Hello! New Here

[crickett1234]

Hello there!

My name is Clare, and I am a newbie to this message board.  I got here following a URL from somewhere else... and i have to say, I like what I see!  I am really chuffed to have found somewhere I can ask questions, and no one is going to try and take over my allotment and garden!

I am a new convert to gardening.  Last year was the first time I really got my hand dirty in the back garden of my new build house... and i loved it!  So, rather rashly, hubby and I took on an overgrown allotment as well!  It is certainly keeping us busy at the moment. 8)

I hope I will "meet" more of you on the other boards.  :)

[crickett1234]

[aquilegia]

Hiya Clare! Welcome on board!

I'm also fairly new to gardening with just three seasons under my belt, but learning and expanding fast!

Tell us about your garden. What do you grow?

[crickett1234]

Well, in the back garden I was trying for a cottage garden feel and got some baby shrubs last year which are maturing nicely this year.  Things like Pyracantha, Weiglia, ceanothus (sorry, probably all spelled wrong!). I have some roses, lavender, a buddleia, a big herb bed, some snapdragons, a lavatera, honeysuckle, clematis... all kinds of things really!  I have a little (about 6 foot now) Mountain Ash Tree which is growing up nicely, and I planted snowdrops, bluebells, crocuses and irises last year - the snowdrops are just showing through.

In the allotment... well I have a developed a fetish for technicolour veg, and so got lots of seeds for strange colored things.  Not planted anything yet as hubby and i have a LOT of digging to do!

What about you?

[SueT]

Welcome Clare!  ;D

[aquilegia]

Your garden sounds pretty much like mine! I have a lot of those plants. Mine's a cottage style nature and kitchen garden aka a mess! I love native plants and the cottage garden classics (including, of course, aquilegia), and quite a few edibles, and an olive tree (doesn't strictly fit my remit, but i love them!)

[crickett1234]

Thanks for the welcome... I think I am going to have to limit my being here to when I am at home!!  I can feel that this is going to be addictive, and it could have a rather negative impact on my work rate during the day!

Aquilegia, your garden sounds lovely (and from the piccies I have seen elsewhere, it looks gorgeous too!)  I will try and send some piccies through of mine once it begins to look a little better!  It is looking a bit sorrowful at the moment! :(

[jethro]

Hi cricket 1234, what do you mean limit your time? it's fun here  ;D very very addictive  ;D , i've been told that if i'm caught at work on this site again then it's the sack (bl**dy party poopers) but what the hell  ;D i'm just a rebel at heart.

Hope you enjoy the site it really is a laugh and educational at the same time  ;D  :o.

[Muddy_Boots]

Hi Cricket, Welcome.  Now you've discovered the bug, your stuck with it ;D

Health Warning, this site is extremely addictive and there is no antidote.  You have been warned ;D ;D ;D

Have fun

[rosebud]

HI Clare,WELCOME :) ;) :D This is a great site in fact the best ,you will get addicted we all start with thinking we will pop in now and again and that turns into every day.
We all enjoy talking to each other gardening or otherwise.So be warned and enjoy yourself. ::) ::).
 Ozzy don`t cheat you are not a newbie you are an
OLDIE you have been here longer than any of us. :o :o.
  cheers Rosebud :) ;) :D ;D.
                  :) ;) :D

[crickett1234]

Thanks for the warm welcome folks!

I look forward to seeing you around here... !!