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What has been successful for you this year that you haven't grown before or haven't had success with before?

For me it's been cut flowers for the house, we've had a fresh bunch every week for a while now. Cosmos, dahlias, sweet peas, gladioli, cornflowers, sunflowers. And raspberries, we had a fantastic crop and I've never grown them before. :)

Outdoor tomatoes, whether they all ripen properly or not. They're a mess, as I planted them too close together and got so bogged down with exam marking that I never got them staked, but there are masses of tomatoes on them. I've only tried them once before, and they got early blight just as they were beginning to fruit.

So far - potatoes.

I grew a few last year, but results were dismal. This year we've had enough off each plant (grown in containers) for dinner for two. Charlottes have been particularly fantastic.

And I've never grown chilis before, have plenty of fruit on the plants and some are even starting to ripen!

Beetroot's been pretty good too. Not outstandingly huge, but enough for a little taste (and boy what taste!)

Aqui   me too with beetroot  :)
Arran pilot potatoes - wonderful texture and the taste wow  :)
Japanese onion sets - easy to grow and good flavour
Gardener's Delight toms - just ripening but delish
Courgette - Sunburst

I'm going to try some different French beans, although mine are ok I prefer the yellow waxy dwarf ones my lotty neighbour grew  :)

French dwarf beans, green and yellow, been great.  Also yellow climbing beans.
Failed miserably at peas again this year (any tips ?) and nearly all the lettuce bolted overnight.
Next year it is then .....

I have had great success with lettuces.  I have learnt this year to start them off in seed trays first and then pot them on.  When they have  decent roots I plant them out, and they have done very well. It seems far easier than planting them in situ and then having to thin them out -  less wastage and more straightforward and they have a bigger chance of survival.  :) busy_lizzie

Quote from: Robert_Brenchley on September 01, 2005, 13:17:35
... and got so bogged down with exam marking....

This is a lesson I have learnt - I may have a long summer but that is too late.  The busy sowing and planting up period coincides with my busiest time at work so I will have to plan more carefully for it next year.  My squashes and curcubits are way behind and my successions of salds etc has a huge hole in it.

Successes - never grown potatoes before and they were great, second batch of cabbages look (and taste) a treat and my runners are going great guns.

Swede, cauliflower & greenhouse tomatoes all really good this year...

success (to my surprise!) caulis and cucumbers, onions from seed, melons and different types of toms. oh, and shallots and french beans.