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Afternoon,
i ve just got back from my allotment and thought I would say hello.
Its been a busy weekend so far, Ive got my first greenhouse(type thingy) with my first beans and peas in (everybody keeps telling me they are so easy ot grow) and Ive finally got some spuds in but as the title says Im making it up as i go

Still working hard digging over the rest of the plot thought, I know Im really going ot ache tommorrow - absolutly loving it though.

Ive been lurking (and learning) for a while so I thought it was about time I said hello. So HELLO!!

Gone shy now.....

Spider

Hi Spider

Welcome.

Whereabouts in Derby are you?

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Andrea :wavehello

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...logs/zazen999/

moon trial underway with onions, lettuce, tomatoes and calabrese.

Thankyou!

Very city centre - the plot is a compromise, until I can escape somewhere a bit more rural.

Aah; we are out in Shardlow; very rural [no sainsburys/tescos for a few miles]; which can only be a good thing!

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Andrea :wavehello

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...logs/zazen999/

moon trial underway with onions, lettuce, tomatoes and calabrese.

I like Shardlow we often cycle out that way- we seem to get the worse of both worlds in the city centre shops on your doorstep but not selling anything you need so you still have to go out of town.

Just had a look at your lottie photos. The first one looks just like mine - the other two are in my dreams! Im really wishing I rotervated (I can't spell!) mine but I had this foolish idea I would learn more if I worked with the soil - Ha! All Ive learnt is that clay is very heavy and my back hates me. Trying to stay upbeat - I know I will get there eventually.

In the menatime Ive got a good crop of dandilions if you need any

Spider

Ah yes; clayey soil...know it well. I went to the lottie on friday to 'dig over' a patch for my second onion bed...and it was so clayey claggy and wet at 2 inches deep that I just could not turn it. I ended up digging about a meter square and leaving it on the side for my OH to put back in yesterday. the rest is either planted up now, or covered with weed fabric and planted through. What a nightmare just doing that it...the roots are incredibly think and hard to pull out.

I've spent most of this pm putting our compost from home into used multipurpose compost bags to take down the lottie; it sure needs it.

I also beheaded a load of dandilions today; so I'll pass on that one - thanks!!!

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Andrea :wavehello

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...logs/zazen999/

moon trial underway with onions, lettuce, tomatoes and calabrese.

welcome spider... I know how you feeling on making it up as you go along! This forum is a great support.

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AXJ Another Xtreme Jardinero

Thanks AXJ,
True to form, after seeing zazen's pictures Im rethinking my plans for tommorrow. I think I might have a go at getting some paths in.

I have to keep reminding myself one step at a time!!

Night all

Spider

Wickes do the weed fabric at £15.99 for 50 m...in case you needed any!!!

Night night

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Andrea :wavehello

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...logs/zazen999/

moon trial underway with onions, lettuce, tomatoes and calabrese.