Crop reports 2016

A disappointing year all round. The greenhouse is shaded out. The plots were attacked by something that digs! Need to grow more for interest, less for expectation! If I have another bad year I think I'll change to flowers.

Summer squashes

Verde d'Italia 14
Golden Zucchini 5
Rugosa Friulana 3
Tromba 3
Custard White 2

Winter squashes

Marina di Chioggia  1
Butterpie 0
Butternut Rugosa 0

Basil	Excellent crop when grown in pots in conservatory. 3/4 pots are plenty.
Beetroot	Some edible golfballs. Not sure if it's worthwhile though. The leaves were good though.
Broad beans	Small crop. Mild winter meant leggy, weak plants.
Carrots	Excellent. Flakee gigante did well in a pot. Others OK too.
Chard	Really poor crop this year.
Cosmos	Good plants, though flowered in November! Old seed apparently.
Courgette	See above. Variable.
Cucumber	One plant in greenhouse. Not much good.
Foxgloves	Brilliant! Plant more!
French beans	A few nice pods but not a good crop. Dwarf beans poor too.
Garlic, elephant	Good growth. Four plants but only made "rounds". Kept to replant for next year.
Hesperis	Not as good as foxgloves, but OK.
Hollyhocks	Lovely! Seed taken to grow some more. The plants may survive to flower again.
Leaf beet	Like the chard - just didn't go this year.
Leeks	Another good year. In pots this time. Still using in February. Mini leeks in plot still to come.
Marigolds	Self seeded in Apple Garden. Another good display.
Nigella	One pot did well, but don't last long. Another pot failed completely.
Pak choy	Give good plants but not sure if there's enough to eat.
Parsley	Excellent. Grow in garden and in pots.
Peppers	OK in conservatory, but I'm not sure they are worth the trouble.
Potatoes	A fairly good year. But they are a lot of fuss for a small reward when grown in pots.
Squashes	See above. Not a success.
Tomatoes	Not much of a crop from the Italians. Gardeners delight is the only real cropper.