What are you planning to grow 2016.

[Brambles]

Well, the weather is pants, Christmas is done with and in the Brambles household it's time to plan the plot and order seeds, sets and tubers

Broad Beans Bunyards Exhibition
French Bean Blue Lake
Runner Bean White Emergo
Beetroot Crimson King
Carrot Early Market, Chantnay Red Cored
Celeriac Giant Prague
Garlic Printanor
Onion Turbo
Leek Blue Solaise
Peas Meteor
Pumpkin Big Max
Summer Squash Yellow Crookneck
Winter Squash Jester, Buttercup
Sprouts Darkmar 21
Kale Dwarf Green Curled
Potato Accord, Rooster and Vales Sovereign
Swede Marian
Parsnip Student

Greenhouse/Polytunnel
Tomato San Marzano, Harbinger
Chilli Pepper Anaheim, Jalapeno
Sweet Pepper Red Marconi
Melon Minnesota Musk
I'm also going to try Sweet Potatoes and Ginger in the polytunnel.

I am now at the stage with the plot where I have grown different varieties and those listed are the ones that do well on the allotment and have the flavour and keeping/ preserving characteristics we want.
All I have to do now is wait for spring......never was very patient.

What's your list like and how do you choose what to grow?

[Deeps]

In answer to the opening question.......fatter.

Hopefully Her Maj is going to be more dynamic with the allotment this year, I've got her a couple of inspirational books (as suggested on this forum, perhaps by your good self) to spur her on. I'll do my bit with the heavy stuff but I'm very much the donkey when it comes to the allotment.

[Arzosah]

Oh my! I mostly rely on perennials - sorrel, wild garlic, lemon balm, quince, salad burnet, several berries (as well as dandelions!!!). I want to harvest the aloe vera, mahonia, the mint, the rosemary and the quince this year.

I've planted the garlic, and I want to grow chili, basil, courgettes, beetroot and kale.

[preppingsu]

Well I went a bit mad in 2015 and grew quinoa and oca, as well as Jerusalem artichokes, Welsh onions and Egyptian onions (walking onions).

2016 will see a return to more traditional veg, carrots, beetroot, new spuds, beans, peas, salad stuff. The perennials will still be there but the family weren't that keen.

I have also planted more raspberry canes, so hopefully should have a large crop. Also have red and black currants, apples, plums.

But I'm not a brilliant planner, I just tend to throw it all in and hope for the best!

[poppypiesdad]

Again this year , half the field 4 acres down to hay but as usual will be made into haylage , so electric fencing , fertilizer and need to spray for weeds this year with grazon this year .
Need to get on with a veg plot this year and get on top of the raspberry and bramble bushes .
And perhaps do my elderflower liqueur.

J

[jansman]

I keep a few perennials.Rhubarb,Jerusalem Artichokes,welsh onions, and fruit trees.Then it will be spuds,sweetcorn,spaghetti marrow,chillies,tomatoes ( indoor and out),kale, various lettuce, climbing peas,runner beans,leeks,spinach and courgettes.All from saved seed.

[Lanky Yankee]

Got a good sampling of seeds in my stocking this Xmas.

3 types of corn
5 types of tomatoes
Squash
Aubergine
Onions
Potatoes
Pumpkins
Peas
Broad beans

Should be fun. Really trying to work the plot this year.

[MissAnpassad]

I'm going to grow:
Almond potatoes
Broad beans
Pisum sativum var.arvense (couldn't find an english name)
Lotus tetragonolobus (same here)
Sugarbeets
Garlic
Wild garlic
Lettuce
Rucola
Horse radishes
Radishes
Daikons
Tree onions
Physalis peruviana

And a lot more...

[diamond lil]

I'm going for traditional historical Scottish. Tatties, leeks and turnips plus some lettuce.

[ForgeCorvus]

I'm going to grow:
Almond potatoes
Broad beans
Pisum sativum var.arvense (couldn't find an english name)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pea
Lotus tetragonolobus (same here)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_tetragonolobus
Sugarbeets
Garlic
Wild garlic
Lettuce
Rucola https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eruca_sativa
Horse radishes
Radishes
Daikons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daikon
Tree onions
Physalis peruviana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physalis_peruviana

And a lot more...

I wasn't too sure what some of that stuff is so I googled it..... Thought I'd post links to save others time


Right, thats the couple of quid I donated to Wikipeadia justified