Greetings from Lincolnshire

[RoadCar]

Hi all
Im new to the site my name is Daniel and i come from the great county of Lincolnshire, some may wonder about the name RoadCar well i'll tell you. My name comes from a former bus company the use to run in lincolnshire but it got taken over my stagecoach. So by now i think you may have figure that i have an interest in buses as well. Im hoping to learn lots about growing fruit and veg growing as well, I won't bore you of bus info on the site either so thats enough from me now.
Daniel

[winstonwobble]

Welcome Road car

[Jeanied]

Welcome to the Vine Roadcar - and thanks for explaining your name! What are you most interested in growing - allotments, chickens or gardening? Lincolnshire is famous for the productivity of the land so hope you are in a good growing area!!

[Bigmallly]

Welcome to the vine RoadCar, hope you have a productive 2010.

[Jillyreeves]

Hello and Welcome - you are in the right place for plenty of good advice and a smile along the way, some great people on here :-)

[RoadCar]

Hi Jeanied
I live out in the countryside in Lincolnshire about 10 miles from the Humber Bridge. I interested in growing veg, fruit, I was think about keeping chickens but i don't have a great deal of land and I have a cat as well, so it would not go down well. I put my name down for an allotment, so I hope to get one this year. I would like advice on growing veg in tubs. Can you help me?. I grew some potato this year in a tub but did not go all that well. A neighbour of mine gave me a couple of tomato plants a few years ago and that went well. I have pear tree and apple tree in my garden.
Daniel

[Jillyreeves]

Lots of good info here on container growing :-)

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...es-thread.html

[Bigmallly]

Rightly or wrongly I grow my carrots & parsnips in tubs but before I get Modded, that's a whole new topic................

[Jeanied]

Hi again Roadcar - some chickens won't take any nonsense from a cat so don't let that stop you - unless your cat is a fearsome predator (as a child one of our cats brought home a pheasant! Alive, but not for long!) Mine tend to stop at the odd baby blue tit or goldfinch. Try the chicken forum for more info!
As for container growing - well there is a wealth of info in the threads on container growing under the vegging out section and the growing techniques section. Try out the search button which will help you find what you need (that's the bit that foxes some of us ). What do you fancy growing?

[binley100]

Hi from me Roadcar and happy chatting on the vine. and growing of course loads of advice from the friendly people available on here.

[Flummery]

Hi Roadcar - I live about as far north of the Humber Bridge as you are south of it! we got our chickens from a supplier in Lincolnshire, near Crowle.
Growing your own veg is the most fun you can have with your clothes on!

[sweetiepea]

Hi RoadCar, and welcome!

Although I grow them in beds as well, I love growing carrots, parsnips, salads, strawberries etc in tubs too. When I started growing my own root veg, I planted carrot seeds in (cardboard) litre milk cartons. A bit crude you might think, but considering the limited space I had, they were great containers. The end results were delicious. Container growing may have its drawbacks (lots of watering) but the results can be fantastic. Good luck with the growing.

[ginger ninger]

Hi Road Car, Welcome to the vine, I use to work for the Yorkshire branch of the same Bus company..Yorkshire Traction, look forward to chatting with you.

[Scunny Zeb]

Only connection I can claim is....

My mother used to be a 'Clippie' on Lincs Road Car

[Glutton4...]

Hi and welcome to the madhouse RC. My Hubby mends buses for a living, so I get quite enough bus talk at home thank you very much. However, I can talk Chook all day! Chicken's are just the loveliest little critters you can find - I had none when I first came on here, now I have 43!