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hi everyone!
I'm new to growing my own. bought an old bit of land near my home. Which had not been used for 16 years! Needed to clear tons of dumped rubbish and lots of brambles. Now after 8 months im ready to get going. It has been great fun and now im looking for lots of tips and advice to get me started. All contributions greatly received.

Fence it off & put some Pigs in they'll clear it for you ( Evict the trespasser as well )

Welcome to the vine VL. Not a million miles form you in Nuneaton

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Stop trying to double book me Nick,

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updated - Sunday 19th at 2100hrs

The trespasser is my hardest worker! The land is cleared now and looking good. Found some great fruit trees. An old bramley apple, and a couple of pears but not sure what they are!

WHo care what they are if they taste OK Does it look a lot different to the photo then ?

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ntg

Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic

http://grief-encounters.blogspot.com/

Welcome to the Vine Vicki L. What a lovely introduction with that great pic - so pretty. Keep them coming. When you've decided what you want to grow I'm sure you'll get plenty of advice here. Good luck and enjoy.

Hi, just spent ages trying to make pics fit! This is how it is looking at moment!

Struth thats is different !!!

If you e-mail me I can send you a freebie tool for resizing piccies easily I sent it to Piglet earlier on so he will vouch for it's ease of use

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ntg

Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic

http://grief-encounters.blogspot.com/

Weve had loads of skips, two grabber lorries, several trips to the tip to recycle what we could and also called on friends who had a mini digger and a little old man with a small tractor and plough. He's coming back this weekend to deliver me some chicken muck as he breeds chickens! Got some useful friends- jus need green fingers now!

Welcome to the 'vine Vicki, and huge congrats on the work you've done on your plot, it looks fab, lots of hard work in there methinks!

Hope you have a good growing season and get to eat the fuits of your labours this year!

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Last updated 26th November2008 - more new piccies!

Hi Vicki, it looks fantastic, wish I had your lovely fruit trees, they must have been a nice surprise. Good luck with your growing!

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Looks great Vicki, can see how much has been done there. Don't worry about the green fingers. You're well on your way to them. The more you learn and the more you work, the greener your fingers get. Enjoy the fruits of your labour.

thanks for all the positive comments people. looking forward to chatting with you all over the growing season.

you did very well only finding fruit trees, after your first pictures i was expecting you to find several Gorillas and a pack of Wolves. ;-)

we did find a disused foxes den, 4 lawnmowers, a chair, tons of rubble and a car!

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Hello Vicki and well done for clearing your plot! Great stuff.

thanks for your comments Jennie. Really proud of our achievement so far. This vine is really great! Already had lots of useful advice.

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Wow! Well done Vicki, hard to believe its the same plot. You should be proud of yourself, and congrats on finding the fruit trees, bet it felt great to find gems in amongst the mess. Of course the works really just begun but it's fun work from here on in. Growing veg is so rewarding and exciting, i've got this years revised garden design to plan and grow, can't wait!!!