Hello from Fareham in Hampshire. 1st Year allotmenteer.

[Damian Jay]

Is the garlic coming through yet?

Hi Martin, yes *insert big smile* I have little shoots coming from the cloves. If I remember rightly I planted Elephant Garlic. Ten rather large cloves in total. I have a picture somewhere, you can't really make out the Garlic yet tho.

Greanleaves, it's usually the village idiots I hang about with, I understand them ;-)

A big THANK YOU to everyone for your kind words and warm welcome.

[Nicos]

And a warm welcome from a not so warm Normandy

...mulled cidre to go with that mincepie perchance ??

[Jay22]

Hello Damian and welcome to the Vine. You will get lots of friendly helpful advice from your fellow grapes. I was and still am to a certain extent a newbie when I joined but have learned a lot from everyone in such a short time. I'm sure you will enjoy this forum very much.

[PyreneesPlot]

Hello and welcome from the chilly French Pyrenees.
What a great set of happy photos

[cariann88]

Hello Jay and welcome to the vine

[Verinda]

Hello Jay, a warm welcome from the stormy west of Ireland

[Scarlet]

Hello Jay and welcome to the vine. Your plot looks fantastic! Keep them photos coming, they are a nosey bunch on here!

[Scarlet]

Hello Damian and welcome to the Vine. You will get lots of friendly helpful advice from your fellow grapes. I was and still am to a certain extent a newbie when I joined but have learned a lot from everyone in such a short time. I'm sure you will enjoy this forum very much.

You can't call yourself a newbie with nearly 600 posts!

[Damian Jay]

Hi, thank you for your kind comments and warm welcomes.
Bonjour and Top 'o' the morning to ya to. Mulled cidre ? never tried that before, but yes please :-)

I've been very busy with reading lots of posts and making notes (making notes = printing out posts as I hate writing) and putting into my folder.
As well as that I'm beavering away at getting the base done for the greenhouse, which should be completed tomorrow. All of this while still working to boot .

Hopefully I'll be posting the photos and the 'what I did' in the Greenhouse section once I've got it up and glazed, sometime in early January.

*Note to self ... New Years resolution No. 5 - learn how to create and maintain a blog

[Florence Fennel]

Hello and a very warm, if somewhat belated welcome to the Vine. I must try and keep up

[Damian Jay]

Hello and a very warm, if somewhat belated welcome to the Vine. I must try and keep up

Lol .... Hi Florence and thank you for your welcome. Indeed, thank you to everyone for your warm welcomes, kind words and advice.

Apologies in advance as sometimes I may not be able to reply straight away as work sometimes drags me away from home for a few days (or longer) at a time. When I get home I do try to catch up with things and not always successfully. So please do accept my apologies as I don't intend to be rude or ignorant.

Hope everyone has had a wonderful start to 2015, and I wish everyone a health and happy 2015. May it be filled with laughter and bountiful harvests :-)

[Noosner]

Hello from Yorkshire, and good luck in the first year of your allotment.