Plans for next year 2024/25

Believe it or not, I've not done too bad. Yes, I'm encucumbered, but I quite like that. Perhaps 4 instead of 5 next year might be better but FOMO sets in at sowing time. I did restrict my toms to 4 per border which is a great improvement. Less like the Amazon jungle at this time of year. I restricted myself to 6 courgettes (plus trombas, which arent doing too well) rather than 10/11, 6 are proving quite ample. I've not grown as many CFB, just one row of about 15ft. The other side of the canes was dedicated to MT. Usually I have had 2x15ft double rows of canes. My 3 x 15ft rows of DFB have been spaced out rather than cramming them in, which is making them easier to pick. I sprayed the courgettes and cucumbers with milk/bicarb mixture which so far has kept mildew at bay. I've reduced the number of sweetcorn. I have a problem with leaf miner on the chard, a bit of research is needed there. Broad beans were a disaster. The hot weather has been a pain. I'm watering certain things sometimes everyday in the 29°C + heat. I've got a meter on the outside tap, so I can calculate the cost, we're over £28 atm, so that would go against any income on my produce, but I think we get a £20 discount for water not going into the drains.

My forward plans atm are to think about more perennial flowers. I rely on bedding for most of my colour, not only does it look too much 'parks & gardens', it's bladdy time consuming. I want to figure out how to prevent the aphids ruining my raspberries and currants, plus transplant wayward rasperry canes into gaps. Preventing leaf miner is another job too.