@thebees…suggestions for first year:
onions are a doddle to grow and now is the time to plant. Buy a bag of baby onions from Wilkos or any garden centre. Plant them just below the surface 5″ appart and wait…oh and weed!
Garlic and shallots are good and easy too.
For covering large areas, courgettes and pumpkins and sweetcorn are good. Little need to weed.
If you are sticking at allotmenting then asparagus is good…expecting our first YR3 yield this year from my wifes plot (we have two).
We have not yet mastered cabbages or other brassicas.
Tomatoes in the greenhouse and chillis in there too.