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    Hi.

    I'm a complete noob to allotments so any advice or very great fully received.

    I have just rented my very first. At the moment there's a lot of digging to do to clear it all. We started a couple of the raised beds this evening and jeez I am 30 and thought I had digging in me still.but my shoulders aren't so sure 😂

    I havev3 boys. They are 12, 8 and 3 in a couple weeks. I'm hoping this will get them out in fresh air and away from electronics!!
    So far so good I just hope it continues without complaints.

    We are starting off with things we have previously grown at our old house with the exception of lettuce and pumpkins.
    We have lettuce, cabbage, strawberry, raspberries, Tom's, cucumbers, beetroot, chard, kale, pumpkins...one for each of them for October as it's not something we eat, peas and rhubarb. There's probably seeds I've got in and forgotten to list. Fingers crossed it all pops up 🤐.

    I'm looking forward to reading all your stories and tips. I've just opened an album to track it's progress but pics aren't loading just yet

    Anyway .....Hi 😀

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    Welcome to the vine, enjoy the benefits of the advice and humour

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    • #3
      Hello Llevrah & welcome to the Jungle.
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      • #4
        Welcome to the vine
        What varieties of pumpkin you growing? I highly recommend you try eating pumpkin not just carving (although that is great fun ). I'm a big fan of pumpkin soup, roast pumpkin with my Sunday roast and honey roasted pumpkin seeds
        It's good you've got 3 little helpers. We like photo because we're all very nosey

        Just in case you missed it.........I like pumpkins!

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        • #5
          Hi and welcome to the vine! There's lots of lovely people here that can help people like you and I to succeed with the growing malarkey
          https://nodigadventures.blogspot.com/

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          • #6
            Wow what a friendly bunch. Hi all.

            Pumpkin ...I may have missed that about liking pumpkins it's a good job you mentioned it again😂😂😂. I'm not sure which variety they are ill check the pack tomorrow. I have seen so many packets of seeds this week they are all a blur so cannot remember off the top of my head. I can't even stand the smell of Pumpkin. Maybe homegrown will be better.

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            • #7
              Ohhhh i forgot. I've managed to get the 2 pics i have into my album. they are the wrong way round despite being the right way on my phone so I apologise in advance for any cricks in the neck caused

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              • #8
                Hi and welcome to the Forum.
                A few people have problems loading photos from their phones (I don't 'cos I don't know how to use a phone for calls, let alone photos) Anyway, they say that if you crop your photo a bit it comes out the right way up. With luck, someone who knows what they're talking about will be along soon

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                • #9
                  A very warm welcome to the forum, dear Llevrah.
                  Pain is still pain, suffering is still suffering, regardless of whoever, or whatever, is the victim.
                  Everything is worthy of kindness.

                  http://thegentlebrethren.wordpress.com

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                  • #10
                    Hi and welcome to the vine

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                    • #11
                      Hello and welcome.

                      I must admit I had the same thought as Small Pumpkin: pumpkins and winter squash just have to be eaten. One trick is to leave them a while (depending on the variety) after picking them and before eating them. Unlike most veg, they get sweeter during storage. When you find the variety, someone on here will be able to give you lots of advice about how to decide when they're ready to pick and what to do with them.

                      Good luck with the lottie. Bet your kids would like sweetcorn, by the way.
                      Last edited by Snoop Puss; 07-05-2016, 07:14 AM.

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                      • #12
                        Try saving these to you desktop then import them into your album, see if that works:

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                        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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                        Official Member Of The Nutters Club - Rwanda Branch.
                        -------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Sent from my ZX Spectrum with no predictive text..........
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                        KOYS - King Of Yellow Stickers..............

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                        • #13
                          A warm welcome from me too, Lievrah!

                          Good luck with prising your boys off all things electrical and finding the 'great outdoors'!!!i sadly, have failed miserably .... my 'boy?' is a 14 year old-who-knows-everything ..... I did however, manage to get him to fill up a watering can yesterday and entice him into the GH where he was amazed to see lots of 'stuff growing' - well, for a minute or two anyway..!

                          So enjoy your lottie, and keep putting piccies on we love to see what's going on!
                          And you'll always find answers to your questions here, they're a knowledgable bunch
                          ~~~ Gardening is medicine that does not need
                          a prescription ... And with no limit on dosage.
                          - Author Unknown ~~~

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Small pumpkin View Post
                            Welcome to the vine
                            What varieties of pumpkin you growing? I highly recommend you try eating pumpkin not just carving (although that is great fun ). I'm a big fan of pumpkin soup, roast pumpkin with my Sunday roast and honey roasted pumpkin seeds
                            It's good you've got 3 little helpers. We like photo because we're all very nosey

                            Just in case you missed it.........I like pumpkins!
                            They are called jack o' lantern. I actually remembered to check 

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Bigmallly View Post
                              Try saving these to you desktop then import them into your album, see if that works:

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                              Thank you. I'll get some more pics today and try those and the new ones all at once. If not the laptop will have to come out.

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