On the plus side....

[cptncrackoff]

Garlic and elephant garlic was amazing, pumpkins coming on a treat, raspberries looking promising, sweet corn almost ready!.
It's not all bad!

[Jay-ell]

The lottie is my hobby - I enjoy the process as well as the harvest

1. Got a greenhouse
2. Got a second plot
3. First plot is coming into shape
4. Its only July and I'm harvesting my toms,
5. My Sweet Bananas are looking good - may have to stake the plants
6. I have ickle habanaros forming - lots of them
7. Sweet potato flowers are really pretty - like a two tone bindweed flower
8. My raspberry plants not only survived but fruited (previously they just turned into dried sticks)
9. My experimental square foot orchard is looking healthy- even has 3 apples on it
10. My neglected blackcurrants have given me a couple of jars of jam (now I have them in the ground) and are romping away
11. Strawberries and pineberries
12. gooseberry hedge is taking shape
13. greenhouse is looking good
14. Himalayan Honeysuckle is flowering
15. Pampas Grass is dead
16. dead banana plants were resurrected
17. Fruit garden taking shape
18. Managed to grow skirret from seed
19. Managed to grow a sea kale from seed
20. Managed to grow a colewort from seed
21. Beans are romping away

oh yes and the comfrey - romping away. The secret behind the tomatoes. And peppers.

And my peas - can't forget these - 6 foot and going strong

Got to mention the kiwi - all frost bitten as the start of the year it's grown 6 feet so far.

[Jonnyt]

Garlic the size of cherry toms
Onions the size of cherry toms
Over wintered Shallots would win a prize as they are large onion sized
Courgettes far far too many over the past 6 weeks from 3 Parthenon plants
Lots and lots of Sungold
Shirleys now ripening and are large
No Gardeners delight yet!
French beans going haywire
Runners ready in another week
Sutton Broad Beans very productive

[Kirk]

Carrots better then expected, well they look nice and green.
Squash, Courgette, cucumber all doing well - bit surprised at that, still waiting.
Celery looks like it is happy.
Tomato's are fine, growing happily, may need to pinch out the tops soon, while I can still reach the tops.

Fennel not so sure, growing but think not going to get much from them.
Leeks not sure either, sort of expected a bit more from them at this time, but they can stay where they are.

Garlic, rocket, spring onion, turnip and swede waste of space.

Makes deciding what to try next year interesting as many of the simple and easy things never seem to work.

[Nicos]

This is the first year ever that our grapevine has produced flowers and started to fruit!
Very exciting

We have lettuce coming out of our ears!!!!

[happyhumph]

I didn't have a veg plot or gteenhouse at easter - I had horrible old trees, nettles & bindweed. Now I have a greenhouse & veg patch both being productive!

[bario1]

Best onions and garlic ever, asparagus bed planted up this year, first blueberries ever.

[vixylix]

Great thread Chippy - well done!

I have loads of toms ripening everywhere - so much earlier than last year, and the same for chillies. We've had LOADS of strawberries. The aubergines are starting to flower and the peas, corn, courgettes and cukes are finally starting to catch up.

And we'll soon be moving to a much bigger garden - so next year will be amazing!!