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    Well before March 2015 the most I had even grown from seed was tomatoes. Now nearly one year after getting my allotment I can say I have successfully grown potatoes, courgettes, sweetcorn, radish, beetroot, lettuce, cucumbers & even carrots on stoney soil. I have also made blackcurrant jam, from an established bush, as well as blackberry & blackcurrant icecream.
    Working fulltime has meant that most of my allotment time has bee limited to weekends and I haven't had much of a social life but I've enjoyed every minute on the plot.
    so if like me you are a total novice, don't worry just give it a go.
    I am going to attempt to upload some photos showing, before, after and during last summer on my plot starting end of March & ending end of Aug.
    I'm now planning this year & looking forward to getting started. ENJOY!
    Sorry - can't get the photos to load, keep getting thrown out and having to login again!

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    photos - hopefully....

    hopefully have managed to attach some photos this time
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    • #3
      Well done,things certainly did well for you
      sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these

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      • #4
        Wow, you managed a lot more in your first year than I did!
        Posted on an iPad so apologies for any randomly auto-corrected gobbledegook

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        • #5
          Looks wonderful well done, now time time to plan for this year
          I grow 70% for us and 30% for the snails, then the neighbours eats them

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          • #6
            Gosh, well done Ali, looks like you worked really hard to grow all that lot. Love the poppies and sweet peas, flowers are food for the soul
            Location - Leicestershire - Chisit-land
            Endless wonder.

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            • #7
              Well done Ali, it looks great.........Now's the time to start posting your pics on the....http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...dar_87848.html
              sigpic“Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,”
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              • #8
                photos

                itching to get started this year.... (sunflowers when they were only about 6ft - they grew to about 8!)
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Bigmallly View Post
                  Well done Ali, it looks great.........Now's the time to start posting your pics on the....http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...dar_87848.html
                  Great idea. Will try to be organised with my photos this year. Instead of waiting 'til next year to post them

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                  • #10
                    Lovely plot Ali, where are you in the country?
                    Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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                    • #11
                      Looks really good, well done you

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                      • #12
                        Wow, it all looks fantastic, well done!
                        The best things in life are not things.

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                        • #13
                          Well done..looks brilliant!
                          I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives....


                          ...utterly nutterly
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                          • #14
                            Looks great Ali. You should be so very proud.
                            Looking forward to seeing many more pics.

                            And when your back stops aching,
                            And your hands begin to harden.
                            You will find yourself a partner,
                            In the glory of the garden.

                            Rudyard Kipling.sigpic

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                            • #15
                              So good to read and see stories like that Ali, gives hope to all of us on the waiting list, it looks great.
                              Btw, how urban is the plot ?, can see houses on the road but still looks out of the way so to speak

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