I have a postage stamp sized area that I'm going use for a veg plot. What do I put in it?

[charmkin]

Gardening for dummies type stuff pls?

peas, potatoes, strawberries, rhubarb

i might do some potatos, or is it too late?

No,DH said second crop and earlies can go in now.

earlies ready August, maincrop reading September through to October

we started with lettuce, toms and carrots
all v successful and the lettuce and carrots in partic were so easy

tomatoes. nothing like home grown ones.

runner beans or french beans - get very good crop for small area of ground.

lettuce, pick the leaves off rather than pulling up whole lettuce and 4 plants will last you all summer.

what do you like to eat? is probably the first question.

The RHS website is good for advice

You could even grow salad leaves in trugs.

A line or wigwam of beansticks for broad/runner/French beans. While they're getting established you can grow fast salad crops in the spaces between - loose leaf lettuces and radish being good.

Courgettes take up space but they do crop well. You'd only need ONE plant!

I find tomatoes a bit hit and miss, they are lovely when they ripen properly but the last two years mine have been awful.

Potatoes - you won't get many in a very small plot but they are reliable and delicious and don't need much looking after unless we have a bone-dry summer.

you can grow potatoes in a bin too, save using up your plot space.