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    Hi there,

    I've had my half plot for just over 18 months and am slowly taming it from a weedy, tree-rooty mess. I do spend all the time I can down there - or on the internet reading up on what to do to it. It's on heavy clay and spends 3-4 months of the year as a cold bog, but has grown some of the tastiest veg I've ever eaten!

    I have a particular weakness for squashes and chillies, and try to cram as many of both into the space as possible.

    This is the first time I have ever grown anything, so I know I have an awful lot to learn.
    Beryl
    http://mudandgluts.com - growing fruit and veg in suburbia

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    Hello Beryl and welcome to the Grapevine
    Pull up a chair and make yourself at home, someone will be along with coffee soon

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    • #3
      Welcome to the vine Beryl, Chillis are best grown in a greenhouse & soon it will be that time of year when some grapes start sowing their early chillis. Look out for the thread.
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      • #4
        Hello and welcome from another clay-bound cold bog, and a sloping one at that.

        I reckon the plants that survive taste all the better for their struggle!!
        Le Sarramea https://jgsgardening.blogspot.com/

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

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          • #6
            Thanks for the welcome guys. I definitely agree - clay makes for tenacious plants!

            I have 10 chillies I'm trying to overwinter at home - I don't have a greenhouse (yet- holding out for one on freecycle!) but I do have a couple of culticaves, which are brilliant.
            http://mudandgluts.com - growing fruit and veg in suburbia

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            • #7
              Hello, and welcome to the Madhouse!

              I was gonna be smug and say I've been to Kingston - but it's a different one to yours; much warmer and with sandy soil...

              Blimey, it was ten years ago last month!
              All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
              Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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              • #8
                Hi Beryl

                I hadn't grown anything when I started 4 years but that just added to the enjoyment of growing things. It is without doubt one of the best decision I have made and there is always something new to try/learn.

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                • #9
                  Hello Beryl, welcome to the forum
                  Last edited by Verinda; 04-12-2013, 11:50 PM.
                  The best things in life are not things.

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                  • #10
                    Welcome, it sounds like you have quite a challenge. If wet soil was my problem I think I would be going down the raised beds route. maybe a cheap poly tunnel built on concrete slabs etc. Celery does well in damp soil.
                    photo album of my garden in my profile http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...my+garden.html

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                      Thanks! This is what I am working towards, though digging is something I am getting sick of. Raised beds are definitely the way to go - I was lucky enough to get about 15 floorboards on freecycle, which has helped keep the cost down a lot. I've dug some of the paths in soggier ground a bit deeper and filled with woodchip to try and improve drainage a bit. Worked a treat so far.
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                      • #12
                        Hello and a very warm, if somewhat belated, welcome to the Vine
                        Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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