hello from somerset!

[bunjies]

hello!
i am new here and new to this grow you own lark!
as yet i dont have anywhere decent to grow any veg :( but i have started a few containers out the front of my house.
if i can get enough people in my village interested and letter writting we could have some allotments (fingers crossed!) as yet there isnt a single one!
my partner and i are hopefully going to make some little raised beds out the front of our house and see if we can grow some of the prettier veg there!
anyhoo a couple of quick questions....
what kind of veg can i plant now in the vain hope of getting a taste this winter? i have a small greenhouse if that makes a difference!
also i keep rabbits as pets and have a never ending supply of little round poos from the litter trays! at the moment they are all going into my garden waste wheelie bin as i dont have room for a composter in the garden.
what is the best way to compost these currants for my hopefully soon to be plot?
i use elephant grass in the litter trays so most of the manure will be mixed with that, and the hay sweepings from where the messy little beasts have pulled it all across the floor and waste it!
i also get a fair amount of 'currants' that i have to sweep from other areas (when the little darlings have forgotton what a litter tray is for) that dont have anything mixed with them at all, should i save these seperately or just bung them in with the rest?
sorry my 1st post is mainly about droppings!
look forward to hearing from you!

[bunjies]

[shirlton]

Oh No!!!!!!!!!!!!!
not more Bunjies' Thats my daughters nickname has been since she was a babby. She was named at the time when there was a programme on the telly called "never mind the quality feel the width" and the chaps mom used to say to him"ah me little Bunjy". Her real name is Tracy but we always call her Bunjy. Hope you enjoy your gardening. I too have 2 house rabbits so have an unending supply of the droppings, at least they are the dry ones that get scattered. I'm sure that you would enjoy having an allotment. We are retired  and we love to go up there. We have only had our plot for 7weeks and this time of year it's amazing how quickly things grow. I have recently put some autumn king carrots in and some leaf beet and also some more beetroot. You still have time to sew some spring cabbage. This week I'm gonna sew some Japanese onions after taking advice from the folks on here I'm going to plant some in the soil and some in pots. I do hope that you have some success in finding enough people to warrant setting up an allotment site
Regards Shirley

[bunjies]

and there i was thinking i had an original forum name ;D
i chose it as it is was my rabbits are collectively know as, 'the bunjie rabbits'!
they are also part if the reason i want to start growing some stuff, as veg from the supermarket cant be as nutritions for the fluffballs as stuff picked straight from the plant, AND i can feed all the tops and spent plant from some of it as well. though i had best leave some for the compost heap :D
i have sown some sea kale, and some chinese radishes in containers so far. am i too late for any peas? not that any will make it to the kitchen!

[shirlton]

Peas are too nice to cook anyway

[cookie]

Hello from another allotment holder in Somerset :) :) :)

[bunjies]

oooh another bumpkin!
may are ask where you are? and how hard did you find getting an allotment was?

[Plum]

Also in Somerset. On a waiting list

[saddad]

You can get starter plants from Marshalls and other cats. If I was putting in Onions I would use sets for over winter. Chinese veg like Pak choi is good at this end of the year. I have carrots and Beet, including perpetual spinach in at the moment and chichory to transplant. Claytonia over winters really well, I have loads of self saved seeds if you want to try some... it is viable as i have my own seedlings through... pm me an address and I'll put you some in the post, several lettuce can still go in esp Winter density, Stoke and Bronze arrow, but the last two are hard to find...

[bunjies]

ooh yes please, if you are sure you dont mind! thankyou very much!
i dont have any spare seeds or any thing at the moment except for some sea kale seeds, but let me know if there is anything you would like in exchange and i will see what i can find! unless of course you would like a bucket of bunny currants ;D

[MrsKP]

i had rellies in Street, and of course there's Glastonbury (with or without the festival).

i love sitting on top of the Tor and looking for miles.  lovely part of the country !

i hope to visit again next year.

;D

[bunjies]

well if you do visit, i'm not too far away!
you can always pop in for a really bad cup of tea! unless my partner is here then you might get a nice one ;)
i make bad tea ::)

[cookie]

We are in Ilminster! We have had our 1 1/2 allotments for 18 months. Our secretary says that all the plots are now taken,but some haven't been touched for ages!

[MrsKP]

well if you do visit, i'm not too far away!
you can always pop in for a really bad cup of tea! unless my partner is here then you might get a nice one ;)
i make bad tea ::)

can't be any worse that what you would get at the fest !!!

i may very well take you up on that bunjies.  thanks for the offer !  the last time i came down was on my own for a clear the head weekend about 5 years ago.  still got the earrings in that i bought on that trip.  i've lost one about a dozen times and always found it again .... i count them as my lucky earrings.

on another visit, i had a guided tour around the abbey.  what an amazing place.

yip, definitely one of my favourite areas.

;D

[bunjies]

can't be any worse that what you would get at the fest !!!

i like the tea that you get at the festy, that is how bad my tea making skills are!
who knows, by the time you come this way again i might even have an allotment to show you!

[MrsKP]

that's a date !

;D

[Sherwood]

Welcome. Congrats on living in the finest county in the world - Cheddar cheese, Cider, Adge Cutler, Somerset County Cricket Club, Yeovil Town, The Quantocks, My parents

[bunjies]

hello there!
thanks for the lovely comments about this wonderful place! you were doing just fab till you mentioned suicider :-X :-X :-X
handy hint to all;
never drink 'mendip magic' cider on an empty stomach.......
not a pretty sight :-[

[Sherwood]

Looks worse if your stomach is full

[tabbycat]

Sherwood - you are making me very, very homesick. :'(

Grew up in North Petherton, went to school in Wellington, College in Taunton....now stuck in souless Surrey (sorry to all the Surrey dwellers - it has got nice bits. I just don't live near very near them ;D) Somerset has my heart and soul.

Advanced cert in scrumpy consumption well and truely earned. Does anyone else get that feeling when you've had a bit more than's good for you, that you are actually going to fall off the earth, so you have to lie down and hold on really tightly.... it only ever happens to me when I drink cider.....Oh the memories  ;) ;D

Mrs KP - you're right, the Tor is an amazing place. One of my favorite places. In fact, I had to be forcibly restrained from trying to walk up whilst 8 & 1/2 months gone..... that would have been an interesting sight if i'd gone into labour! Imagine the ambulance men trying to strecher me down! ;D

Daughter number two would have turned out well hippy trippy! ;D

[bunjies]

Does anyone else get that feeling when you've had a bit more than's good for you, that you are actually going to fall off the earth, so you have to lie down and hold on really tightly.... it only ever happens to me when I drink cider.....Oh the memories  ;) ;D

eeeew i remember that!
having to try and sleep with one foot flat on the floor and one hand on the wall so your brain could try and work out which way might be up :-[
and trying to sleep with your eyes open so that the world doesnt spin round and round.
and then, after you finally sleep you wake up on the floor to a headache so bad you think you are dying.
and your teeth itch.
unfortunatlely for me cider now just smells like vomit, and i cant even think about tasting it again.
the journey home that fateful night from priddy to just the other side of shepton mallet i swear took at least 4 years in a car that had triangular wheels, and a horrible pattern on the seats that in drunkeness i couldnt help but stare at.........
:-X :-[ :-[ :-[