Hello Everybody

[AllieB]

Hi
Thought I had best introduce myself. I am a thirty something from the middle of the UK. Hobbies include stitching, felting and knitting and now veggie growing (I hope).
Yesterday I did something I have been considering for over a year and got myself an allotment. Having never grown any veggies (other than cress in an eggshell with a face painted on it) I am now wondering what I have let myself in for. The plot itself is very overgrown (I have a 50% discount on the rent since it is so overgrown) and will take quite a bit of work to get into shape but I am not scared of a bit of hard work.
Allie

[piskieinboots]

a warm welcome to the Vine AllieB - we'll deal with your lottie nerves later Don't be scared, tis fun

[Hazel at the Hill]

A warm welcome to the Vine from just up the road, Allie!

Well done for getting a lottie - clear little by little, and plant up as you clear....potaotes are a cracking first crop, as they break up the ground, and smother the weeds!

There's lots of encouragement to be had on here, and you're not alone having taken on an overgrown plot!

Also make a plan, TAKE PHOTOS! and have great fun!

[shirlthegirl43]

Hello and welcome to the vine. You will get loads of advice and encouragement from the lovely peeps on here.

[Flummery]

Hi there Allie and welcome. You are amongst friends here - lots are embarking on overgrown lotties at the moment too. Let us know how you get on - you won't believe the flavours of your home grown veg. I stitch and knit too!

[terrier]

Hi AllieB, welcome to our friendly forum, you'll spend so much time reading the good advice that you won't have any time left to worry about your lottie

[JanieB]

Hi Allie, I'm re-beginning on a lottie I took over last year. I've been a gardener for nearly fifty years (started before my teens, enforced labour by my father ). Last year was an unmitigated disaster. Lottie now covered in weeds. So, slowly, slowly. I'm ignoring the Soweto of sheds and detritus at the top of the plot for now and have planned to divide the rest into four to allow for rotation. This means I have an immediate plan for crops this year.

Cover what you don't need immediately in a weed suppressant. Dig what you need now.

Then think about the rest.

[HeyWayne]

Welcome aboard fellow thirty-somethinger. Plenty of advice and support here, don't be afraid to share, or ask questions - they're a helpful bunch!

I just hang around here to annoy them really, and do the odd bit of allotmenteering in between.

You'll soon get into the swing of it, and then the bug will bite and you'll be off. Good luck.

[bubblewrap]

Hello allieB & welcome to the vine Allotment overgrown?
Clearing it is good exercise & cheaper than a gym & at the end you will have lots healthy veg. Good luck with your new venture!

[JanieB]

[quote=HeyWayne;172266

I just hang around here to annoy them really, and do the odd bit of allotmenteering in between.[/quote]

Eh? No change to the welcome bit, but Wayne is a great contributer and was a very good MOM. He deffo doesn't annoy.

*Looks around - I didn't need to say that did I? Oooops*

[bubblewrap]

[QUOTE=HeyWayne;1722

I just hang around here to annoy them really, and do the odd bit of allotmenteering in between.

I thought that was my job?

[momol]

Hello and welcome to the vine AllieB, sounds like lots of work a head in your lottie, do it step by step and once you harvest what you have grown, you will love it ...congratulations for your lottie. I stitch too but no longer knit .
Enjoy your stay here, lots of info plus plenty of nice and friendly grapes around .

[Hans Mum]

welcome from me too, enjoy you dont have to clear it all at once, cover what you know you wont clear un til later then it wont staart growing and anoying you

[lainey lou]

Hi AllieB, nice to meet you, My loverly little sis is called Ali B (thought I'd share!!).
Welcome to the vine!

[SarzWix]

Welcome to the 'Vine Allie
I took over an overgrown allotment last year, and although it's not perfect & weed-free yet it still managed to be fairly productive last year, thanks to the advice and encouragement I had from the luvverly people here!
I did go through a patch of thinking "I'll never do this", but as soon as I got my first stuff planted & growing, I got a 2nd wind (then a 3rd, & a 4th....)
Feel free to have a look at my blog