My Vegetable Awards 2010

Posted on 31. Dec, 2010 by Tracey in How To Grow Veg

Wishing you all a very happy new year and all the best for growing your own veg in 2011.

If you are currently planning for the new year, try reading this hilarious take on a gardeners year by Happy Mouffetard writing for The Inelegant Gardener blog. Its truly brilliant.

And without further ado I present My Vegetable Awards 2010.

• Overall Best Vegetable Harvest in 2010: Radish – Pink Beauty (Garden Organic)
• Best Performance: Savoy Cabbage – Cantasa F1 (Garden Organic)
  Previous Winner in 2009: Carrots-Nantes 2 & Chantenay
• Best Newcomer: Beetroot – Moneta (Garden Organic)
  Previous Winner in 2009: Onions – Red Cross
• Non-Starter: Perpetual Spinach (Real Seeds) – Bolted quite a few times.
  Previous Winner in 2009: Spring Cabbages
• Best Taste: Lettuce – Flame (Real Seeds)
  Previous Winner in 2009: Dwarf French Beans – Major
• Best Flowers: Mange Tout – Golden Sweet (Real Seeds)
  Previous Winner 2009: Mange Tout – Weggisser
• Human Error: Potatoes – Better Late than Never (Alan Romans)
  Previous Winner in 2009: Maincrop Potatoes
• Most Annoying Pest: Aphids – Summer Pest
• Worst Season of the Year: Winter
• Best Seed Company: The Real Seed Catalogue
  Previous Winner in 2009: The Organic Garden Catalogue and The Real Seed Catalogue
• New Vegetables Grown for 2010: Beetroot, Shallot, Savoy Cabbage.
  Previously New Grown Veg in 2009: Leeks, Fennel, Onions, Mustard Greens, Salad Endive.
• My Favourite Blog Post 2010: Planning Your Veg Garden and Free Resources Page

Related Blog Posts:

• 12 Months of Vegetable Harvests – See what you could be harvesting next year,
• Planning Your Veg Garden Part 2 – What Can I Grow?
• Seeds to Sow Now and Next – Find out what vegetables you can sow and when,
• Quick Links – Try out my quick links which cover all my blog posts for a particular vegetable.

Image: Simon Howden / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

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