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Asparagus
| 31 | 45cm | 45cm x 45cm | Plenty for four just as it is now. Move to edge beds? |
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Aubergine
| 4 | 40cm | 35cm x 45cm | HL Listadadi Candia also Delle Uova Did not produce fruit before frost in May. Sown too late. goal 1 bed
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Basil
| 7 | 20cm | 15cm x 25cm | Did well. 6 plants was enough for some pesto and for eating. Planted very late, almost too late for tomatoes
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Beans (Broad)
Aquadulce
| 30 | 20cm | 15cm x 25cm | +/- 10 in seed pkt |
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Beans (Broad)
| 16 | 20cm | 15cm x 25cm | grown from seedlings 8 plants was not enough. goal 2 beds |
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Beans (Dry)
Garbanzo
| 17 | 25cm | 20cm x 35cm | HL Did not germinate, small field needed for dry beans! |
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Beans (French)
Yellow Dwarf Beans
| 24 | 25cm | 15cm x 35cm | HL Prolific. goal 2 beds French, HL Espada no germ. |
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Beans (Runner)
Lazy Housewife
| 7 | 25cm | 15cm x 35cm | Old faithful 1 bed runner needed, use scarlet runner for garden deco? |
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Beans (Runner)
Chinese noodle
| 23 | 25cm | 15cm x 35cm | HL Tasty, fun. 5 plants too little |
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Beans (Runner)
Kentucky Wonder
| 1 | 25cm | 15cm x 35cm | HL Slow to start producing, only one plant from the row grew well. Prolific in late Summer and Autumn. Yellow version of Lazy Housewife. |
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Beetroot (Multi-sown)
| 184 | 15cm | 10cm x 20cm | HL Chioggia and Detroit were great. Also Crimson Globe. 1 bed continuoulsly |
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Broccoli
| 14 | 45cm | 45cm x 45cm | Hybrid Star 2204 did well.
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Broccoli (Purple Sprouting)
| 6 | 60cm | 60cm x 60cm | HL exc. germ |
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Cabbage (Chinese)
| 15 | 40cm | 30cm x 60cm | First lot plnted after broad beans bolted. Attacked by slugs too. goal 1/2 bed Later crop planted in cooler weather did well. Copenhagen market cabbage exc. germ. Brussels Sprouts good germ. |
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Carrot
Purple Dragon Carrot
| 56 | 10cm | 10cm x 15cm | Thin correctly - small, slow growing. |
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Carrot
Yellow
| 16 | 10cm | 10cm x 15cm | HL Left alone by ants, tastes little like parsnip |
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Carrot
Little finger
| 198 | 10cm | 10cm x 15cm | Grew well |
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Carrot
| 98 | 10cm | 10cm x 15cm | May attack from red ants. 1 bed continuous |
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Carrot
Chantenay Karoo
| 104 | 10cm | 10cm x 15cm | Slow growing, did fine, ant attack.
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Cauliflower
| 6 | 50cm | 45cm x 60cm | HL Sicilian Violet cauli - poor germ, Pretty border plant. HL Igloo? Romanecso poor germ. Goal 1 bed successive |
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Celery
| 7 | 20cm | 15cm x 30cm | Insect attack, cut all down and used new sprouting stems. 8 plants too many - plant 4, space well.
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Chicory
| 16 | 25cm | 20cm x 30cm | Leaf, red leaf chicory lovely in winter salads |
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Comfrey
| 1 | 60cm | 60cm x 60cm | Keep small by using weekly |
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Coriander
| 14 | 20cm | 15cm x 25cm | red ants are eating roots |
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Courgette
| 1 | 60cm | 60cm x 60cm | 3 just not enough, plant 4, succession to avoid mildew, need only 1 HL Yellow scallop - did very well. Hybrid squash did well too. |
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Cucumber
| 6 | 60cm | 60cm x 60cm | Ashley *** 4 plants plenty, HL Snows X. Plant for pickling.HL Long marketer **
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Garlic
| 111 | 15cm | 10cm x 25cm | Can never have enough |
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Green Manure
| 232 | 15cm | 10cm x 20cm | Oats last year, this year mustard and alfalfa. Mustard is brassica better use grain. |
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Herb
Watercress
| 7 | 20cm | 15cm x 25cm | planted at dripping tap |
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Kale
| 28 | 40cm | 35cm x 45cm | Grew well from seed. Winter 1 bed, successive |
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Kohlrabi
| 15 | 25cm | 20cm x 30cm | Only 3 plants germinated. Ants?
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Leek
| 433 | 20cm | 15cm x 30cm | Plant deep. Use babies from older plants. Goal 7 beds
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Lettuce (Headed)
| 20 | 25cm | 20cm x 30cm | Harvest in time. Slug attack! HL Little gem no germ. |
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Lettuce (Loose Leaf)
| 56 | 10cm | 10cm x 15cm | Did well, plant away from cows! Continuous 1/2 bed |
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Lettuce (Loose Leaf)
Speckled Lettuce
| 60 | 10cm | 10cm x 15cm | |
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Lettuce (Loose Leaf)
Oak leaf lettuce
| 3 | 10cm | 10cm x 15cm | Collected seed |
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Mangetout
| 127 | 10cm | 10cm x 20cm | Bad powdery mildew, 2 beds successive |
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Marigold
| 14 | 20cm | 20cm x 20cm | Giant - plant after tomatoes and potatoes. |
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Marrow
| 2 | 60cm | 60cm x 60cm | |
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Melon
Tsamma
| 1 | 90cm | 90cm x 90cm | self seeded, plant out tunnel |
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Mint
| 1 | 20cm | 15cm x 25cm | pull out and move to pond |
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Mizuna
| 8 | 25cm | 20cm x 30cm | HL likes lots water, tiny, plant lots |
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Mustard
| 172 | 15cm | 15cm x 15cm | weed! Goal 1/2 bed at a time |
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Oats
| 1 | 10cm | 10cm x 10cm | green manure |
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Okra
| 4 | 50cm | 45cm x 60cm | poor production from 4 stunted plants. Plant out of tunnel |
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Onion
| 8 | 15cm | 10cm x 20cm | not enough planted, not germinating well |
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Onion (Red)
| 62 | 15cm | 10cm x 20cm | not enough planted, goal 365x3-4 beds
HL Purplette slow germ. |
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Other (Medium)
Banbarra nut
| 14 | 25cm | 25cm x 25cm | poor germination, lost in weeding :-( |
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Parsnip
| 40 | 20cm | 20cm x 30cm | HL Hollow crown no germ., Thandi last Summer seed only germinating after Spring. goal 2 beds. Try sowing in Autumn. |
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Peas
Tall Telephone
| 90 | 10cm | 10cm x 20cm | Poor germination. |
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Peas
Pisello Mezza Rama
| 87 | 10cm | 10cm x 20cm | |
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Peas
| 22 | 10cm | 10cm x 20cm | Mr Big Sweet pea did well. goal 2 beds for peas |
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Pepper
| 26 | 35cm | 30cm x 40cm | Mixed from green to chillis, HL Malawi pepperdews did very well., goal 1-2 bed green and 1 bed chillis. Papri Queen HL no germ.
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Potatoes (Early)
| 21 | 40cm | 35cm x 50cm | 1 bed not enough, goal 2 |
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Potatoes (Maincrop)
| 29 | 45cm | 35cm x 75cm | 3 beds not enough, goal 6 |
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Radish
Purple Plum
| 50 | 10cm | 10cm x 20cm | ant attack. pretty and big |
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Radish
Spanish Black
| 50 | 10cm | 10cm x 20cm | ant attack. harvesting before maturity to avoid ants. good germ. |
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Radish
| 49 | 10cm | 10cm x 20cm | Sparkler club root starting? keep in brassica rotation, not random |
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Radish
Cherry Belle
| 11 | 10cm | 10cm x 20cm | |
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Raspberry
| 12 | 70cm | 60cm x 90cm | small harvest on main plant. net for birds did well, small handfuls picked at a time |
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Rhubarb
| 6 | 90cm | 90cm x 90cm | LOVED compost mulch over Winter - grew huge. Mouse nest. Goal 1-2 plants, have 5 |
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Rocket
| 173 | 15cm | 10cm x 20cm | weed! brassica, grow out of tunnel
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Salsify
| 11 | 15cm | 10cm x 30cm | seeds in soil - no germination, mark properly |
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Spinach
| 3 | 20cm | 15cm x 30cm | confused with weeds, mark well next time |
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Spring Onion (Multi-sown)
| 565 | 10cm | 10cm x 10cm | HL White Lisbon - poor germ |
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Squash (Summer)
Loofah
| 2 | 60cm | 60cm x 60cm | Grew surprisingly well. 1 plant - 2 large, 2 small fruit. Frost came before ripe. Sow 3 |
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Squash (Summer)
Yellow Scallop Squash
| 1 | 60cm | 60cm x 60cm | 1 plant more than enough, not too popular.Nice for colour |
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Squash (Winter)
Gem
| 1 | 90cm | 90cm x 90cm | Gem rolet x 2 plants - 1 fruit. Goal 5 plants, marina de chioggia no fuit, black futsu no fruit, |
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Strawberry
| 22 | 50cm | 45cm x 60cm | 4 beds and herb circle, only just enough. Goal 8 beds
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Swiss Chard
| 20 | 35cm | 30cm x 40cm | feed more - little stunted. Did ok under plastic 6 plants continuously. |
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Tomato (Cherry)
| 16 | 50cm | 45cm x 60cm | black, yellow, sweetie, did well |
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Tomato (Regular)
| 11 | 50cm | 45cm x 60cm | not great, poor support, lost tomtoes on strings when wind lifted tunnel, 4 beds too little for canning (2/3 large, 1/3 cherry - good balance). Tomatillo no germ. |
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Turnip
| 80 | 20cm | 15cm x 30cm | didn't plant enough, or often enough.
Snowball HL didn't germ. |
