Hello from Lincolnshire

[aylithuk]

Hi guys

I got a copy of this magazine in WH Smith so I thought I'd check out the
site. This forum is a great find and seems very friendly and helpful.

I started growing my own last year on impulse and due to the fact my next
door neighbour has fab little 'green space' going on his his back yard.

I have no garden to speak of just a concrete jungle of a back yard. My only
choice was container gardening.

The picture below is last years efforts of seeds/plug plants of flowers and
veg

I am hoping this year to get the whole 'yard' looking 'green' like my neighbour.
He's a great guy and has been helping me out with bits and bobs.



Best thing about last year was getting to grow Broccoli in containers and
bad thing - My parsnips turned out to be carrots Not sure what
happened there.

Can't wait to get some more advice and hopefully help some other people in
return.

Cheers all
Aylith

[FionaH]

Wow looks like you did really well, Welcome to the Vine

[pdblake]

It's amazing what you can grow in a pot

Have you thought of making a raised bed?

[aylithuk]

Hi Pdblake

i didn't know if I could or not as I always thought with raised beds you'd still needed to
have some sort of soil under it anyhow?

[zazen999]

Eh up.

Welcome to the Vine.

[Seahorse]

Hello and welcome Aylith

I'm also in Lincolnshire (Lincoln itself, in fact). Your yard plot looks fabulous. Are you going to put your name down for an allotment?

[Flummery]

Hi and welcome. I didn't think I needed an allotment as I have a big garden, which is half filled with veg beds. However, after joining up here, I realised I NEEDED more space, more seeds, etc. Lots of vine members grow in pots and raised beds though.
You'll never look back.

[aylithuk]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. I have put my name down for a allotment however I just gone onto the waiting list. Like many others I guess however in the mean time I have my backyard to mess about in

[pdblake]

Hi Pdblake

i didn't know if I could or not as I always thought with raised beds you'd still needed to
have some sort of soil under it anyhow?

I would have thought it would be alright so long as it's deep enough. If not you could always take a pickaxe to that concrete

[tricky]

Hi aylithuk
nice to see someone from my own patch
welcome to the vine , were all freindly here.

[crazy_red]

Hi Aylithuk,

I'm quite new and i'm also in Lincolnshire .

Like Seahorse, I actually live in Lincoln too (Hi Seahorse!)

Red

[aylithuk]

cheers for the welcome guys. I do live in lincoln as well.

[BrideXIII]

Hi Pdblake

i didn't know if I could or not as I always thought with raised beds you'd still needed to
have some sort of soil under it anyhow?

nope, if you think about it, a raised bed is just a big container.
so most containers are 12" to 18 " deep , and lots of us grow stuff at that depth with great success.
so if you did a raised bed on the patio ( which i have done) and make it 2' deep, then you should be able to grow nearly anything in it, except maybe a tree and even some of those grow in large pots, a neighbour has a date palm, very large growing, in a tub no deeper than 2.5'.
just think of the patio as the bottom of your 'large container'

[Seahorse]

Hi Aylithuk,

I'm quite new and i'm also in Lincolnshire .

Like Seahorse, I actually live in Lincoln too (Hi Seahorse!)

Red

cheers for the welcome guys. I do live in lincoln as well.

We could have a party!!!

[aud]

hello welcome to the site xxx