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  • Hello from Kent

    Hi everyone

    I am just getting started turning a large seaside garden into part allotment and learning how to grow salads, veggies and herbs.

    All tips welcome - I am enjoying reading the posts inbetween all the garden chores.

    Anyone else in Kent?

    BB
    BumbleB

    I have raked the soil and planted the seeds
    Now I've joined the army that fights the weeds.

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    Hi BumbleB, I'm near Sittingbourne, whereabouts do you hail from?
    I could not live without a garden, it is my place to unwind and recover, to marvel at the power of all growing things, even weeds!
    Now a little Shrinking Violet.

    http://potagerplot.blogspot.com/

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    • #3
      Hi BumbleB and welcome - I used to work in Kent a long long time ago - a beautiful county, still have happy memories.
      My hopes are not always realized but I always hope (Ovid)

      www.fransverse.blogspot.com

      www.franscription.blogspot.com

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      • #4
        Hi Barleysugar and Maytreefrannie (i wonder how we come by our names?)

        I am in Sandgate near Folkestone. The garden is steep, rising in levels and overlooks the sea and France in the distance. There is lots to do in the veg and flower areas but I am getting there slowly with help from my OH. We still need to terrace and make proper pathways up the very steep garden. We have a summer house at the top. so somewhere to rest awhile between jobs.

        Its good to chat and meet people here, Kent, Ireland, Cornwall or Scotland all lovely places to make a garden.

        I hope to chat to other like minded newbies here.

        BB
        BumbleB

        I have raked the soil and planted the seeds
        Now I've joined the army that fights the weeds.

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        • #5
          Hi BumbleB

          I'm in Cliftonville. Have just joined and am also looking to turn part of my garden into a veg plot. Am even thinking about getting some chickens! Not much use for info though, as I'm a novice too, lol

          Gareth

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          • #6
            hi bumbleB, i am from Tunbridge Wells, my garden is mainly grass ( for the kids ) so its the border that i use to grow, and pots, and window boxes and hanging baskets!! lol anything that can have a few holes in the bottom and big enough to grow stuff in basically!!! My chooks take up quite a bit of room so really can't take any more of the garden away from the kids.

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            • #7
              Hi BumbleB,

              Just love the open sandwiches served at Bar Vasa on the front at Sandgate! I'm near Ashford, got a lottie and a new kitchen garden on the go as well.

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              • #8
                Hi BumbleB, welcome to the vine!
                AKA Angie

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                • #9
                  Helloo bumbleB, I'm not in Kent but hello anyway!! :0)
                  I'm in N E Lincs and its been very cold, drizzle, fog, low cloud ALL day and i feel glum!!
                  Good luck with the garden!
                  "Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel and do, first for the other fellow and then for ourselves." Helen Keller

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by dragonaxe View Post
                    Hi BumbleB

                    I'm in Cliftonville. Have just joined and am also looking to turn part of my garden into a veg plot. Am even thinking about getting some chickens! Not much use for info though, as I'm a novice too, lol

                    Gareth
                    Hi and thanks for the welcome.

                    I have thought about chicks too - just a thought at the moment as would have to look into all the pros etc of that, we seem to have foxes, lots of different birds (and seagulls) and also quite a few snakes! OH says they are slow worms but they seem quite large to me.

                    Good luck with your garden

                    BB
                    BumbleB

                    I have raked the soil and planted the seeds
                    Now I've joined the army that fights the weeds.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by veggielover View Post
                      hi bumbleB, i am from Tunbridge Wells, my garden is mainly grass ( for the kids ) so its the border that i use to grow, and pots, and window boxes and hanging baskets!! lol anything that can have a few holes in the bottom and big enough to grow stuff in basically!!! My chooks take up quite a bit of room so really can't take any more of the garden away from the kids.

                      Thats the way that I started really - I have grown salad leaves in pots and some tomatoes in the past but hope to have a bigger crop this year.

                      It would be great to hear how you manage your chickens, how much is involved etc.

                      Tunbridge Wells is great, we just had my sons wedding there.

                      BB
                      BumbleB

                      I have raked the soil and planted the seeds
                      Now I've joined the army that fights the weeds.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Pumpkin Becki View Post
                        Hi BumbleB,

                        Just love the open sandwiches served at Bar Vasa on the front at Sandgate! I'm near Ashford, got a lottie and a new kitchen garden on the go as well.
                        Hi, thanks for the welcome.

                        Bar Vasa is indeed a super spot to catch a sandwich and watch the sea.

                        What are you growing on your lottie?

                        BB
                        BumbleB

                        I have raked the soil and planted the seeds
                        Now I've joined the army that fights the weeds.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by selfraising View Post
                          Hi BumbleB, welcome to the vine!
                          Many thanks, such nice people those with grren fingers
                          BumbleB

                          I have raked the soil and planted the seeds
                          Now I've joined the army that fights the weeds.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Emmylou View Post
                            Helloo bumbleB, I'm not in Kent but hello anyway!! :0)
                            I'm in N E Lincs and its been very cold, drizzle, fog, low cloud ALL day and i feel glum!!
                            Good luck with the garden!

                            Oh dear, its been great sunshine here, managed to pot a few things on and give everything a water , still waiting for my courgette seeds to emerge but my beans popped through today.

                            I hope your gloom lifts soon, the sun shines over the humber bridge!

                            BB
                            BumbleB

                            I have raked the soil and planted the seeds
                            Now I've joined the army that fights the weeds.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by BumbleB View Post
                              What are you growing on your lottie?
                              BB
                              right eh hem (clearing throat)...
                              In the ground at the moment
                              parsnips - Countess seeds, Gladiator (overwintered)
                              Carrots - Flyaway seeds
                              Swede (overwintering experiment)
                              Beetroot - Bolthardy
                              Perpetual Spinach - overwintered
                              Pak Choi - destroyed by pigeons overwinter but putting on new growth
                              Broad Beans - Bunyard Exhibition (seeds)
                              Peas - Hurst Greenshaft (seeds)
                              Onion - Red Baron sets
                              Shallots - two varieties
                              Leeks - Autumn Giant (overwintered)
                              Kale - seeds
                              Horse radish - perpetual
                              Rhubarb - perpetual

                              For later in the season:
                              Pumpkins, Squash, Sweetcorn, Purple Sp Broccolli, Cauli, Brussels, tomatoes, radishes, more beetroot, more leeks, runner beans, sweetpeas, french beans, maincrop peas, courgettes, radishes, more carrots, brussel sprouts...I'm sure I'll think of something I've missed but you get the idea. We've only got a small lottie (4m x15) but its very productive, and I only grow a few plants of each each thing so we're not overwhelmed.

                              In the new kitchen garden we'll be doing some soft fruit too.

                              Dude, that turned into a really long post, sorry.

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