Hello, I'm new here

[Xanadu]

As a newbie I'd just like to say a very big hello to everyone on board

[micsmum]

Hi Xanadu

I get my allotment on Saturday and hopefully  eveything will go smoothly with our house purchase (in a flat at the mo) 'cos it has a BIG GARDEN and is a stones throw from our lottie! Have been cruising around this site for a while tho, picking everyones brains!!!
Hear from you soon
Helen

[Gardengirl]

Hi Xanadu - welcome  Look forward to hearing all about your allotment/garden

[aquilegia]

Is that Xanadu as in Samuel Tailor Collerage (excuse my spelling!) or Xanadu as in the Oliver Newton John roller skate movie?

Welcome on board, and please 'cuse my ramblings!

[Arumlily]

Is that Xanadu as in Samuel Tailor Collerage (excuse my spelling!) or Xanadu as in the Oliver Newton John roller skate movie?

Welcome on board, and please 'cuse my ramblings!

Hello Aquilegia,  Neither of the above came across the name when I was in the Far East , many moons ago there used to be a fabulous night club with that name and I decided to use it. It just sounded nice .

[eileen]

Hi there,

Welcome aboard!  
Hope you enjoy your stay, however long or short it may be. We're all a bit mad here but, hey, it helps and makes life much more fun!!  

[Muddy_Boots]

Hi Xanadu,

Welcome to the madhouse .

I'm sure you'll get lots of pleasure and good advice from this site as peeps are very friendly and loads of experiece flies around all over the place  

[gavin]

Welcome aboard, xanadu - lots of good people and good stuff around, so hope you enjoy!

And as a measure of how mad mots (lots? or most?) of us are, how about taking on an allotment and THEN finding a house to fit!  

Love it, micsmum.  I'm not the only daftie, then!

All best - Gavin

[Palustris]

And why not Gavin? I looked round the land (not then a garden) before looking at the house. One has to get ones priorities right. Welcome anyway Xanadu.

[Piglet]

hello Xanadu,  hope to hear lots from you in the coming months its great to hear about other peeps gardens / lotties and in here you'll get lots of good advice and a great bunch of friends.

Piglet.

[Hugh_Jones]

One stately pleasuredrome visiting another?

[SueT]

Welcome Xanadu, please read some of Hughs jokes!  

[Xanadu]

Thank you everyone for your very warm welcome. It is so lovely to see so many friendly folks with a sense of humour. I'm a proud owner of an allotment plot for about 4 yrs now. Last year I won a prize  for the best 1/2 plot was quite shocked when my name was mentioned for I acquired the plot purely for growing veg that I know have not been spray with pesticides etc...to feed the family. Last years crop didn't do too well though due to the hot summer, hope this year will be a better year for all allotment holders. If not we will all have to gather around and do the rain dance.

[Xanadu]

Hello Sue T, where can I find Hugh's jokes. I love jokes .

[Ragged Robin]

Most of Hugh's works of wit and wonder are to be found on the "Watershed", well worth the read!

Welcome from me too.

As to the lengths we go to to get growing space, I always said I married my husband 'cos he had a big ............................
.............Garden!

[clare]

Hello xanadu and welcome!!

looking forward to hearing more about your allotment.. I notice you're another Essex bod (there's a few of us here)... whereabouts in Essex are you?  I'm in Chelmsford.

[Xanadu]

Hello Clare, all I can say is "Snap".

[Xanadu]

Hello 0zzy, many thanks for your warm welcome, tell me how goes the f*g, you haven't started again I hope. How did I know about it. Wink..Wink.. say no more.

[eileen]

Just knew you couldn't stay away Oz

Not addicted to the f.gs anymore but you've got another addiction haven't you - this forum  

Glad you're back  

Sorry for butting in Xanadu just had to have a quick word with our Oz!!

[carloso]

helloo
well im not so new to come on hear although i stay a little quiet  err well did till i spoke to flower xx

Got my new allotment today and signed up first time i had have anything free from the coucil but i got 2 freeeeeeeeeee months with the allotment

oww i got alotttttttttttttttt of weeds an apple tree and some fruit bushes of which no one know what they maybe soooo hopefully youll gimmie plenty of help

Carl
so good luck to you tooo

ps i also have some stones if you want extra lol no point in 2 of us having em lol