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. |
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