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Having been a lurker on this forum for a while, so I thought it was about time I introduced myself. My name is Norman (hence the stormin part of my forum name). I live in sunny Norfolk, about 6 miles South of King's Lynn. I have a small vegetable patch in my garden where I grow salady stuff for the kitchen I also have a 6x8 lean to greenhouse, which abuts my garage wall and faces due South, so lots of toms, peppers chilis etc.
I have MS, and as a result, would be unable to manage a full size allotment (our local lotties are 3/4's of an acre in size). I have been really fortunate in this respect, as one day when I was just visiting the allotments, I got chatting to one of the long time plot holders who generously offered me a 5 metre slice at the bottom of his plot which I grabbed with both hands. In my first year there I had to acknowledge that I was restricted in what I could. I planted lots of fruit (raspberries, black currants, gooseberries and blackberries) which pretty much look after themselves but I was still struggling with the rest, so in year 2 (last year) with a lot of help, I put in 8, 4' x 8' raised beds.
I planted 2 of them up immeadiately with strawberries and just put some bits and pieces in the other 2 (the beds weren't all built until the very end of last year) but what I grew in them was fantastic. Again with a lot of help, I now have a chipped bark path all round the beds (with a weed proof membrane underneath) which is wide enough for my wheel chair if there are times when I am forced to use it.
I addition to the strawberry beds (which are a fixed feature) this year I will be starting an asparagus bed and a cut flower bed, while the other plots will be used for more mundane crops like onions, outdoor cues and toms, land cress calabrese etc.
I think I have bored you all enough by now, so will end by saying glad to be here, look forward to meeting you all on the forum.
Having been a lurker on this forum for a while, so I thought it was about time I introduced myself. My name is Norman (hence the stormin part of my forum name). I live in sunny Norfolk, about 6 miles South of King's Lynn. I have a small vegetable patch in my garden where I grow salady stuff for the kitchen I also have a 6x8 lean to greenhouse, which abuts my garage wall and faces due South, so lots of toms, peppers chilis etc.
I have MS, and as a result, would be unable to manage a full size allotment (our local lotties are 3/4's of an acre in size). I have been really fortunate in this respect, as one day when I was just visiting the allotments, I got chatting to one of the long time plot holders who generously offered me a 5 metre slice at the bottom of his plot which I grabbed with both hands. In my first year there I had to acknowledge that I was restricted in what I could. I planted lots of fruit (raspberries, black currants, gooseberries and blackberries) which pretty much look after themselves but I was still struggling with the rest, so in year 2 (last year) with a lot of help, I put in 8, 4' x 8' raised beds.
I planted 2 of them up immeadiately with strawberries and just put some bits and pieces in the other 2 (the beds weren't all built until the very end of last year) but what I grew in them was fantastic. Again with a lot of help, I now have a chipped bark path all round the beds (with a weed proof membrane underneath) which is wide enough for my wheel chair if there are times when I am forced to use it.
I addition to the strawberry beds (which are a fixed feature) this year I will be starting an asparagus bed and a cut flower bed, while the other plots will be used for more mundane crops like onions, outdoor cues and toms, land cress calabrese etc.
I think I have bored you all enough by now, so will end by saying glad to be here, look forward to meeting you all on the forum.
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