Hello everyone, my name is Melanie and I'm a growaholic.

[Moopmoop]

Hi everyone,

I'm pretty new on here so thought it best to introduce myself. I live in Newbiggin By The Sea, Northumberland. I am 24 and don't really know anyone who grows their own so it's nice to find a community of like minded people. I don't have much space so I grow mostly in pots and I don't have a greenhouse so I use blowaways. I first started getting interested in growing my own a few years back, since then it's totally taken over my life, in a good way. The price of fruit and veg will only increase every year so I intend on growing as much I can to avoid wasting money and cutting down food miles.

My growing method is just trial and error, nothing else really. I try and follow the guidelines on the seed packets best I can but sometimes I just plant and hope for the best. Up to now I've really only grown the stuff I like to eat but it's nice to try something new every now and again.

So enough waffling for now, thanks for reading and please feel free to say hello.

[veggiechicken]

Hello again Melanie Moopmoop and Welcome. If you think this is a community of Like-minded people you must be a Nutter too Caveat - there are some sensible people on here, but I'm not one!
Lots of us grow in pots and there's plenty of good advice for the asking - so ask away

[Moopmoop]

Hello veggiechicken.

From mooching around on here there seems to be a lot of people who aren't sensible but that suits me just fine, we're all a little strange us grow your owners. What's your summer weather like? Is it sunny or rainy? Mine is pretty miserable and coldish, it's been a terrible growing season this year. How about you?

[veggiechicken]

Its been pretty awful for most of us, this year - as you'll see from the posts on here. We've all suffered with the unpredictable weather and all the slugs and snails that multiplied in the damp weather. I think I remember a warm week or two back in May - that must have been summer Today has been beautiful though - dry and sunny but cold. Its time for clearing up dead leaves and planning for next year (and adding to your seed collection )

[VirginVegGrower]

Hi Melanie Moopmoop, nice alliteration and welcome to the vine from another who started off with bits here and bits there. I too grow to cut costs, grow organic to eat organic and cut out the supermarkets. Hope you have a good time here.

[Ranger Smith]

Hi Melanie. If you want something bigger than a pot, it's pretty easy to make a planting box out of plywood. It doesn't have to be picture perfect, as long as it holds dirt.

[Feral007]

Hi MMM and welcome. I'm not one of the saner people on here either. But I blame it on sunstroke. We're suffering the opposite of your last summer. Wet? What's wet?

Lots to read on here, have fun.

[Bigmallly]

Welcome to the vine MM, wish I had started when I was 24 instead of waiting till I was nearly 54.......

[Glutton4...]

Hello and welcome to the Madhouse!

Love the name, by the way - I just LUUUUUURVE Pingu!

And CAAAAAAAAAKE, PAAAAAAAAAARSNIPS and CHRIIIIIIIIIIIISTMAS!

But they are taboo words on here, so it'll probably get modded!

[Bren In Pots]

Hello and welcome to the vine Melanie I started out by growing in pots and anything else I could get my hands on, even one of those big tubs they use on builders sites.

[Sheneval]

Welcome

Hi Melanie - I am an old newbie to this blog - welcome and I think you will find the people as nice as I have

[lottie dolly]

HELLO MM,welcome to the vine,it's nice to hear of younger peeps taking up the challenge,not only is it rewarding,its a real sence of achievement when you pick your own,no matter what it be,even that 1 radish,because you grew it,there is lots of advice on here,from all walks of life,before you know it,you will be after a lottie,as it is soooo adictive,gardening caters for many needs,fresh air,fresh food,if the digging doe's not get your heart rate going,the pure joy of tasting your own will,plus nattering to other like mined peeps,

[Moopmoop]

Morning people, thanks for saying hello.

My grandad called me Melanie moopmoop when I was very young and the name stuck. The avatar is a photograph I took at Edinburgh Zoo, doesn't he look evil?

RS - I do have a few large pots, my O/H works for a skip hire company and you'd be disgusted at the perfectly decent stuff that get's thrown away. All of the garden things comes home for me, woohoo.

BM - it's better late than never, both of my grandads were gardeners, it skipped a generation with both of my parents but I've definitely got the gardening genes. Most of my memories from when I was young was messing around in either grandparents veg patch. Eating fresh rhubarb or strawberries and turnips straight out of the ground. There's nothing better.

[Newton]

Welcome Melanie MoopMoop. Emineminem!

I think you will have a great time here! We do! We are all looking forward to next year......only 11 sleeps to the shortest day.......it's all uphill from there!

[ancee]

Hi lil pinguino It is fun on here! If I don't check in at least every other day I feel like I've missed out!