A place for newbies to introduce themselves.

[manicscousers]

Hi, Duracell druid and Ben Acre, welcome to the mad house  ;D

[manicscousers]

[hightower]

Hey all,

Just saying a quick hi to everybody, and see you around the boards  :)

[Jayb]

Hi and welcome hightower and all the other new folk, nice to have you here  ;D

[keejaay]

Hi a newbie here have just taken on my first allotment in the south wales valleys - hard work but am getting the general idea

[banksy]

hi everyone, another newbie here!  ;D

just taken on a plot at eastern avenue allotments, southend, essex - so another hi to any of you who may be plot holders there.

plot looks a bit daunting - will take a lot of work this year to get it into shape but hopefully by next spring we'll be sowing/planting something!

i'll probably be along many times with lots of stupid questions, so please be gentle with me   :P


iain

[shirlton]

A  warm welcome to you all

[Bruce]

Hi everyone. Another newbie here  :)

I hope you're not sniffy about non-allotment gardeners here. I have created a new "backyard allotment" at Easter.

I live in Kent. When I moved to the UK, from Australia, 15 years ago we had a veggie garden. 8 years ago we bought a house, and planned to build ourselves a new veggie garden. Have finally got around to doing so this year.

Local allotments have a long waiting list, so I've not tried. Some space in the garden has been earmarked for clearing for many years. Lots of tree stumps to clear out. Lots of weeds to clear and dig out. But thanks to some "gardening leave" due to redundancy earlier this year the job is now done.



I've built raised beds, so that my wife can help tend to the plants/weeds, and the fact that underneath is heavy clay. Took 5 tonnes of topsoil to fill!

some more photos here

[manicscousers]

Hi, everyone, welcome to a4a, Happy growing 2011  ;D
Bruce, I'm sniffy but only with hat fever..doesn't matter where you grow, just enjoy it  ;D

[cornykev]

Welcome to all the newbies, looking great Bruce, everyones welcome where ever your growing.  ;)

[manicscousers]

oops, meant hay fever  ;D

[brown thumb]

hello every one iam in cornwall have had a allotment for 3 seasons now but has grown flowers and vege for a while  my allot ment is 75ft by 25ft plus have another one the same size next door which i took over in january this year covered in pond liner until i can get to clear it its be and fruit and flower plot idont how many poles they are

[Jayb]

Hello keejaay, banksy, Bruce and brown thumb welcome to A4A. I've a home plottie too  ;D

[shirlton]

Enjoy your gardening wherever you do it

[GeeGee]

Hi, I'm a newbie too.

Although I have been popping up here and there with the odd comments and questions already.  :-[

I live in Kent, have 3 grown up children, one flown the nest, but still comes home most weekends, one at uni, but spends as much time at home as possible and the other still lives at home but is hoping to get into vet school next year.

Originally from Norfolk which I loved. Was taught to garden by my dad as a young girl, but since we moved to Kent we have never had a big enough garden to do any real veggie growing.

Have finally been given an allotment plot after being on a waiting list for years. It's a brand new site, ex-cereal field, and is going to have to be worked from scratch.

I'm not put off by it however and am really looking forward to getting stuck in and since the recent rain; being able to get my fork stuck in too!  ;D

[tonybloke]

Hello to the recent new members, hope the season is going well for all of you, happy allotmenting!! ( is that a word?)  ;D

[pumkinlover]

Allotmentering?

[marcofez]

Hi everyone, another newbie here! Have just got an allotment 5 mins walk from my house in Peterborough. Started working on it end of may and have managed to dig and clear half the plot  of the 'triffids' (thistle). Still a long way to go, but little & often and I'll be growing soon enough! ;D

[betula]

Welcome to A4A. :)

Happy growing.

[claybasket]

hi all,iam also a newbie,my husband a i have two allotments,in our village of hatfield,peverel,essex 3yrs ago they were hard pushed to get people to have one!the site was a bramble filled field,we nearly gave up,thank goodness for black plastic sheets it helped alot, we would roll it back 2ft at a time and dig and weed for all we were worth,when that two feet was dig we planted as we went,now things are abit easier,we have had veg gardens all our married life 35 yr,and picked up alot on the way .I love growing raspberrys,tayberrys, ect,have lots of the usual veg,and hubby built a drum composter the type you turn on a frame, suppost to compost much faster ,ours dosn't!anyway nice taking  to yous. 

[Jayb]

Hi and welcome to A4A GeeGee, marcofez and claybasket. Always nice to see new faces join the site  :)