A place for newbies to introduce themselves.

[Aden Roller]

Nice to have you join us Tosh'. Welcome.  :)

Those "rounded" deep beds sound a good idea. There's a chap not far from me on our lottie site who uses the same method. Works well it seems. I'm not quite so good at being organised and plant where ever the mood takes me..I'd never stick to raised beds of any sort.  ;)

Here's wishing you lots of success with the new plot. Look forward to seeing you around here.  :)

[Aden Roller]

[Toshofthe Wuffingas]

Thanks. I got the idea from John Seymours books in the 1970's. I really think they make life simpler as the soil is looser. I doubt if I could have worked on the plot in mid April when I took it over if I had used conventional rows because of the constant rain. I just marked out the boundaries of all the beds with sticks and then dug out each path between shallowly. I then dug each bed as I came to it from the paddy field like path. The beds stayed drained though. I totted up what I'd put into it in just over a month and it's around 35 different things.

[cornykev]

Welcome newbies to the madhouse.  :P

[Jayb]

Hello and welcome to A4A Toshofthe Wuffingas, glad you found us  :)

[retro]

Hi all,

I found my way here searching for some tips... there was something specific I was going to ask.  However, I got caught up chatting in the computer section (too much like work for me!  oh well) and can't remember for the life of me what my query was!   :-[

Oh well, it'll come to me... eventually!  ;D

[caroline7758]

Welcome, retro! Come in and make yourself comfortable. :D

[sunloving]

Hi Retro welcome to the site.
I'm sure it will come to you what you dropped in for! try to search function when you remember as it often bring up lots of stuff that's helpful.
x sunloving

[galina]

Hello Tosh and Retro, good to have you hear.  It's just like looking for something - takes forever to find it (well organised household here  :) ), but in the process we find so many other items which makes it really worthwhile.

Good computer forum indeed and also a very good gardening site  ;D 

Welcome to all new members.

[Aden Roller]

Welcome Retro... pleased to have you join us.

I'll keep an eye out for that question of yours.......and then for someone who knows the answer!  ;D

[Jeannine]

Welcome from me too XX Jeannine

[manicscousers]

So many new faces, nice to 'see' you all, pull up a chair and join the family ;D

[pumkinlover]

Welcome all new folks!

[Anne16]

Hi

Thank you so much for your warm welcome.  Hopefully will get to know you all better soon!

Although not new to gardening, am very new to allotmenteering, but love it so far. 

My plot is about a 5 minutes car drive away from my home, only 30 or so altogether, and they are a lovely friendly, helpful bunch of people.  As an example my husband was taken ill whilst erecting our garden shed, and a lovely gentleman finished putting on the door etc., and another painted the roof until such time as he is well enough to cover the roof with felt. 

Went to visit a friend in North Wales today and came home with a plastic sack full of Welsh onions - my how they stunk the car out!!!!

Regards and best wishes

Anne

[Jeannine]

Welcome Anne I hope you get as much enjoyment from your UK lottie as we did, we returned to Canada three years ago and have very tiny plots here.

This is a great forum so have fun

XX Jeannine

[Aden Roller]

Here's hoping your husband is better Anne and that you will enjoy settling in on the new allotment.

We'll look forward to hearing how you get on. ;)

[Jayb]

Hello to retro, Anne16 and all the other new folk, Welcome to A4A  :)

Hope the car has had a chance to freshen up  ;D

[SamLouise]

Hello to all new members from me too :)  Hope you are enjoying your time spent on A4A (what's not to enjoy? lol)  :) :)

[KevinG]

Hi all
Just joined, been looking for a good site and was recommended, so here i am.  Not got an allotment but have a large(ish) garden.  We have a pond, i like exotic plants and attracting wildlife into the garden, also do a bit of photography.  Look forwards to meeting you all.  ;D

[Jayb]

Hi KevinG, welcome to A4A  ;D I've got a garden plottie too. Your pond and exotics sound fantastic, hope you are going to post some pictures  :)

[shirlton]

Welcome to all the new visitors.