We have had good weather this summer in S.Yorks England but I've had a poor crop of peas, first to develop were good but rest poor. They were planted into good soil conditions and well watered all season Got runner beans and courgettes coming out of my ears
In East Anglia we''re having a really good year - long dry spells, occasional rain and lots of sunshine
We started off harvesting a good crop of garlic in July. Now it looks as if we're getting (fingers crossed) the best outdoor tomato crop I've ever had, also fabulous outdoor cucumbers and chillies, great courgettes and the squashes look promising. Lots of salad veg (Cos, Little Gems and various salad leaves) with rapid germination and few problems. Carrots and beetroot have been good too.
At the moment we're picking a very tasty and heavy crop of yellow wax beans, and the runner beans are setting well and we'll be picking those in a very few days.
As for fruit, gooseberries were great, the raspberries are cropping really well and the figs are fabulous.
We don't have plums in this garden, but the hedges round about us are full of cherry plums and it's a really heavy crop and next doors apples look as they're going to be really good.
If we had summers like this every year I'd be very happy I really have nothing to complain about this year.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The early start to the season (no late frosts, ground water high and warmth) plus the high summer heat and almost complete lack of rain here in Hampshire has meant a lot of things were very early and then went on hold. Today's downpour may just kick start everything back into action. I hope so.
It's the bean seeds Verdun - they contain something that can make us poorly if they're not cooked - it's the same reason that you have to boil kidney beans after soaking. Apparently some people are more susceptible than others.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It's been a good season for me, despite getting started on the allotment so late. I started clearing it at the beginning of June, by mid June I had cabbages and caulis planted, beetroot, sweetcorn and potatoes, all of which are doing very well and we will be eating our first home grown cabbage tonight! We've been picking beetroot for a few weeks, dwarf beans, radish and lettuce too
I am in Bristol, we have had a very dry but hot summer this year.
Tomatoes, cucumbers, chillies, peppers and melon in the greenhouse at home all doing very well too. My only disappointment is my fruit trees. Of 6, only an apple tree has produced anything. One of my cherry trees is confused and in blossom again now, and my plum tree is growing from the bottom upwards!
Most stuff going great guns here in the West Mids, but some things are small despite looking incredibly healthy, sweetcorn, wax wax beans and borlotti beans all really short ????
Not moaning, i can live with short plants, have loved the weather this year
Potatoes & apples are poor but everything else is doing very well. I am thrilled with the way everything has grown so well, especially runner beans, tomatoes & cucumbers. About to plant my winter cabbages and kale.
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We have had good weather this summer in S.Yorks England but I've had a poor crop of peas, first to develop were good but rest poor. They were planted into good soil conditions and well watered all season
Got runner beans and courgettes coming out of my ears 
I have had bumper crops of Gooseberries & Blueberries, the Rhubarb has grown huge, apple tree is laden , so yes a good year for me.
In East Anglia we''re having a really good year - long dry spells, occasional rain and lots of sunshine
We started off harvesting a good crop of garlic in July. Now it looks as if we're getting (fingers crossed) the best outdoor tomato crop I've ever had, also fabulous outdoor cucumbers and chillies, great courgettes and the squashes look promising. Lots of salad veg (Cos, Little Gems and various salad leaves) with rapid germination and few problems. Carrots and beetroot have been good too.
At the moment we're picking a very tasty and heavy crop of yellow wax beans, and the runner beans are setting well and we'll be picking those in a very few days.
As for fruit, gooseberries were great, the raspberries are cropping really well and the figs are fabulous.
We don't have plums in this garden, but the hedges round about us are full of cherry plums and it's a really heavy crop and next doors apples look as they're going to be really good.
If we had summers like this every year I'd be very happy
I really have nothing to complain about this year.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The early start to the season (no late frosts, ground water high and warmth) plus the high summer heat and almost complete lack of rain here in Hampshire has meant a lot of things were very early and then went on hold. Today's downpour may just kick start everything back into action. I hope so.
It's the bean seeds Verdun - they contain something that can make us poorly if they're not cooked - it's the same reason that you have to boil kidney beans after soaking. Apparently some people are more susceptible than others.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It's been a good season for me, despite getting started on the allotment so late. I started clearing it at the beginning of June, by mid June I had cabbages and caulis planted, beetroot, sweetcorn and potatoes, all of which are doing very well and we will be eating our first home grown cabbage tonight! We've been picking beetroot for a few weeks, dwarf beans, radish and lettuce too
I am in Bristol, we have had a very dry but hot summer this year.
Tomatoes, cucumbers, chillies, peppers and melon in the greenhouse at home all doing very well too. My only disappointment is my fruit trees. Of 6, only an apple tree has produced anything. One of my cherry trees is confused and in blossom again now, and my plum tree is growing from the bottom upwards!
Not moaning, i can live with short plants, have loved the weather this year
Potatoes & apples are poor but everything else is doing very well. I am thrilled with the way everything has grown so well, especially runner beans, tomatoes & cucumbers. About to plant my winter cabbages and kale.