Headstart

I decided that after almost crippling myself digging the veg patch that i should get on with planning what to grow this year. Having spent hours thinking about which vegetables will be best suited to which area of the ground based on light, shelter and trying to stick to the companion planting guidelines and surfing various seed sites I have a few ideas. So - in no particular order I've looked at what we had too many of (courgettes and beans) and not enough of (potatoes, onions, shallots, tomatoes and carrots and come up with these varieties.

Potatoes
- Early Crop - Charlotte's
- Main Crop - Rooster
Peas
- Kelvedon Wonder
Beans
- Runner - Celebration
- Broad - Masterpiece
Sweetcorn
- Sunrise
Onions
- Marco
Shallots
- Jermor
Carrots
- Atlas
- Chantenay
Leeks
- Edison
Courgettes
- Black Forest - a small compact bush!
- Midnight - Tub based climber
Butternut Squash - in a pot this year!
Tomatoes
- Growbag & Greenhouse - Gardeners Delight
- Hanging Baskets - Garden Pearl
Cucumber
- MarketMore
Lettuces
- Cos & Salad Mix
Spring Onions
- Guardsman
Peppers
- variety tbc depending on greenhouse

To help bring in the hoverflies and bees I'm also going to be planting chives, honesty (Lunaria), Limnanthes (Egg Plant) and Marigolds.

Took me all day that did. It also made me realise that seed companies are missing a trick, its all very well having 2kg bags of seed potatoes to sow up 35m stretches but I don't have that much room in my plot! I wish they sold smaller amounts of chitted potatoes and onion sets - rocket gardens have the right idea but the combination of plants isn't quite right for what we will use. Here is the plan for my lean to greenhouse -