Obsessed...moi?

[Nicos]

Makes me happy to "share the bug" though, as have now got 4 better friends in and around the village from taking them plants.

You know- that's one of the best things about sharing...and you're bound to get bits and bobs back in return in the coming months...preferably not lots of giant courgettes though!!!)

[Mrs Dobby]

Hmm, seems like we should belong to this club here! For 2 of us on our 2 allotments (plus in the back yard) we seems to have planted about 120 tomatoes (Mr D didnt think they would all germinate - or at least thats his excuse), 41 squash n pumpkin, 14 courgettes, 48 runner beans, 48 broad beans, 24 french climbning beans, 47 french beans, 24 borlotti beans, 150 potatoes, 14 peppers, 16 chillies, 100+ raspberry canes, 300+ strawbs, 38 sprouts, 100+ cabbages, 30+ broccolli, 250 onions, 120 garlic, 25 celery, lots of peas, carrots, turnips, swedes, parsnips, leeks and 141 sweetcorn!

My excuse? Mr D sowed some seeds, n as he didnt write down how many of each he sowed (and they hadnt yet come up), I sowed some more! Ah well, hopefully we should get some reasonable harvests! Just gotts push on n finish clearing the last 10 beds for the rest of the stuff that needs planting out!

[vixfinn]

So here's some obsessive pics, but by no means the whole story as many more sowings are awaiting pots. I haven't even started yet I have been told that there is no order or design to my arrangements here but it all makes perfect sense to me.
I feel I must explain that although we appear to have a decent sized garden where I could plant out, we are renting and the landladies lawn and shrubs are off limits. Also if we move again this year I want to take my veggies with me, with the aid of an articulated lorry ofcourse.

[Nicos]

WOW!!!...that's fantastic Mrs D!

You put me to shame now!

...mind you...only 150 spuds????

( think I may go and treat myself to some plum tomato plants at market ..they're only 40p each!!)

Hmmm- I think I'm a bit of a plug plant addict too!

( good to hear from you- say how-do to Dobby from us!)

[Flummery]

I don't mind having a holding area with stuff in pots for later. Like Snadger I don't obsess about crop rotation which means that I can bang in a late courgette or a few spring cabbages where the spuds went. You can never grow too much!

[Glutton4...]

I started sowing late, due to the weather. Had a mad rush and sowed too much. This then turned out to be too soon, as the frost got 'em. I'm over-run with Toms, coz I had sooooo many varieties, and yes, they all germinated. They're filling the GH floor, and the beans I didn't get out are growing up the staging Sadly, I'm feeling less than enthusiastic about it at the moment. Dunno why, I think I just need a kick up the bum!

[Snadger]

Not obsessed my dear - just committed.

........or should be!!!!!!

[Snadger]

You can't have too much veg when you've got thirty hungry chooks to lap up any excess!

[Alison]

It's funny when I read people's posts about how much stuff you have I think some of it sounds really excessive but some of it doesn't sound enough so suppose it depends on what you like a lot of. This is only my second year at the lottie so although I'd grown most things before I'd never had the space before. As a result last year was a lot of trial and error and I ended up with too many of some things and not enough of others. We still have some potatoes on sacks from last year and this is after giving some away. They're rather past their best but OK for mash and I only planted about 80 which is far less than some of you. However beans and peas are things you can never have enough of so have hundreds of those. Biggest problem at the moment is trying to work out how many tomatoes and peppers I can realistically fit in the polytunnel, probably rather less than I'll end up cramming in there!

[FROSTYFRECKLE]

Makes me smile this thread I've only got my garden but I'm satisfied with the space (nah not really but it's all I've got - no chance of a lottie). I HAD decided not to sow any beans (saying to myself over and over again "it's too late" - I know it's not but if you say something often enough you may start believing it) Well Zazen look what you've gone and done, I'll just need to go and plant some beans now My chin hit the computer table when I read how many tatties some Grapes have planted - I'm jealous. I've sowed too many toms and peppers but who cares. I'm sure the RHS did an experiment and found you can feed an average family enough veggies from 3 1mx1m raised beds. But where's the fun in 3 1mx1m raised beds?

[Parsleythelion]

What an interesting and eye opening thread. This is my first year as a grower (purely in my back garden - a couple of raised beds and some pots) and I must admit I have been really cautious about over planting. But from reading some of the posts I feel a bit inadequate!!!

I did wonder why some seed packets included 500+ seeds if they should be planted in less than a year....but sometimes some quesitons I feel are too simple to ask!

I am now going to continue sowing the seeds I still can, but in greater quantities and then find space for them later!

Thanks for the enlightenment and confidence (this website never ceases to amaze me) I am just going to throw caution to the wind and seeds to the compost and reap the healthy rewards.

[jacob]

I'm going to struggle to put in all my pumpkins and squashes without them overrunning the land. I've got spare onions and tomatoes and I suspect the leeks might be a challenge too! A handful of spare assorted brassicas. Also problems with chilis, aubergines and peppers as they really need to be in the greenhouse in these parts and there isn't room for a third of them...

However, I wish I could get my peas to germinate properly. Don't know what's up this year.

But hey! I found a spot to stick in a small strawberry patch, so it's another expansion year!

[Llamas]

Last year I only had the tiny little veg patch immediatly in front of the door. This year I took over two former flowerbeds and an old manure pile (prime giant pumpkin patch!) I 'found' in a clearing. I have dreams of an attached victorian glasshouse for growing melons, vines and maybe a tender fruit tree and being able to sit out in autumn still surrounded by lots of greenery. ahhhh.

[binley100]

Hmmmm, I sowed insurance seeds just in case Mr Frost paid a visit and so far everything has survived.. I wonder if the broadies may like some bns rambling through them .

[Seahorse]

Anyone panicking about where it's all going to go?

Nah, I'm going to send all my spares to you

I did have to ask myself whether I really NEEDED 70 different pea plants recently though! Even though I sowed 50% as 'insurance', it's just so hard to compost anything that comes up as a healthy plant