I Wish Someone Had Told Me.....

[peanut]

Don't half kill yourself trying to do it all at once!
It's amazing how much you can get done by just nipping out for 10-30 minutes at a time and it really adds up over a few days and weeks. The most important thing is to make a start and then keep on keeping on, little and often.
Oh and make lists! I love a list.
I list all the jobs I need to get done no matter how small, it feels so good when you cross things off and you've only spent a short amount of time outside.

[nick the grief]

It doesn't matter how many water butts you have, they are always full in winter when you don't need them, and empty in summer when plants are wilting before your eyes.

bit like greenhouses

[Andraste]

I wish someone had told me that supporting broad beans by running string around canes placed at the corners of double rows is not ideal. I tried adding additional canes along the length & zig-zagging the string across the rows & it still doesn't do the job for me. I don't find the system robust enough, especially if the site gets more than breezy winds, the string slackens as the weeks pass so needs re-tightening & the beans don't know they're only allowed to go in a certain direction if they need support.

This year I've given each plant it's own short cane - about 1 1/2 feet (repurposing broken pieces of full length canes).