Hello if you will have me.

[Izi]

Hello everyone, I don't want to say that I have been watching you cos that makes me sound sinister ( which I am not ) but I have been here a bit and I have followed some recipes and found them excellent, and watched you all talk and you all seem to be the greatest of freinds and I wanted to ask if I can play too ??

I have gardened off and on all my life, at the mo have a garden that is mostly wild area's, pond and flowerbeds but I have just taken up a sizable hunk of lawn to make a veg bed in. In other years I have had veggies in pots outside the greenhouse but Hubs and me feel its time to grow veg on a bigger scale, and I have the strangest urge to grow winter squashes.

The only thing is I don't have an allotment and at the moment I can't afford to buy the Grow Your Own magazine so do I qualify to join you ??
And will you have me ??
Fingers, toes & eyes crossed.
Izi.

[digthatchick]

Welcome Izi
More than welcome here, I have no lottie, just a large garden 50' x 220' and now the kids are grown up we have decided to turn the bottom 120' into veg growing 4 12' x 4' raised beds already in and a polytunnel to come. I was made redundant last Monday and I am now concentrating on veg growing full time, I will look forward to your progress.

[lynda66]

waves to Izi ........ course we'll have you ..... as long as you aren't one of them weird 'normal' people ........ welcome xx

[crazy_red]

Hi Izi,

I don' have a lottie either. In fact, I've go no soil at the moment!

Doesn't stop me from playing

Everyone here is super friendly, you'll really enjoy it. I've not been a member long and they've already got me growing, peas, and beans and garlic and taties and herbs and some fruit bushes........

I'd love to hear about your winter squash. Tell us more

Red x

[vicky]

Hi, course you can join in, so long as you don't go getting 'normal' on us! I love squashes too but my veggie patch is in the garden and I haven't got room at the moment (why have I put 5 different types on my christmas list?).
Welcome!

[MaureenHall]

Hello from me too, you're very welcome Never thought about winter squashes before and now I'm kicking myself cos I should have! Please let us know how you get on with them

[Two_Sheds]

Welcome Izi - I can't afford to buy GYO either (I nick my Mum's copy)
(I get Gardeners World through the door, because Tesco Club Card points meant I got it for a year for free; perhaps GYO could do a similar deal?)
x

Winter squashes are brilliant... I grow them for their amazing colour and shape, but find I can't possibly eat them all.
(my butternuts have now rotted in the shed, so that's a bit of a relief actually - only 6 Mars pumpkins and 7 smaller Golden Nuggets to get through now)

[rustylady]

Hi Izy and welcome. You don't have to have an allotment to be a member, good luck with your gardening.

[FionaH]

Hi Izy, I dont have an allotment, I know very little about growing stuff and I ask some really basic questions. They havent banned my account yet

[bobleponge]

Welcome bienvenue and all that

[zazen999]

Welcome.

I buy GYO occasionally...but am as tight as a snadger's clamp...so only buy it when it's got stuff in there that I need to read.

[Flummery]

Hello and welcome! You sound like you fit right in already!

[SarzWix]

Welcome to the 'Vine Izi
I read the boards for a while before I dared to post too There are lots of peeps on here who just grow in containers, or plots in their garden - it's what I did before I got to the top of the allotment queue

[terrier]

Hi, Izi, welcome to the forum. I'm another with no lottie. I have a small patch in the garden to grow in, a greenhouse and lots of pots.

[HeyWayne]

Hey if they let me in - you'd have to be pretty unlucky to be refused entry. Welcome aboard.