FLOSSY.. chatty post as I promised..please join in.

[Jeannine]

 Hi FLOSSY.. I was sad to read among another post   that you had joined recently and didn't get much response to a question you asked somewhere else, also you had not had much conversation.. so here you go.

Welcome to A4A, we are a daft bunch of folks, more or less, we look after each other very well, if you have a question post it, someone will answer if they know.  Sometimes it pays to check the search button to see if the problem had come up before.

Perhaps you can tell us about yourself, where you are, what you like to grow etc, you will soon get to know us.

I live in Hull, we have 2 lotties, I'm lived in North America for a long time and came back here 7 years ago. Married my childhood sweetheart in the late fifties, have three Pekingese dogs and 4 cats and i work in a school

I grow veggies..not flowers , they die when I approach.

I have a huge collection of  squash,so if you have any questions about that I can certainly help you, I also have a very big collection of tomato seeds and also beans. My last love is my sweetcorn but I don't collect the seeds as they don't keep.

Often we have was are called pass the parcel swaps so keep you eyes open for that, also check on the swap page often folks are looking for or have to spare some interesting seeds.

If you want a personal chat with anyone there is a way to do that by sending them a personal message.

There are some real experts here on many topics so you should find all the help you need.

So there you go FLOSSY, now come on, we would like to meet you and I am sure others would too.

XX Jeannine

[Jeannine]

[betula]

Hey Flossie,sorry you felt you were being ignored,I am sure no one has done that intentionally.I must admit I have limited experience with veggies so tend to leave answers to more experienced posters,but nothing personal :)

Sometimes it does make you cross if you feel you are passed over,I posted a picture of a rose once and no one commented so I complained and sure enough some kind soul admired it for me. ;D

Have fun and enjoy

[kenkew]

I remember that rose, Betula. I was slow to respond to it due to my being struck rigid with it's beauty and obvious professional growing care.
[A bit like my cracking pic of a dragon-fly last year....the whole of A4A are obviously still struck with rigidity even after all this time.]  :D :D
Ken.

[flossy]

Hi jeannine,

How lovely to get your post and thank you for making time for me, gosh you must be busy with two
lotties an'all !  Thank you as well for all the helpful directions to the site, would you mind if I printed it
[ new, - pressy from my son ] to have at my elbow ?

I have had my lottie for 14 mths now - do love it and do much more than sulk down there ! though does get the digging done !     Lost the plot the first year [ not literaly ] after growing and planting - we moved house and it was down hill for a bit, we are now in recovery after starting again with plenty of winter digging and composting and a rewarding harvest so far.
I say we, but my hubby found it too much after recovering from surgery and helpfully takes care of our
garden at home.    I'm past retiring age so find the excercise good for me, tho  " and rest " comes round
quite often!  We have been together for 26yrs and have 5 children and 7 grandchildren between us , sadly no pets now - but you never know !


Originaly from North London, but have moved around the south for many years to return to S East so as to be near our grandchildren and family, so enriching our lives even more !

First time allotment for me, though can remember helping my Dad with his when quite young - I wanted a ' little house ' like the plot next to his --  now I have one !! Think I am regressing as I have a terrible urge to paint it  in all colours and hang a pink glitter bead curtain at the door with a wind sock on the roof!!    I must get out more !!

Have always gardened but not for vegetables, except the odd row of something ,so the big ' plan ' of it all was a bit overwhelming at first. Must say the last winter months have gone by so quickly with all the sewing and transplanting , but each week  had some meaning to it as you worked towards Spring and the big plant!!   I did sew some squash jeanine, a bit too early in pots - grew well but   they were well fed up by the time they got to the plot  --   they are now trying to make for the main gate as they reach for freedom !   Thought I would just let them meander - only have two butter nuts that I can see but didn'texpect much as they were seeds from a squash that we bought.
I'm sure I will be looking to you for advice squash wise and many other wise too !

Thank you again jeanine, I have so enjoyed our chat and hope will do again,

Floss xxx

[lolabelle]

Hi Flossy
A big welcome to you I' m sure that any posts you make, I have found the A4A are a lovey bunch with a good sense of humour, I bet you will spend many hours when not up the plot reading all the posts
Once a again welcome and I'm pleased to meet you
Lolabelle

[caroline7758]

Hi Flossy, if I don't get an answer I just reply to my own post so as to "bump it up" again!

As you can see I'm in Tadcaster, near York. Don't really have enough time for my allotment, but feeling quite positive about it at the moment as I've had quite a lot of free time recently so managed to get on top of some bits of it at least- and it's always better at harvest time!Staring a new job on Tuesday and I'llbe working Tues-Thurs so hope to make the most of my long weekends!

[flossy]

Hello betula,

So pleased to hear from you, thank you !

I shall really be pleased to talk flowers with you, but - sorry I dont know the latin names so hope you will be gentle with me !   ::)

Please, please show me your rose, I'm sure it was beautiful.    I am removing old shrubs [ 20yrs some of them] that are huge and out of control at the moment,  but only those that I can replace this Autumn.

Have a Newzealand Tea tree at the ready [ shrub], though these can get large too - a Ceanothas, cant
remember at the moment the type it is but has a dark blue flower, oh and a 50p last legs Chinese
Lantern bush that produced 8 lovely orange lanterns this summer --  summer !, what does she mean ?

Do you know of any shrubs that are colourful and dont need too much care regards pruning please, oh also have herbs and a few flowers on the plot.

To my shame' I have an Albertine climbing rose[ not sure if spelt that right ] sprawling around the back
of my garden waiting for the hedging to be cut - then it has somwhere to go. :-[

Floss xxx

[flossy]

Hello lolabelle,

Thank you and so pleased to meet you too !

  I'ts so nice to get to know everybody and do appreciate the time taken to post to me.

  Have noticed the sense of humour around the posts and think i'ts wonderful, thank goodness for it
  as I like to have a banter myself  --  have laughed out loud too, much to my other- halfs alarm [ yes
dear, I took my pills ].!?   :P

Thanks again,

Floss xxx

[flossy]

 Hi there caroline 7758,

Thanks for posting to me, so glad to say hello .

Afraid I dont know a lot about the area where you live, but have heard it is very beautiful around there.

Have always wanted to visit York and I will !!  eventualy !  I nearly did many years ago when as a Lab
Tech. I was asked to accompany some pupils on an outing to York  --  was really looking forward to it,
than they diverted me to The Ideal Home Exhibition !  Was not so bad as we all got food freebies which
kept the kids happy !

Will say, the best part of this year has been on the plot picking all the goodies,  and best of all - digging
up the potatoes.  Just loved it, had the grandchildren helping and the squeals when they spotted them in the soil was ear piercing !

Wishing you all the very best for Tues,  ' go get'm girl ' as they say.

Floss xxx

[manicscousers]

Hi, Flossy, nice to meet you,
I've got an excuse, I've been away for a fortnight, missed this site like mad  ;D
we have a plot in golborne, near warrington, live in Wigan and come from Liverpool, originally..mixed up accents now,
we've had 36 happy years together, 3 children, 2 grandchildren and one on the way, we'd love pictures of your plot, if you've got some, very nosey us  ;D

[cornykev]

Hi Flossy don't worry no one gets ignored on here quite the opposite, you've met all the crazies,  so I would like to introduce myself probably the sensiblest lottie on this forum,    :P :P :P :P :P my name is Kev, I'm in my very very late thirties, I live in Enfield and have lived in a few other areas in N London, I love my football and bearly have time to go on holiday because I'm busy with a full time job, two kids and the lottie of course, all the best Corny.   ;D ;D ;D

[Borlotti]

Hi Flossy
My allotment is also in Enfield, north London. I have had it since I retired at 60.  I think it was the best thing I ever did as I love it, the people and the fresh air.  I am also doing a lot more cooking as cannot waste anything one grows.  Even had a chest freezer for a Christmas present and freeze surplus beans etc.  I think this site is very good and gives a lot of useful information and recipes.  Please Betula can we see your rose.  You must be clever cause I don't know how to post photographs, read the instructions and gave up half way through.  It doesn't help that I haven't a digital camera yet, may buy one before I go to Italy in September. 

[manicscousers]

sensible, you , ck.. ;D ;D ;D
craziest of the lot, in the nicest sense, of course  ;D

[Jeannine]

She aint met Trixie yet!!

[manicscousers]

that's true, where is she ?
missin' ya, Trixie  :)

[Emagggie]

Hello Flossie ;D Very nice to meet you. I'm in the S/E too, in Essex. Always someone who knows something about whatever it is you want to know on here. ;)

[rosebud]

Hello again Flossy Corny Kev, forgot to tell you he is a great Spurs supporter,
dident they do well today Kev. ;D ;D.
Enjoy the site Floss, great peeps on here we all look out for each other even the crazy peeps ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D, .  Rosebud.
Started another post dident think what i was doing  ( nothing unusual in that mind) ;D.

[star]

Hiya there Flossy!! ;D ;D

A great big welcome from me too, Ive only been looking in occasionally for the past few weeks........just soooo busy. So apologies for missing your post ;)

Today I had to polish the guinea pig ::) :D

Happy allotmenteering and A4A-ing, look forward to chatting to you again

[elvis2003]

hi flossy and welcome to the site! jeanine that was a lovely post! short and sweet but didnt want to read and run
rach
xx

[GrannieAnnie]

Hi Flossy,
I don't really belong on this site (wrong country, wrong climate and no allotment) but stumbled on it and stayed because of the friendly gardening advice. The down side is they'll soon have you planting unheard of things!
GrannieAnnie