New member, new allotmenteer!

[lorna]

Welcome to A4A, you will soon feel at home, really lovely crowd here. As for cheeky ones you don't have to look far...... Jeannine comes to mind ;D

[lorna]

[manicscousers]

welcome, plotsurfer..you could definitely surf on our plot at the mo, there's so much surface water  ;D
we're outside manchester, golborne..actally, nearer warrington..anyway, have fun  :)

[Tee Gee]

Welcome to the A4A clan!

Like many here I have been there and got the Tee shirt etc!!

I designed my website for queries such as yours see here;

http://tinyurl.com/yn57zu

[sutton girl]

Hi and welcome if you can get yourself a couple of old windows you can make yourselve a cold frame to put your plants in very god thing to have

[Grandma]

Nice to meet you, Plot  :) - you'll like it here, it's a great place to be! Good luck with the growing and don't forget to take 'before and after' pics!  (We love pics  ;))

[emmy1978]

Hi Plotsurfer and welcome. I wondered why your post got so many responses so quick and it's coz you said you were going to shhhh...rotavate. You can start a war with that kind of talk y'know!!  8) 8) 8)

[prink13]

Welcome to A4A - always nice to have new members - glad to have you on board

Kathi :D

[Old bird]

Hi Plotsurfer
As an old'ish gardener I find that if you grow stuff that you like and costs a bomb in the shops is always a good idea.  If, like potatoes,  they are dirt cheap for a huge bag - I sometimes think it is a waste of valuable garden space.
You will probably find some of your neighbouring allotmenteers will have spares of some stuff - which maybe you haven't tried but will cost you nothing to try!  We all like to be asked for our advice - and generally we don't get upset if it isn't taken!!
I have got loads of raspberries and strawberries for this year - the difference in flavour from a supermarket bought one is incredible.  But again some of your neighbours may give you the "runners" or some raspberry canes that are coming up in the wrong place.

Good luck - you seem to have the right idea!

Old Bird

:o ;D

[PlotSurfer]

Well thanks for all your advice everybody!

I've now rotovated my patch (sorry to those who advised against it but I just got carried away with the idea of using a big shiny machine! though now my shoulders are suffering!!).

I've also planted a few rows of spuds (second earlies - Kestrel, and lates - somethingsquare I think), some aubergines, cabbages and sweetcorn. All of them were donated by my lovelly allotment neighbour!

So now I have 'proper soil'and plants!!!

Very excited by it all.

[emmy1978]

Nice one!!  ;D Let the planting commence.  ;D

[PlotSurfer]

Thanks.

I think I've been well and truly bitten by the bug now!