Plans for next year 2024/25

Just wondering how everyone's good intentions for growing are going - especially JJB who seens to be growing cucumbers & courgettes for the world.
I haven't picked a single courgettes yet so I'm looking for tips!
Crops in the ground this year haven't been worthwhile - I've had better returns from the 30ltr pots - possibly because they are watered regularly, whilst the stuff at the end of the garden is reliant on rainfall. Its too far to carry watering cans and against my principles to use a hosepipe, even if it was long enough to reach..
I'm gradually refining my ideas for next year, 25/26 to, hopefully deal with this.
Going to cover up lots of the ground and resist the idea that every bit of ground should be used for growing fruit & veg.
Going to create small raised beds with whatever is lying around, like open bottomed plastic water butts and fill them with better quality soil/compost, on  top of wool insulation to retain water.
Only grow the things I like and not be tempted by brassicas (except cut and come again kale) or weird roots. I'll have an "anything goes" patch for throwing old seed but not expect much from it. Just to salve my conscience about having so much unwanted seed!
There'll be more to come!

I said this in July and not much has changed. No courgettes, apart from a couple of Trombas. The worst year ever. 
The GHs are going to play a bigger part in growing food, not just for seed raising.
My aim is to pick something edible every day - its doable if I actually eat the things I grow - like the perennial kale.