Top 10 or 12
Veggie Offline
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Just been watching a Huw Richards Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD0EG1djPms&t=15s about planning your garden. 
Now planning and I don't exactly come together very often but one thing he said made me think. Smile
Plan your garden around the 10 or so veggies that are "Must Grows" and give them the most space. Can't remember the %. Then give a smaller % to the veg that you're not so keen on. 
Anyway, I started listing my 10/12 Must Grows and where I could grow them best. 
GH = Tomatoes, Cucumber, Lettuce/salad leaves
Outdoor  = Courgette, CFB, Mangetout, Broad beans, Carrots, Leek, Potatoes, Kale, Beetroot

My 2nd choices are Onion, Squash, cabbage/broccoli/brussels sprouts/cauli, Peas

My 3rd choices are Turnip, swede, Celery, Fennel, Radish, Kohl Rabi and the experimentals like Quinoa, Amaranth.

Interestingly, My 1st choice veg are also the ones that I find easiest to grow (apart from potatoes!)
My 2nd Choice are usually failures, even the onions from sets end up small 
3rd choice, apart from radish, never turn out the way they should.
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Small chilli Offline
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Interesting! My top 10 / 12 .
Beans runner
Beans french
Lettuce / salad leaves
Cucumber
Tomato
Chillies
Courgette
Squash
Broccoli
Carrots
Asparagus
Kale

That was difficult to choose.

Close second leeks, onions, cabbage, peas, rhubarb, potatoes, swede.
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I didn't include rhubarb or asparagus because they're perennial - maybe I should have ?
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I wasn’t sure if included perennials was a good idea or not. Especially as they are crops that definitely always have a dedicated space because they’re perennials.  Huh  Huh 

I’d swap out the asparagus for aubergine. I forgot about aubergine  Blush
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JJB Offline
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Isn't it almost just common sense? Grow that which you're likely to eat, the rest of the space is allowed for experiments. I suppose that's why my patch is boring and the same year after year.

My first choices

GH tomatoes and cucumbers, the difficulty lies in choosing the varieties
Outside
Beans - I'm going to cheat here and lump some together DFB and CFB
Broad beans
Courgettes
Sweetcorn
Carrots
Chard
Onions/garlic
Trombas
Kale

The less important
Beetroot
Pumpkins
Salad leaves/lettuce
Pak choi

Then there's the list of don't bother even though they're common
Cabbage and other brassicas
Potatoes
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JJB Offline
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If we include perennials we have to consider the soft fruit too I suppose, strawbs, rasps, currants, tree fruits. Although I think as all these aren't allocated space each year they can be left out of the equation.
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Mark_Riga Offline
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#7
Interesting that only SC has included peas yet (as a close second) which is definitely on my list to grow more of this year.

I've just defrosted the freezer as it is so cold outside and that has decided some of what I'll be growing. As well as lots of soft fruit, there are 9 bags of squash and 5 of pumpkin so I'll cut down on those at least this year, maybe 3 waltham plants to hopefully save seeds for the future. and there are 7 bags of sweetcorn so that's lunch for a few weeks.

So:

Peas
Onions
potatoes
tomatoes
carrots
garlic
capsicum
french beans (green and dried)
broad beans
beetroot (one sowing does 8/9 months of picking - doing some now for cheese and onion sandwich for lunch).
cauli
cabbage

Very close seconds for me would be: cucumber, courgette, lettuce, aubrergine and parsnips.
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Garrett Offline
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Without a greenhouse, everything I grow has to go outside. My must grows each year are:

Tomatoes
Runner beans
French beans
Winter squash
Summer squash
Cucumber (for the tortoise)
Lettuce
Chard
Sweet peppers
Spring onion

Others I'm trying to make space for and don't grow every year are:

Mangetout/peas (growing this year)
Sweetcorn (grew last year)
Garlic (already planted)
Shallots (planting next month)

I'm not a big fan of cabbage, but I would like to start growing some Tuscan Kale for winter.
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Veggie Offline
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I grow mangetout, rather than peas, as you can eat them at all stages, whether they've formed peas or not. I've tried eating normal peapods but they have a thick membrane inside the pod that spoils it a bit!..............Don't mention peapod wine - tried that too. Big Grin
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SarrissUK Offline
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Cucumber, french beans, runner beans (I've learnt to love them!), spring onion, tomatoes, sweet peppers (Shishito), summer squash/tromboncino, pumpkin, mangetout and kale are my die hard ten.

Sweetcorn, garlic, onion, potatoes, lettuce/salad leaves, peas, carrots, beetroot etc... they're all secondary.
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