Topic: New here.... HELLO

[kathx]

Hey everyone,  I thought I would introduce myself.... My name is kath and I have just with my friend got a rather large allotment  :o.

We have never really grown anything lol and would love to be able to!! We have nooo idea though where to even start haha. Not even sure if there is anything we can grow now. Do we have to prepare the soil? ;D

Sorry and thankyou all loads luv kath xx

[asbean]

Welcome to the forum,Kath.  What sort of state is your allotment in?  Has it been looked after or neglected?  One thing is for certain, it's very wet  :D :D :D

[lorna]

Welcome to A4A Kath.  Plenty of members who can answer any questions you may ask.  Friendly lot so hope you emjoy.
Lorna.

[marestail murderer]

hi kath.........and welcome.
feel free to ask away.............and be prepared to become addicted!

[Jeannine]

Welcome Kath, you have found a good place to start, lots of adice here plus a lot of fun, ask away,XX Jeannine

[sarah]

hi. everyone has to start somewhere and this is as good a place as any, if you really want to make it work then you really can. try having a look in your local library for some books about growing veg, theres plenty out there. and read up on these forums. ask any questions you like, we love to show off how clever we are (only kidding).  ;D

whats the site like? can you see the soil? are there lots of weeds? as for prepering the soil, a lot will depend on how recently it has been worked. a good thing to do is to get to know your allotment neighbours; they will know the history of the plot and what grows well in your soil.

enjoy it and dont forget to keep us posted. :)

[caroline7758]

Welcome, Kath, make yourself at home!

[prink13]

Hi Kath, and welcome to A4A. There are lots of nice people here, all happy to help and advise when they can, but remember that this site is more addictive than growing the fruit and veg! ;D

Kathi

[Sabretooth]

 ;)
Hi I'm new too.  Good luck :)

Sabre ;)

[cambourne7]

welcome to the wonderful world of underwater gardening, i mean allotment gardening.

:-)

[broad beannie]

Hi cambourne7, your last post did make me giggle !!!! :D

[debster]

welcome from me too

[cornykev]

Hi Kath and welcome to the asylum, weeds grow all year round so you can get some of them in straight away.  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[manicscousers]

hiya, kath, welcome..make a plan on paper..makes it easier to start, well, we thought so..if you can get some small areas cleared, you can still plan bits and bobs, especially if you can organise some cloches  :)

[kathx]

 ;D  Thanks for all your welcomes!!  :-*

Well my allotment seems to grow weeds real well lol ;)

It is nearly knee high with different grasses..... What do you think would be the best way to go about clearing it?????  oooh and what is a cloch lol???

See you are dealing with a complete novice  :D

Thanks for your help guys xx luv Kath x

[manicscousers]

sorry, kathx..a cloche is just a low, plastic tunnel stretched over your crops, it gives a bit of protection when the weather gets a bit  ??? colder
can you get a strimmer, best way to see what you've got , never know, there may be fruit bushes or stuff under there  :)