Just got my lottie ;D and was wondering if there was anyone on here from the Yorkshire area. I'm based in Hull, East Yorkshire on the Newland Avenue site. Wondered if anyone had the joys of sharing the colder northern temps?
there's quite a few on here from oop t'north - I know that cos they talk funny ;D  There's Northerner and John Charlie for starters :)
I'm in North Derbyshire and there's Scots who are even colder than us :)
theres me!
*kitty jumps up and down*
theres me!!
*decides she must maintain dignity and stops jumping but waves gracefully instead!*
lincolnshire-not too far from 'ull..cold here too!
Kitty! :) Am so pleased your up north too - have loved reading your posts, esp ones about (dare I mention it?) Monty Don!
I'm in Leeds, about 6 miles outside the City itself :)
No lottie and a tiny garden, but I'm doing my best. This is the first year that I've made a serious effort to 'grow my own', although I can only do a few things at a time due to the lack of space and everything is in tubs and compost sacks :(
I've been successful with toms and strawberries in the past, but I'm trying potatoes, onions, garlic and runner beans this year.
I started doing some proper herb growing last year, as well ;D
Bunnycat - was travelling through Leeds yesterday on the way to pick someone up with a friend (don't ask me where, not far from the LCH hospital?)
I'm growing stuff on my patio too as only got lottie this week. Have just put tomatoes out in grow bags on patio and am going away this weekend so trying not to worry that when I get back toms will be no more! Also have strawberrys, one pepper plant (not too optimistic about it fruiting) and loads of herbs - am growing basil and coriander for the first time this year and seeds are up already (planted 6 days ago).
My basil has also come up very quickly. About a week for mine, too ;D
I'm trying to work round a lot of upheaval at the moment, which isn't easy :-\
First our fence blew down in those gales early this year, and we had a building site for weeks while hubby and FIL erected a new one, then the guy on the other side of us decided he was going to pull down his wall and put up a fence like our new one, so the other side of the garden is now a building site just as things are returning to normal where we had to do our fence >:(
All my veggies were already ordered, so I've no option but to make the best of it and try to grow things in mild to moderate chaos :'(
It'll be a miracle if I manage to grow ANYTHING!!! LOL!!
hi Piglottie - we're not too far from you - just over the river in Scun*horpe ;D ;D
enjoy your weekend away and good luck with your lottie :)
Hi,
I'm in Halifax, "From Hell Hull and Halifax May't Good Lord Deliveruz" My daughter and partner live in Hull working for ADM cocoa, so visit often, get free cocoa shell too! but don't tell anyone.
Brian
I used to work in ALWOODLY in Leeds did my nanny training and job there for 3yrs, i was born in a village called SOUTH KIRKBY West Yorkshire.
Now a fully fledged Londoner, lived in London till i was 15 then went back to good old Yorkshire till i got married at 20, still waiting to go back Home ;D.
Dear Rosebud,
Alwoodly is just around the corner from Adel where one of the best little gardens in the UK is hidden away, Yorkgate is open most Sundays, and Thursday evenings to raise money for charity. Well worth a visit if you are near.
Gardenantics, I wish I'd seen your post a bit earlier. I had no idea about that garden in Adel and we're only 8 or 9 miles from there.
It's a gorgeous day and we were at a loose end this morning :(
Definately something bear in mind next time we have a bored Sunday looming :)
Hi Bunnycat,
Yes it's well worth the trip, and the money goes to the Gardeners Benevolent Society for retired gardeners.
Try the link;
www.perennial.org.uk/yorkgate.html
It's open tomorrow too as it's a bank holiday.
Wow, that looks beautiful. I'm working tomorrow, but we'll definately make the effort to get over there as soon as we can ;D
Hi all you Yorkshire lads and lasses. I'm in Huddersfield and not been doing this thing long. Anyone know of a co-op or society that uses its collective powers to buy things at discount. I would like to join somewhere that can order cheap seed potatoes, pots, compost etc.
If you're on an allotment site you'll probably have an association where you can get your stuff cheap :)
Hello Piglottie, I'm just down the road from you in York :-)
Hi all!
Sweet-pea - love York! Tend to pop over at least once a month for a browse round the shops (however, not so much in the summer as the Yanks sometimes seem to take over!!!).
Well, it seems to have been raining forever here in Hull and am desperately trying to get down to new lottie to do some digging but its too wet! Have stuff in pots waiting to be planted out so am hoping for a few dry days to get on with the digging.
PS: Toms survived my weekend away and are now thriving on the patio in their growbags.
Bunnycat - Am overrun with basil as the stuff I just planted in pots outside has now come up! Think much pesto will be in store this summer. ;D
Hello Strummer in Hudds :) Kids went to uni there and my auntie lives at Brighouse so spent some happy hours up there. Never stops raining so you'll have some luvly veg :)
Quote from: rosebud on May 28, 2005, 19:36:49
I used to work in ALWOODLY in Leeds did my nanny training and job there for 3yrs, i was born in a village called SOUTH KIRKBY West Yorkshire.
Now a fully fledged Londoner, lived in London till i was 15 then went back to good old Yorkshire till i got married at 20, still waiting to go back Home ;D.
Rosebud, I live only about 4 miles away from South Kirkby in Great Houghton.
I love to go walking in Howell Wood, right next to SK.
Small world innit? ;D
Hi Robin it sure is a small world,lovely lovely Yorkshire, and we know how to make the puds Hahaha!. ;D
Grreat Houghton ii'm juust downt rooad from theee Wombwell
Ex Skipton and missing the braising morning winds.
This is brilliant hearing from Yorkies, :) yes i know Wombwell very well, do any of you know the famous Barnsdale Bar, i have had many a walk in the wonderful bluebell woods there. :) :) :) i know its all changed now but years ago oh what a lovely walk down that lane for miles,Sooooooo nice. Take me back ;D ;D ;D.
Can't agree more: I'm in Armley, Leeds (no prison jokes, please) and enjoying some nice windowsill and small veg patch gardening.
Gardenatics, is that garden in Adel the walled garden with the wildlife? I remember years ago, when I used to do some conservation work, going with some friends early one morning to watch the kingfishers. Sad to say, I have no idea where it was now, but maybe that's a good thing.
Regards to all,
Sue
Hi Sue - you're only about 10 minutes from me *waves* ;D
Hi all you Tykes .Huddersfield here too Strummer and Wardy.Sorry no allotment though so i cant help you with the co operatives.Grow my own in the back garden though.
Quote from: northener on June 09, 2005, 07:41:59
Grreat Houghton ii'm juust downt rooad from theee Wombwell
Awreyt cokker!!
Hi SueK,
No I don't think Yorkgate is the garden you remember, as it's not a walled garden, but does have extensive hedges and 'Room' like parts, so maybe. Never seen a Kingfisher there either!
Brian
heyup old lad
There,s nowt wrong wi reet folks...
Nice to see so many Yorkies on the board.
My Dad's a Yorkie through & through & despite 45 years of living in north lincolnshire he's still got his accent. I tend to speak like him & my grandad even though I'm now over in Leicestershire. When ever I visit relatives in either Pocklington or Holme upon Spalding Moor I always pick up the dialect again & nobody can understand me when I get back to work.
CC
Hello from freezing cold Sheffield
1st year on my new plot - so we'll just have to wait & see what comes up ;)
Aye up, now then, si'thee.
Adopted Yorkies both of us (well, the short arms, long pockets and "owt for nowt"), living in Chapeltown, Sheffield and growing weeds in Harley - just down t'road from thee, Northerner.
I'm a good old London boy and Jan is a Lancastrian but, after 15 years here we are just becoming accepted!
Ee ba gum, another exiled Yorkie here, originally from York, but now I live in the sunny south, 'appen
hi all............
new member............just joined and looking at all the boards....is this where i introduce myself?
saw yorkshire folk and as i qualify for that i thought id start here!
names chris.........and just got an allotment in april of this year...lots of hard work and mistakes.......but im getting there slowly.
based in sunny(at the moment) doncaster..and enjoying every moment of my new hobby......even the digging!!!
so hi folks.............expect a few daft questions........................im off now to look around the site! ::)
Hi Chris,
you're not far from us here in S c u nthorpe - we got our lottie in March and we're having lots of fun - still waiting to grow something we can eat but there you go, one day soon hopefully. welcome to A4A - its great here,lots of clever brains to pick.
If you have the secret to murdering marestail - let us all in on it ;D ;D
From South Kirkby.
Inherited a pile of weeds but soil quality good
Have to start the slow hard work.
Good gardening to you all
Dave W
;D ;D
Dear Piglottie
hows close Burstwick to you lol !!!
is that east Hull or West Hull your in ?
Hi Carloso
Great to see a local about - was beginning to think I was the only one on these boards in the Hull area! My plots in West Hull, on the Newland Ave site, not far from the University. Do you have a plot in Burstwick or are you lucky enough to have a garden that does the job? :)
PS: Only took over a jungle (and I mean jungle - marestail, dandelions, grasses, not been cultivated for over 27 years!) in late May so no chance of me doing digging duty in Burstwick - only on my third raised bed and who knows how many more to go? ::)
hellooo
i say unfortunatly i dont have the garden space but my allotment is only at the top of the street so's to speak as im surrounded by fields (ok i live on the edge of the villafe about 400yds from the allotments) so its almost as good as a garden lol
where on Newland ave do they have allotments ? ive never seen where they are, Mind you if they are jungles it probably the reason why, In saying that mine was of a similar nature last yr and to be fair its only this yr i have managed to get it clean and keep it that way !!
ok so 3 raised beds on yours i think you now have time to dig mine lol
carl
Carl lol ;D No chance of digging duty cos to be honest I'm only supervising and weeding - hubbie's the one doing the manual work ;) Could try hiring him out to pay for new stuff for lottie :D lol
The allotments run parallel to Newland Ave - if you go down one of the side streets and to the bottom (passed Sidmouth St primary school) the plots are in quite a big square area between Newland Ave area/Goddard Ave/Newland Park. I've done a copy of the street map ref but not sure if it will work http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=508081&y=431285&z=1&sv=tavistock+street&st=6&tl=Tavistock+Street,+Hull,+HU5&searchp=newsearch.srf&mapp=newmap.srf. Basically, the allotments are in the blank area!
The plots have been there a long time as some of the plot holders have been on there for over 40 years - used to have to wait years to get a plot. They declined in recent years, with some old timers struggling on, but now nearly all the plots are let and the place is looking good. Its so peaceful despite the hustle and bustle of the city, and as we don't have a garden we can mess with, its a great escape. They've also turned quite a few lotties over to nature gardens, which makes the place look lovely and attracts the wildlife, but now that there is a demand again for the plots its a shame that a lot of the growing space has been handed over to other things. But I understand the reasons why.
Anyway, am waffling now and must get to me bed as have more digging and weed warfare to undertake tomorrow before it gets too hot. Strange all this sunshine for us Yorkshire folk - could do with some rain.
Adele
Hello MM in Donny and clairenpaul in sunny Scunny :)
Happy allotmenting :)
Wardy in North Derbyshire
Hi Adele
well it looks like you had your wish tonight at least 5 mins of well light rail enough to fill a wellie lol !!
ill have to have a nosey so time at your allotments sounds like near us ! with the ones that have been left about 18mths ago there where about 8 or 9 free now theres just the one which is more of a agarden to be fair and in a bit of a state (no one wants it but i might have a go and just grow potatoes next yr so well see ill have a nice word with the council lady lol it maybe handy for another green house too
never mind its good to hear you have a slave too sounds a bit like my set up i do the work and wifey helps and claims she did it all lol
catch you soon
carl
And another newbie here from yorkshire. Outskirts of Bradford towards Halifax/Brighouse.
Growing various veg and fruit in garden and since finding this site have started investigating getting a lottie as well!!!
hi im in sheffield
I'm in Liversedge West Yorks.
Well I guess I am the closest to you so far I am in Hull itself ,right by Asda at Kingswood. XX Jeannine
Got to get a mention from Castleford, W Yorks ...Home of the "Cas tigers" ;D
At the moment I think their are three of us from Hull who are active on here. Myself, Jeannine (I saw you where from Hull second in answer to your question on other thread) and Big Al.
I think there are 5 if you look a the map and count Bilton and another village I forget which. XX Jeannine
I'm going to say Skipton, North Yorks just 'cos no-one else has.
(And hello to the Eastern edge of West Yorks too.... :P
The members map will not work for me, keeps crashing my PC so I do not know. I passed by your plots yesterday on my way to North Bransholme to look at some work and thought about you when I saw somone working on his plot. Never came that way back had to pop back to North Point (Wilko's) without the GF this time and spend some more money!
Well I had a lovely visit from Gary today on my lottie,he came to pick up some plants I had PMd him about, really nice young man, Thank you Gary it was a pleasure to meet you.
XX Jeannine
Likewise Jeannine it was a pleasure to meet you both also, and thank you again for the plants. I am very impressed with the set up you have on your site and would love to come back towards the end of the year for another nosey.
Thanks for bringing this topic up again, hadn't seen it before. I'm in Tadcaster, between York & Leeds. My son is at uni in Hull, living just off Newlands Avenue, so if anyone's got any spare veggies for starving students... :D
I'd recommend Yorkgate garden as well- it's lovely. If you're travelling a distance to get there, call in at Golden Acre Park or Harlow Carr gardens as well.
Sounds like there's enough of us for a Yorkshire meet if the original posters are still around!
That's about 10 minutes from me, I can keep him in salad stuff,toms etc once they are going plus whatever is spare, I don't mind a bit, I always have more than I need. Will you remind me please?XX Jeannine
Awww, Jeannine, that's really kind of you- he does love his salads, and although I can hopefully give him some of ours, it sounds as if your plot is much more prolific than mine!
hi newcomer here not got a lotti at moment .got my name down at darnall sheffield waiting for allotment society meeting tomorrow here's hoping .looking forward to all tha lovely digging any tips on where to start and what to plant at this time of year would be greatly appreciated .see how i get on tomorrow and how bad the site is cheers bye for now
hiya, bucks4x4, welcome to the site, we'll keep everything crossed for you for tomorrow :)
got my allotment knee deep in brambles and weeds .don't know where to start i suppose start in one corner and keep going .also managed to get myself a greenhouse today for nothing off freecycle so all in all not a bad day bye for now
If your allotment is so bad why not section it off and tackle one part at a time? thats what I did when I first got mine and it seemed to help.
:) :) Im from doncaster guys, great to meet you all
;) Hi scott I'm in Donny too
I'm from Maltby in Rotherham in South Yorkshire :P Quite close to Doncaster too.
I live in Burley in wharfedale, near Ilkley in West Yorkshire.
Hi I am in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Anyone else from near me???
I'm around four miles from Bradford.
Oh so where is that then?
I'm a few miles west-ish of Bradford for what it's worth. Oxenhope.
Geoff
Oxenhope? You can almost see my village, Cowling, from where you are.
Hi Scot and Wilco, guess what I'm in Donnie too, bit obvious really with my sign on!!! at the Barnby dun site. Had my plot since Aug. major mess nettles and brambles. Just me a new lady who got the plot just to the side of me but at the front. We have gone dutch on the hire of a nice farmer and his JCB and obliterated all brambles and nettles on her plot and the vacant plot behind her (next to mine). We are going to share this plot. Easy peasy now its cleared. Just a matter of digging and lifting any missed roots.
Its worth asking around, cost £18 per hour, 2 plots cleared in 2 hours!!!! well worth its money
Quote from: cacran on October 14, 2007, 12:51:56
Oh so where is that then?
Its a small place called Liversedge.
Hi Euronerd and Kenkew, not so far from me then. Just a bit more countyfied........ Still when I'm on my allotment, I could be anywhere. :)
Hey MickW, Not very far from me, I am at Low Moor (up cleckheaton Road).
My daughter used to live at Liversedge. Small world, isn't it? :)
ooo Liversedge, one of my friends from work used to live there. Is that great pub, the Grey Ox, still going ?
The Grey Ox is alive and kicking, as far as I know. ( must go up and have a look)
Just putting myself on the list ,
Im in Huddersfield , And this is my allotment.
http://s229.photobucket.com/albums/ee96/mrf94/
hi everyone im a yorkshire lass through and through and live not far from doncaster i am waiting to hear
about an allotment in the new year so im keeping my finger crossed. :)
Hi Fellow Northern Folk, I'm a newbie in Immingham, near Grimsby. Only had my patch since September but looking forward to next year and getting some plants in.
hiya, lynx..not a yorkshire lass but pleased to meet you, welcome to the forum ;D
bump. So how many Yorkshire folks around here these days?
We have a man on our site, you know he is from Yorkshire because everytime he asks the price of something in our shop its followed by "how much", :happy7:
Bless them all, any shape, size, color or county, keep the faith and plant more.
Digmore. :wave:
Do I count - I have strayed about 8 miles out of God's own but it's where my heart is!
I'm here- Tadcaster, working in Leeds. :wave:
bumping it up.. where are we now, well I left Hull and am currently in BC Canada as many of you know but I am still "Yorkshire Folk" Where is everyone else.
I'm a Barnsley lass, but now live darn sarf in Dunmow near Stansted Airport. My heart is oop north though.
Hi all, I am from Barnsley South Yorkshire originally and moved to Skipton North Yorkshire 8 years ago. I had an allotment there for 2 years, after waiting to get one for 6 years. Then we had to move for work and school.
Now in Thornton BD13 near Bradford, but I managed to get a plot today :) about a mile down the road in BD15 at Chapel Lane
https://photos.app.goo.gl/B6Nj1hY4N1wB7n1t9 is a link to what I saw this morning. Now the fun begins , we (my family and I) are looking forward to getting stuck in.
Glad to see so many Yorkshire people on here.
Welcome from an ex-pat.
Your plot looks all ready to go hope you have many happy years there.
Thanks @pumplinlover :)
Cant wait to get down and start getting stuck into the plot.
Good Luck with your new plot.Seems quite large as one plot .
20 rods?
Please give us a (monthly?) photo progress report.
I am from Hull. now back in Canada, I gardened there for about 6 years..I think we may have met