Asparagus.

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

i WILL grow Lima Beans again next year.  Some ripened fully this year, and when we have a proper summer next year they'll be fine  8)

Pretty plant too. The pods are as tough as old boots, but with the sun behind them you can see the beans growing inside

Those enormous white runner beans are a must too

[Flighty]

I'll be growing lots of runner beans'Painted Lady' and sweet peas.

[posie]

I will ONLY plant brussel sprouts if I can build cages for them.
Same for any other in the cabbage family- too many nasty beetles and caterpillars.

I managed to build a pretty good cage for mine this year (after the caterpillars unfortunately) out of bamboo poles, netting and twisty twine.  It's survived one gale so far, so fingers crossed.  It cost about £8 roughly because I used the bamboo poles I'd just pulled down from the beans.

[betula]

I have decided no more potatoes.We do not eat enough of them.

More cut flowers.

More herbs.

More toms. :)

[RSJK]

I am going to grow as much as I can next year, stock the freezer up well. Think times may be hard next year with the recession taking hold.

[KathrynH]

I'm going to try to stick to the things we eat a lot of. The overwintering onions are already in, so is the garlic and the broad beans are sown in pots. Grown far too many potatoes for the last few years so I must try to restrict how many I plant next year (difficult when going through the catalogues though as I always get a bit carried away. More French beans I think as I used up all of the ones I froze today (bad planning) and no matter how many peas I grow there never seems to be enough.

[hopalong]

More aquadulce broad beans, peas, french beans (various varieties), carrots, parsnip, beetroot, cabbage, leeks and caulis; fewer runner beans (i.e. none) and outdoor tomatoes (too frustrating). Same amount of everything else.

[Tin Shed]

Giving up with caulis.
More borlotti beans, chard and different chillies and pumpkins.
The new veg to try will be russian red kale - tried some from a farmers market and it was wonderful.

[kt.]

Swede is out it just will not grow for me

My swede growing was temperamental until 2 years ago.  I was given some swede started off as plug plants that were about to be thrown away,  and all grew to a reasonable size.  This year I sowed 50 seeds in cell trays in my greenhouse and everyone germinated.  I now have about 44 left (due to the ones we have already eaten),  decent size swede in the ground,  some bigger than what you can buy in the shops.  Once transplanted I have not fed them, just left them to do their own thing.  Variety is "Marion".

http://www.kingsseeds.com/kolist/1/0/14603.htm

[Emagggie]

NOT bothering with cape gooseberries-well maybe one plant- I'm the only one that likes them but they give me guts ache  :(
Only one variety of runner bean, no final decision yet,
Only 2 varieties of tomato, Beefsteak and Gardeners Delight,
Swedes are poor, that's Ruby, so I may try Marion,
Celery looked good but was inedible.
More carrots now I seem to have the hang of making them grow here, and I will have another go at peas.
I am short of space (5 rod) so I am going to be very selective next season...I said that last year...hey ho, I'm a pushover for trying something new ;D

[GrannieAnnie]

I'll keep up the search for the perfect
early tomatoes Alaska or Canadian seed;  early green peppers; more edible peapods

[hellohelenhere]

I'll probably plant far too much, as it will be my first season and I'll be wildly over-enthusiastic! :D
Also, I don't know what will thrive in my garden, so I thought I'd try as many varieties as I can, then build on the successes the following year. Got a lot of varieties of beans from seed swaps! Also want to grow courgettes and squash, plus all manner of greens, depending on what survives the local pest-fauna. My husband loves spinach and turnip greens, so lots of that kind of thing.
I'm really trying to resist the urge to grow tomatoes, as I'll have my work cut out already, and I find they need a bit of attention with the watering, staking, whitefly, blight etc; but I know even now that I will succumb - such a *tasty* thing to grow at home when it's so hard to buy good ones.
Planning to put some fruit bushes in as well - blackcurrant, redcurrant, gooseberry, for a start.
And then there's all the flowers too... in my mind's eye I can see a lush Geoff-Hamilton-style cottage garden, haha! Still, I can dream...

[Hector]

Wont be growing caulis or cabbage as had plague of caterpillers (so bad they were clibing up house walls to bedrooms....truly ( my fault as mesh too large) . Will try psb (one that doesn't need cold snap) 

Won't do asparagus peas again as none of us liked them! Same with celeriac...just not my cup of tea.

Will do more courgettes...all were a success...particularly Paradour (yellow one)
squash, red kuri....yum....celebration yum...butternut....bleepy squirels got em
potatoes...will do more but not international kidney/....disappointed with taste, so going for pink fir apple....foremost and another early
Red Orache...great
more salads
Sibilica chard yes

Bean crop was a disaster last year but we planted late

[Le-y]

This year i'm NOT growing Strawberries, Tomatoes or Broccoli they all failed either in the garden last year or i just didnt have enough of them for my family.

maybe next year if this first year on the plot goes ok i'll try again but, in this house they won't be overly missed.

[fi]

going to grow beans for drying but don't know which yet. i use black turtle beans  a lot for chillies, but i don't know if i can grow these here. my swedes were also unsuccessful so haven't grown for years (read today that they release a chemical which suppresses couch grass, in gardeners weekly ) so they were a no, no but will try again.  Not growing main crop potatoes. Not growing red orache as food crop.

[STEVEB]

After 2 years of tomato blight ill be giving them a miss this year,may have a few for the back garden

[antipodes]

Yes I too gave up celery as a bad joke, it all went in the compost. I also gave up on broad beans, too fiddly to cook and no one wants to eat them except me.
I am attempting again to grow carrots and I even sowed radish last week, which I have never managed to grow in three years... I just can't give up trying! Also trying spring onions, starting them off in trays, as I have not managed to grow them since I got teh plot, despite sowing packets of them.
Once again, lots of tomatoes and aubergines (my big success on 2009!), more peppers this time and loads of onions and spuds which kept me going for months last year. I just love tasty home grwon spuds and they are perfect low maintenance veg.
More sweetcorn and pumpkin (preparing big pooey manure piles for them in every corner!!)
Brussels didn't work in 2009 but I am trying again. And as usual those lovely Parador yellow courgettes, so tasty and easy to grow.
New strawberries planted this year, and teh old ones are in pots so I will have strawbs coming out of my ears! So irresistible though, I never buy any in the shops, they are just disgusting.