What are you growing in 2006

Weeds are always a favorite in our garden..!!

I am thinking of putting more fruit in my garden.I've already got a thornless blackberry which is a very heavy cropper,a crab apple tree and a quince tree plus a few raspberries and currant bushes.I'd like more currants and berries as these are the fruits that tend to be expensive in the shops-even in season.I suppose this is because they don't have a long shelf-life and are delicate.They freeze well(apart from strawbs).

Whether I'll get around to putting any new fruit in is another matter.I've also been contemplating getting an allotment for veg as my garden is small.Has anyone got one?Any advice for someone who likes the idea of gardening better than the reality would be appreciated.

Hello Calley,

thank you for getting me thinking about the garden!

I will be growing more spuds this year. I liked Cara two years ago, so maybe try and get those. I fancy a couple of different varieties really, to spread the yeild. Will do some in a bed, and some in a bin. I've found them to be so rewarding for so little effort, but they do need a bit of space.

Definitely growing Bronze Arrow lettuce, a heritage variety I got through the Heritage Seed Library. I have seeds left from last year, and managed to save some. It's a great letture, large and sturdy, sits in the ground a long time without bolting, and is fantastically slug resistant, naturally, it seems!

Rocket, mizuna and some other greens, always good for salads through the year.

I have organic garlic to go in, but may have left it too late. I ran out of time in November, and it does like that cold spell before it will do anything. We'll see. I really did well with garlic last year, and it has lasted me about six months, so it would be a shame not to have that again.

I will, as always, grow tomatoes, because I can't bear not to, but last year's were poor, frankly. Not sure which I will grow yet.

I have a great climbing french bean, a Ukranian one, also from the heritage seed library. It was a fantastically tasty and creamy bean, and I only did three plants on one wigwam, so at least twice as many this year.

I would really like to do well with courgettes this year, too, as everyone ends up over-run with them except me...just a few if I'm lucky, don't know what's going wrong!

I think I will give carrots a miss, as I don't get much satisfaction with those, or parsnips.

I always do beetroot, but again, don't get much in return.

Cabbage often does well for me - I like Hispi, it's quick, small and sturdy, and once cut keepts sprouting new leaves, which is nice!

I would like to grow sweet peppers, but as I'm growing outside, this may not work...again. It's just that I rarely get them in the organic box, and want to boycot the supermarkets, but I really like peppers!

Herbs, of course, I'll see what I can do. Basil and parsley, coriander and sage, I think.

I won't be growing onions as I've never had any joy, and they're cheap to buy organic.

I won't be growing leeks as they don't behave for me.

I've probably missed a few things, but those are my thoughts this afternoon!

Happy growing!

I'm growing older, balder and fatter:rolleyes:

We prepared our jungle last year and now have 6 beds about 10ft X 5ft. I'll probably grow a stepover apple and some soft fruit in one, and have a go at Savoy cabbage and salad leaves in another; the things I always seem to run out of. Tomatoes I grow in bags of fertiliser anyway, and always have a herb patch going.

Jules