Originally Posted by HeyWayne

Hi Louise

Welcome to the vine.

I myself only started this last year (almost a year to the day in fact), and I think you'd not go far wrong with starting of with tatties. Good ground "cleaners" for a start.

My advice would be to grow things you enjoy to eat, or things you'd like to try. Beans seem fairly easy to grow, and courgettes are bountiful.

Get yourself a good book (opinions vary greatly here - but I've used The Allotment Book Amazon.co.uk: The Allotment Book: Books: A. M. Clevely, Vegetable & Herb Expert Amazon.co.uk: Vegetable and Herb Expert: Books: D.G. Hessayon and Grow Your Own Veg Amazon.co.uk: Grow Your Own Veg (Rhs): Books: Carol Klein,Royal Horticultural Society). They all cover the basics regarding crop rotation, but I have to say I'm not that organised unfortunately. I've just remembered what I've grown where, and make sure I alternate the vegetable groups accordingly.

There are plenty of experts on here, and they're a friendly bunch - stick with this website and you'll not go far wrong!

Good luck, and most of all, enjoy whatever you do.