On 22/08/2010 14:21, Pete wrote:
According to today's Telegraph, gardeners have been disappointed with
their veggie crops this year.

Well not me - it has got to be the best year for a long time. Broad
beans, runner beans, carrots, sweetcorn, leeks, celery, shallots and
onions (plus tomatoes in the greenhouse) - they have all been
magnificent so we are having a busy time freezing/pickling/soup making.

We are in South Cheshire so were affected by the hosepipe ban - or not
as the case may be as it seems to have hardly stopped raining since the
ban was introduced.

How have other gardeners in other parts of the UK fared?

Jeanne

Same here in Dorset, bumper crops, growing almost identical crops to
you. Beetroot salad crops, mange tout and sugar snaps.The tumbler
tomatoes have been wonderful, grown in baskets out of doors, and even
the greenhouse tomatoes, peppers and cucumber are doing splendidly.
We haven't had the rain that you have had, but neither have we had a
hose pile ban. Fruit trees and soft fruits have been amazing and the
courgettes a glut. Wonderful year.
What do you do with your surplus? Freeze, pass on to friends and
relatives, or do you eat is all yourself?

Bobbie