Topic: Newbie alert!

[SnooziSuzi]

Hello everyone,

I've been lurking around this forum for about a week or so and I think it's about time I said Hi.

HI!

I have a plot in a semi-rural village called Sacriston, which is just south of Chester-Le-Street in Durham (that's North East for those of you who don't do geography :P ).

I have only had the plot for a few weeks, and am battling with broken glass, impossibly hard to dig out bricks and rubble, and odd, rusted lumps of metal which I believe must have been someones whole gardening tools at one time!

I have built my small shed and greenhouse and am working on my next plan - THE BIG SHED!   Am off to pick up loads of pallets and offcuts of wood from a building site (yes, I do have permission from the site forman for these!) tomorrow and next weekend I'm having a barbecued-steak-and-cold-beer-in-return-for-hard-labour party next week.  Should be fun!   Freecycle has proved to be invaluable for a lot of things too.

Anyhoo,  enough from me, I'm sure I'll be able to let you in on more of my goings on as I go on.  I'll let you all know how the shed goes when it's built!

T'ra!
SnooziSuzi

[Jeannine]

Well hello, it seems I am the first to welcome you XX Jeannine

[DenBee]

Hello Suzi.  I'm not very much further north than you (near Newcastle), and just got my own first proper lottie. We've got a half one that we've been sharing, but this is our first venture into "do it just how you like" world.  I've got big plans.

Hard work, innit?  :)

[allaboutliverpool]

Is that an invitation?

http://www.allaboutliverpool.com/allaboutallotments1_homepage.html

[manicscousers]

welcome, suzi, hope you have a brilliant growing season, piccies, please  :)

[ninnyscrops]

Hi SnooziSuzi, I'm very much a newbie too!  Watch out for the old broken glass, I'm currently saving enough to make my own stained glass window, I keep a little mushroom punnet on the corner of the plot to put it all in.

May the flora be with you, (but not too much fauna)  ;D

[coznbob]

hellooooooo, ;D

Enjoy the plot, and the site, but beware its soooo addictive ::)

[saddad]

Hope you really enjoy it Suzi, take some before and after piccies to cheer yourself up when you aren't there and lets have a peek at the plot!
 ;D

[Mouseski]

COngratulations on the plot and welcome  ;)

[Jenfur]

Hi and welcome!! I'm just a newbie too but its surprising how quickly it all takes off. Especially with the expertise of evrybody here guiding you along! Good luck and lets see some piccies soon xxx

[ellkebe]

Hi Snoozisuzi - make sure you get the hard labour out of them before they get the cold beer in them  ;D

[Gillysdad]

Welcome Snoozisuzi, I'm just up the road in Gateshead, at Saltwell allotments. They are a great bunch on here, you'll enjoy it. ;)

[greenscrump]

hello there  ;D and have fun xx

[emmy1978]

hello and welcome. your shed sounds fab, make sure you post pics! Happy growing, Emmy x

[cornykev]

Hi Suz welcome to the the asylum.  :P ;D ;D ;D