Wished I'd ....because...

[Nicos]

Thought it would be interesting to see what people wished they'd done differently this past year and why, so we can all learn from other people's experiences....
Here's a starter....

wished I had a passata maker...would have made preserving all those yummy tomatoes easier

wished I'd covered the cherry tree better with netting as the jays climbed up the trunk and ate all 20 cherries (yes...I'd even counted them in anticipation!)

wished I'd built raised beds earlier.....much easier to weed and handle

wished I'd discouraged that mole before it had babies....they had tunnelled under the plum tree and killed it off

wished I'd found out what killed off my raspberries

wished I'd labelled the red/white/ and blackcurrents ....so I'd know which ones to prune differently

I'm sure there are plenty more - but thats for starters!!

[Bex]

I wish I'd got my allotment alot sooner.

[Nicos]

wished I'd not...because...

Here's another one for what not to do in future!!

wished I'd not planted so many white onions....they have not stored well at all

wished I'd not planted so many courgettes....enough is really enough (even for friends /family and neighbours!!)

[HappyMouffe]

Bex, you beat me to it! My thoughts exactly

[vicki]

wish I'd covered my brocolli 'cos I ended up with lace curtains instead by the time the caterpillars had got to them!

[Shortie]

wished I'd not planted so many white onions....they have not stored well at all

Nicos, you know you can freeze onion if you chop it don't you?

Wish I'd found my lottie site sooner, and maybe gone for my 'gut feeling' choice of plot rather than my couch grass heaven...

[nick the grief]

I wish I'd won the lottery last week I could have retred then & have a tidy plot

[shirley]

Yes NTG I agree with that one. Would love to spend more time on the allotment and be able to stick 2 fingers up at work.......

[nick the grief]

...... and be able to stick 2 fingers up at work.......

I do that all the time......... luckily no ones seen me yet

[Sunbeam]

wish I'd covered my brocolli 'cos I ended up with lace curtains instead by the time the caterpillars had got to them!

Ditto Vicki!! and my first lot of spring cabbage!! Have learned my lesson and everything is nicely covered now!

[NOG]

I wish I hadn't shredded my lottery ticket before I checked it. I could be a Millionare and not know it.

[Mrs Dobby]

I wish I'd got my allotment alot sooner.

Bex, you beat me to it! My thoughts exactly

Me three!

I wish I'd won the lottery last week I could have retred then & have a tidy plot

Yes NTG I agree with that one. Would love to spend more time on the allotment and be able to stick 2 fingers up at work.......

Ditto! I do it online, which is great when you win as they email you, but not good when you open the email and it says only £10!

ASh well, maybe next week!

[Alice]

I wish I'd known you can get such a thing as a passata machine. Must have a look on line for that. Some things which were so successful, I just wish I had grown more - potatoes in buckets. I'm having some raised beds made to make a "proper " kitchen garden. Wish I had had it long ago, but in reality was too busy with work and other things to look after it properly. I'm hoping to have the beds all up and running for next spring. Will post some pics.

[JennieAtkinson]

Wished I had not gone on holiday to Spain in September (my idea not OH's) and lost the harvesting season for the (very) late tomatos, french and runner beans.

[Earthbabe]

Wish I'd marked my toms better then I'd know which ones I could have saved seed from and not had to buy more for next year.