Allotment Beginners......
By kpjoe
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Hi All, first of all we are new to GOY so would like to say HELLO to you all – we are a family of 5 (me, my hubby and 3 little boys)
We have just been given an allotment – YAAAYYY !!
So any ideas of a good place to start ? We have never grown any veg / fruit / plants before so need all the help we can get lol
We would like to grow potato’s, carrots, onions, broccolli, leeks of the veg variety
My son would like an apple tree – think I can manage that lol
Anything else??
Thanks in advance x
16 Mar, 2012
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Welcome from me , too .
Stand-by for a deluge of help from the " inmates " , several have lotties , I know Lovey has for a start , but there are many others .
Good luck with the new venture , hope that you manage to fit everything in with your busy family and all !
16 Mar, 2012
... and a big welcome from me too. Good luck with your allotment, hope you're soon eating home grown produce!!
16 Mar, 2012
Welcome to GoY ...our Scottish veg grower queen is Moon Grower. There is nothing she doesn't know. :o)
16 Mar, 2012
Welcometo Goy from me too, at the bottom of the page, the alphabet, is Goypedia...a wealth of information on about every subject you could imagine, love to see photos of your allotment and work in progress when you,ve time...
16 Mar, 2012
Thanks all ! I feel so welcome now ;-)
Ill take a look at the lottie experts recommended and will defo be updating with pics Pamg at the moment its just a mass of soil so a pretty good place to start - watch this space as they say
x
16 Mar, 2012
Welcome from me to. I'm not a veg grower so wont be much help to you, but I'll look forward to seeing pics of your progress :))
16 Mar, 2012
It must be exciting to have an allottment. Good luck ! I hope you'll be showing us what you grow ?
16 Mar, 2012
Welcome from me too, I get to spend time with my son and his family, he has an allotment and its great to help out, I wish you luck with it...
Will be looking out for your pics...
16 Mar, 2012
hello and welcome,can I suggest looking at wilkinsons,morrisons and b&m for fruiting trees,wilkinsons have a array of plum,apple and cherry at the moment,bought two cherrys 2yrs ago and had a lovely crop last year to my surprise,have a great time gardening chris,oh and loads of pics please
17 Mar, 2012
Welcome to GoY...and well done on getting an allotment.
17 Mar, 2012
Sounds like you are off to a good start, kpjoe, in that you know what you want to grow and are embarking on this wonderful venture just as nature is waking up after her winter sleep. Do please keep us posted on your progress, and if we can help you can be sure we will happily.
17 Mar, 2012
Good luck with your new allotment, hope it all goes well and your family enjoy the fresh air, exercise and becoming part of an allotment community. I can fully recommend it as my partner and i have been allotmenteers for over ten years in Dundee.
17 Mar, 2012
welcome to Goy, lots of allotments and veg on here so you'll be alright
17 Mar, 2012
Thanks everyone - Yes it is quite exciting and will give us something to do as a family - we plan to make the boys a little patch of their own so they can do with it what ever they choose which should be fun !
I shall get some pics tomorro so look out for the first installment ...
17 Mar, 2012
Give the Lads the best patch.....If their crops succeed they're hooked.
17 Mar, 2012
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Welcome to GoY.
Our member called Balcony has some good blogs showing photos of his allotment... might give you inspiration :o)
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