As the title states I have recorded a little walkthrough of my Christmas decorations which I have just put up for this year. These were all lights I had stored in the attic but I have laid them out in a different way this year. I was so impressed I made a video of it. 

Don't be shy and I've shown you mine so lets see yours (Childhood memories abound)

https://youtu.be/EPACxgOuJtg

You'll have seen how the names of some months are tweaked to turn into a challenge/aim like Veganuary/January to turn vegan, No Mow May to put away your lawnmower and Movember to grow a moustache for charity.
There are others but they elude me at present!
My question is - can you think of names/aims for each month of the year, just as some of us (well, Vinny and I) have names for days of the week.
I'd like to be able to say, its Weednesday, No Mow May.

Does anyone have any experience, time of year, success rate?

As part of a seed collection I've bought for next year (from Kokopelli) there are six different varieties of amaranth. I have a variety self-seeding around the garden and leave it for the birds, but it would appear I should be eating it too!

As it is new to me as a vegetable, I wondered if anyone has had any experience of growing and eating it?

Anyone else already planned their tomato grow list for next year, or am I just a bit sad? 

Firstly, gonna try Latah and Oregon Spring for some early tomatoes.

Then for the main season...

Greenhouse:

Bear Creek - black beefsteak
Daniel Burson - black beefsteak, giving it a second chance as it died early from black mould this year
Girl Girl's Weird Thing - bicolour beefsteak, similar look to Pink Berkeley Tie Dye, a mutant/accidental cross of Green Zebra
Heshpole - Heart Shaped Potato Leaf, potato leaf pink oxheart
Mat-Su Express - my favourite of 2021 with excellent production, earliness and taste
Rosedale - black/pink beefsteak
Rebel Yell - pink beefsteak
Sgt. Pepper's - oxheart tomato with anthocyanin 'blue' shoulders

Outdoors:

Bush cherries - Golden Nugget, Maskotka, Koralik, Lizzano F1 (blight resistant)
Vine - Nagina/Crimson Plum F1 (blight resistant plum)

Even though every year I say I won't grow vines outdoors anymore, I can't resist temptation and want to save seed to distribute so will have to find some space for Primabella, Sweet Aperitif, Reinhard's Purple Sugar, Matt's Hornet and Goldkrone. 

I was late planting onion sets this year and they didn't grow much. When I pulled the usable onions I missed a lot. They were so small they'd disappeared. Now they're shooting!
My plan is to leave them until next year and see what happens. Logically, I would expect them to flower/seed which got me thinking - could I create a permanent onion bed in the same way as I'm trying to do with leeks and spring onions. 
Does an onion split into two with side bulbs or does it die after flowering?
What if you remove the flowers - would it bulk up?

All this and more I need to know. Can anyone help please?

Thank you Veggie for kindly creating a dedicated thread for spuds so my plans are as follows....

10 x 30 ltr pots to use, that's are far as I am at the moment

I've bored you with my Roots, Shoots, Fruits, Leaves and Flowers sowing plan for a while now. Initially it was a 4 weekly rotation, Roots one week, Shoots the next but I've condensed it into Roots on Monday, Shoots on Tuesday etc.
My new plan is to be able to harvest and eat a Root on a Monday too................all year round. It can be as small as a radish on Monday, Spring onion on Tuesday,  a tomato on Wednesday, lettuce on Thursday and a Daisy on Friday - just need to be able to do it - which means being more committed to sowing the seeds in the first place. 

I'm starting tomorrow - planting some shallots and picking spring onions.

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My spuds did well this year despite lousy weather and blight. The only problem with them is that they are full of slug damage. When using them I can only use about half of the flesh, the chickens have the rest! I don’t dig much and sheet compost, could this be something to do with it? If I can’t find a solution I may give up growing them.