A little Manchester wave

[ShenUK]

Hi everyone.

Brand new to the site so thought I would pop in here and say Hello. I am from Manchester, UK and have a rather small garden that has been work in progress for the past 5 years or so. Recently bought myself a second hand greenhouse that is like my new den where no one but me is allowed in I have the most miniscule pond you have ever seen but it has a resident frog living in it and its enough for him so I am happy with that.

I grow a bit of my own veg in a teeny veg patch and this is my second proper year at giving it a go. Last year I planted anything I could get my hands on and needless to say, the majority of it failed! I love to grow my own sweet peppers but have yet to have a really successful crop. Any tips on that? Although having the greenhouse now should help with a bit of luck.

I share my garden with numerous pets and welcome all wildlife in. An avid bird watcher and photographer. So thats me. Nice to meet you all. Glad to be here.

[veggiechicken]

Hi Shen and a warm welcome from me! Lots of help and advice on here so have a search around and see what you can find. When you're stuck, ask! Someone will come along with an answer - that's guaranteed.

[Bigmallly]

Welcome to the vine Shen, a greenhouse should help your peppers no end. Manchester?.....I'll forgive you......

[Bren In Pots]

Hello and welcome to the vine Shen
I grow sweet peppers in my greenhouse and I find that mine do best when I are keep them on the dry side and only repot when they look really root bound.

[Jeanied]

Welcome to the vine Shen!

[Incy]

Welcome to the vine Shen, from another Manchester based grape.

[singleseeder]

Hi Shen, you sound as if you have a good set up there. Welcome.

[ShenUK]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. I see we have a few cheeky ones on here too.. Bigmallly! lol Thanks for the tip on the peppers Bren. My greenhouse is unheated but I am hoping I won't need to worry about that until winter.. if at all. There's so much info on this site, I feel that its going to get rather addictive!

[Glutton4...]

Hello, and welcome to the Madhouse!

[Peas'n'Kews]

Welcome Shen!

And oh yes, addictive, only joined at the beginning of the year and spend at least 10 minutes almost every day on this wonderful site!

And yes, mostly mad and cheeky!

did you buy GYO earlier in the year and get the free pepper seeds??? Mine are coming along nicely in the unheated coldframe <err, guess coldframes are unheated by name.... EEK!>

[Florence Fennel]

Hello there and a very warm welcome to the Vine

[ShenUK]

No I didn't buy the GYO magazine, as until yesterday, I hadn't even heard of this site But I shall certainly be considering a subscription now! Cold frame .. hahaha.. thanks again everyone for the mad, cheeky, and yet wonderfully warm welcome. I think I shall fit in quite well here. Certainly with the mad bit anyway

[Pa Snips]

Welcome aboard Shen, from just down the road in sunny Bury (though it's been gloriously wet today).

[ShenUK]

Ah Bury eh? Atherton here Pa Snips. Very wet here today too, allll day. Really hoping for some brighter weather later in the week. I really would like to get out in the garden a bit. Got some new grand ideas from this site and really would like to put them into practice!

[Newton]

A warm scouse welcome from the other end of the lancs too.......eh bigmally!