1st Time Successes.

[stardust]

First time this year for me is Potimarron and garlic. My garlic was a big disaster and rotted away but the potmarrion seem to be very sucessful cant wait for them to be ready and get them in the pot, Ive never tried them before.

[stardust]

Oh also parsnips this is the first year i have sucessfully grown parsnips

[northepaul]

Chillis & lettuces so far....my dwarf borlotti beans look great too, but not many pods.

[El Greeno]

My cucumbers were good and also, not strictly a veg, but I grew my first sunflower and it made me smile to come home from holiday and find it in full bloom. The bees love it!

[Wren]

First year with sweet corn. Sugar buns verity and i have just started cropping it . I never realized that sweetcorn could taste this good!!!.

Wren

[deltz]

My first year of growing pretty much everything was a good!
.Tomatoes - Gardeners delight doing wonderful picking of tomatoes nearly everyday, san morzanos arnt doing so well as most of the tomatoes have BER!
.Marrows - Got 10 or so massive marrows of the 2 Tiger cross varieties I have planted!
.Runner beans - planted in pots and also very prolific picking a whole bunch every other day!
.Giant pumpkin - grown in a grow bag and is doing very very well!

[Nykied]

This is my first time growing anything.

Good:
French beans. Not only are they cropping well, I found I actually like them!
Cucumbers: The budgie loves them
Potatoes: Taste so much nicer than shop-bought ones

Bad:
Onions & garlic: Didn't grow very big
Pumpkins & squash: no pumpkins or squash so far...

[northepaul]

Potatoes!!!!!!
I dug up my 2nd earlies (I know its late but they were very late to get going) and got 8kg of spuds from 2 plants - and whoppers too!!!

[jackyspratty]

Successes
Kohlraabi - Thankyou northepaul for introducing me to this! We love it and have just rushed out and bought a packet and sown them today. It was the purple one. Lovely fresh, grated in salad, lovely roasted and sauted. Defo for next year!
Beetroot - love em all! Bulls blood, chiogga, red ruby, boro F1,boltardy. All germinated really well and produced lovely fat roots, mmm delicious.
Tete noir red cabbage- loooking great, first one tomorow!!!
Dwarf curly Kale - lovely but its the only thing I have a glut of and you sriously can only eat so much!!!!
Tomatillo verde - what a fab plant. Feel inspired to try cape gooseberry next year but dont know if they grow outside?
Sungold toms - thankyou flum for the tip!!!!
Crystal lemon cuc - lovely
Achocha - thanks again! Lovely to look at and I quite lke it!

Waiting to see!
Celeriac - looking good, thanks for the top tips zaz!
Globe artichokes, after a dodgy start looking strong, fingers crossed for next year.
Squashes - mixed results so far. Will let you know!!
Salsify - looking strong
Scorzonera - really good germination, looking really good but waiting!
Trombocino albenga - going great guns, looks fab, this better work its for the seed circle now!!!

Never Again!!!
Onions - 2nd year of mouldy nose/white rot, might try shallots???
Broccoli = I just cant do it!!
Courgettes in pots - no no no, they dont do it for me, on the lotty next year.

I wold like a glut one year tho!!!

[Curlykale]

First year on my lottie so chuffed with everything (except the parsnips which didn't show and the pak choi which bolted).

My greatest successes though have been:-
1. Cauliflowers - a dodgy start as the first two went to seed but they were followed by about 20 beautiful creamy, tight heads which were SO delicious, and
2. Goldensweet mange tout - they just keep on coming and I will never get tired of them. Not many of them make it home as I can't resist eating them straight off the plant. (Many many thanks Flummery - now I just need to know how to save the seed for next year ).

Thanks to all the grapes who have patiently answered my daft questions over the last few months, and to those generous souls who have kindly sent me seeds. Without the vine I wouldn't have had such wonderful crops and so much fun with my growing.