Hello all,
I'm Sue and I've been reading this forum for a while now (I think I have been through all the allotment threads!), I thought it was about time I registered so I could contribute.
I don't have an allotment on a site, but a little plot in a pinfold at the edge of my village which is on the outskirts of Sheffield/edge of the peak. My plot is about 5 minutes walk from my house, so really handy. This is my second year growing veg on the plot, and I am glad it's not my first as I think I would have given up: chocolate spot on the broadbeans, blight on the potatoes, onions are pathetic, French and runner beans rotted, the slugs have had a chomp at lettuces and brassicas (Kohl Rabi disappeared overnight) and the pigeons are having a field day uprooting my leek seedlings. Thank goodness for peas.
My grandfather was a gardener in a few stately homes in the 1940s-60s and his and my mother's green fingers have only just emerged in me. I am now slightly obsessed (I woke up in the middle of the night last week, worrying about the green/brown balance in my compost bin!). I'm looking forward to chatting with my fellow grapes
I'm Sue and I've been reading this forum for a while now (I think I have been through all the allotment threads!), I thought it was about time I registered so I could contribute.
I don't have an allotment on a site, but a little plot in a pinfold at the edge of my village which is on the outskirts of Sheffield/edge of the peak. My plot is about 5 minutes walk from my house, so really handy. This is my second year growing veg on the plot, and I am glad it's not my first as I think I would have given up: chocolate spot on the broadbeans, blight on the potatoes, onions are pathetic, French and runner beans rotted, the slugs have had a chomp at lettuces and brassicas (Kohl Rabi disappeared overnight) and the pigeons are having a field day uprooting my leek seedlings. Thank goodness for peas.
My grandfather was a gardener in a few stately homes in the 1940s-60s and his and my mother's green fingers have only just emerged in me. I am now slightly obsessed (I woke up in the middle of the night last week, worrying about the green/brown balance in my compost bin!). I'm looking forward to chatting with my fellow grapes
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