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  • Hiya..Garden newbie.. trying my best, tips and advice welcome

    Hello from Rainy essex! Here is the story of my intro to gardening, i'll keep it short as possible!
    We (me,hubby +4 sprogs) moved to our first house in October, we have previosly lived in flats with zero outside space so are total newbies to all this greenfingered malarky.
    The house perfect, total overhaul before we came so fab, the garden however was a different story, can tell it was once loved many years ago but not for a loooong time, everything was overgrown, broken glass, nails other household items buried in the ground, cat poo..CAT POO GRRRR never did i think i would dedicate hours to picking up the stuff! So anyway, we're on a very tight budget, hubby works all kinds of crazy shifts and we have 4 kids age 3-14 to entertain. we price up getting the professionals in...not a chance in hell unless we dont want to eat for the next year haha! the first few weeks i bought myself a bargain lopper and a fork £6 each (these were the only tools we used until the point of hubby pulling up hedge roots) chopped down "a few trees", many blistered hands later and we could finally see how much room we actually had! hubby got a bonus, we decided to turf (intended on seeding to keep cost down) price to get it supplid & laid £750...price of turf plus delivery £200...we chose the later and decided to diy it. watched many youtube vids and google was definitely our friend but i think we done an ok job..ok its not the most level of gardens but itll do us!
    So after the nightmare of cleaning it all up I decided I wanted everything in pots, no more weeding, no acres of roots to pull. Im not really into flowers much, I love lillies so have a couple but really my main interest is growing fruits and veg, I have bought a few ready grown from shops and grown some from seeds in my tiny greenhouse, so far all seems to be going well (i think) although I am sure I will need some tips and advice in the future hence signing up for this site! please take a look at my pics (more in albums) I hope to be chatting to some like minded people soon, Thanks for reading!
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    Hi there- and welcome to the Vine!

    Wow- what a difference! well done
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    • #3
      Yes, what a transformation! It all looks great. What fruit and veg are you planning to grow?
      Last edited by Scarlet; 31-05-2015, 12:39 PM.

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      • #4
        Hello and welcome
        Carrie

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        • #5
          Hello and welcome to the vine
          Location....East Midlands.

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          • #6
            Hellooooooooo!

            Well what can I say except - wait for it..........BRILLIANT!
            Well done you! So whats next on the fruit and veg front? Are the kids helping out?
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            • #7
              My 2 youngest are helping a bit, the runner beans are my sons, he loves them when nanny grows them, strawberries and blackberries for my youngest, a fruit addict, my older 2 a little less interested but sure they will like to reap the rewards! growing so far, tomato's potatoes,onions,runner beans, strawbs, blackberries,grapes carrots, bell peppers, rhubarb and a few herbs, would like to do some brocolli and some kale too so I have some ready guinea pig food! and also thinking about maybe a mini fruit tree or two grapes are growing reaaally slow but would like eventually to have them on an arch.

              Thanks for the warm welcome

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              • #8
                Hi and welcome, I'm in Essex too.

                Great job you've done there!
                My gardening blog: In Spades, last update 30th April 2018.
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                • #9
                  Hello MissusSmithy & welcome to the jungle, looks like Mr Smithy is doing a bit of walking the plank..........good job there was no water underneath.
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                  • #10
                    Hi and welcome to the vine

                    Are you Missus Smithy but missing an s, a Missus Mithy or Miss U Smithy or something entirely different?

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                    • #11
                      A very warm welcome to the forum!
                      Pain is still pain, suffering is still suffering, regardless of whoever, or whatever, is the victim.
                      Everything is worthy of kindness.

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                      • #12
                        haha just plain ole Mrs Smith (easily traceable lol) , everyone calls me smithy so voila username found

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                        • #13
                          Hello Smithy and welcome
                          You can call me Mrs Chicken if you like - that would be really polite after all the names the others call me
                          Pull up a chair and make yourself at home - with luck someone will be along with cake - or a bottle of something stronger.

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                          • #14
                            Hello and welcome.

                            Looks great Smithy. I was in The Works yesterday and they had the Royal Horticultural Society s "Grow Your Own Crops In Pots" for £5. It seems like a good book (haven't had a chance to read it properly yet)

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Jay-ell View Post
                              Hello and welcome.

                              Looks great Smithy. I was in The Works yesterday and they had the Royal Horticultural Society s "Grow Your Own Crops In Pots" for £5. It seems like a good book (haven't had a chance to read it properly yet)
                              Free postage today Grow Your Own Crops In Pots by Kay Maguire | Gardening Books at The Works use Code FREEDEL10

                              Trying to resist

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