Well obviously computer literacy is not my strong point since I don't know how to copy the questions so I can answer them, but I will do an approximation anyway:
1: My garden is about 20 by 30, but will be increased by about 50% this coming year. 2011 was my first garden for 10 or 11 years, so it was almost like a brand new garden. It has the traditional rows, but completely mulched all the paths with newspaper with straw on top. so very little problem with weeds.
2: goals are to provide enough vegetables for my DH and me, for a year. I have not been able to achieve this in the past. I am able to can and freeze. I don't have a dehydrator, but would be interested in drying food. Over the next few years, I want some fruit trees, and berry shrubs. Have strawberries started. I have room to expand all I want.
3: Pest problems: Nothing very severe. Had a few bean beetles, but only used sevin on them. I hand picked most bugs I found, particularly tomato horn worms. We did have a Japanese Beetle infestation, but pheremone traps worked well, and provided food for the chickens. I also used DE on potatoes. I had quite a few cabbage worms on the broccoli. I hand picked what I coud, and used Dipel on them a couple of times.
4: Diseases? nothing to speak of. I guess early blight took a tomato plant early on. But didnt have much of a problem on the rest of them. I like to plant Big Beef tomatoes. They are pretty disease resistant I did have a problem with one kind of tomato, don't remember what kind. It got large white hard areas inside them, so that they were inedible. I usually don't have much luck with heirloom varieties of tomatoes. Poor fruit set, blight, few blossoms, fruit not tasty, what ever.
5:Things I want to improve in 2012....Make it bigger. develop a better watering system. I only watered (deeply) every three days or so, and only in the driest times, because DH was worrying about the water bill. Once I saw how little it raised the bill, I didn't pay any attention to that anymore. Hope to find a pole green bean that tasts great, freezes and cans well. I have always opted for bush beans but I now find my back can't take all that bending over. I expect my DH to help me with this, if nothing else, due to green beans being his alltime fav vegetable.
I want to put in more potatoes and onions and cabbage, and earlier. I was so impressed with the onion crop I planted ("Candy" , I think a short summer variety. They are very crisp and tasty, not hot, and keep very well. More Yukon Gold potatoes! Also more tomatoes for canning and sauce.
6: Special challenges: I am not strong enough to do some stuff by myself, so must ask others to lend a hand. Oftentimes it is done at their convenience, not when I am ready for it. And the changing climate is a special challenge. It is just not as dependable as it has been for hundreds of years. Living in the midwest--Southeast Missouri, we receive the best and the worst of our surrounding regions. Today we had cold north wind, rain and sleet. Not a day for me to get out to do much. Unfortunately, I am more of a fair weather gardener. I don't like being out there with the wind rattling my bones and whipping my hair right off my head. Ah well, I guess that's what long underwear and hats are for.
7: I think a triumph for me was getting a garden out in the first place.My son came and tilled it but I had to work in all the amendments my self, and work over the tilled area, busting up clumps of dirt/grass. Lots of work. But with all the chicken fertilizer, straw,wood shavings, compost and worm castings I put on it, it should be much more ready to be pichforked and planted. I will have to fence it this year, as the chickens have discovered the delights of a garden. I will start some of my own seeds, but use certified seed potatoes. I will gladly offer my assistance in any problem our members are trying to figure out. I am a Master Gardener and do have extensive information at hand. And I always have an opinion!! Glad this forum started. Now I'm itching to get planning, but my mind is full of making Christmas toys right now. And--I need to go to bed.