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Title: Newbie alert!
Post by: SnooziSuzi on April 20, 2007, 19:23:23

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

Title: Re: Newbie alert!
Post by: Jeannine on April 20, 2007, 19:25:29

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

Title: Re: Newbie alert!
Post by: DenBee on April 20, 2007, 19:29:34

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?  :)

Title: Re: Newbie alert!
Post by: allaboutliverpool on April 20, 2007, 19:30:15

Is that an invitation?

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

Title: Re: Newbie alert!
Post by: manicscousers on April 20, 2007, 20:12:38

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

Title: Re: Newbie alert!
Post by: ninnyscrops on April 20, 2007, 21:21:22

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

Title: Re: Newbie alert!
Post by: coznbob on April 20, 2007, 22:26:52

hellooooooo, ;D

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

Title: Re: Newbie alert!
Post by: saddad on April 21, 2007, 09:29:10

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

Title: Re: Newbie alert!
Post by: Mouseski on April 21, 2007, 09:41:06

COngratulations on the plot and welcome  ;)

Title: Re: Newbie alert!
Post by: Jenfur on April 21, 2007, 15:29:04

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

Title: Re: Newbie alert!
Post by: ellkebe on April 21, 2007, 15:40:23

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

Title: Re: Newbie alert!
Post by: Gillysdad on April 21, 2007, 16:31:59

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

Title: Re: Newbie alert!
Post by: greenscrump on April 21, 2007, 19:03:47

hello there  ;D and have fun xx

Title: Re: Newbie alert!
Post by: emmy1978 on April 21, 2007, 20:43:22

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

Title: Re: Newbie alert!
Post by: cornykev on April 23, 2007, 20:57:08

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