Hi

[Llevrah]

Hi.

I'm a complete noob to allotments so any advice or very great fully received.

I have just rented my very first. At the moment there's a lot of digging to do to clear it all. We started a couple of the raised beds this evening and jeez I am 30 and thought I had digging in me still.but my shoulders aren't so sure 😂

I havev3 boys. They are 12, 8 and 3 in a couple weeks. I'm hoping this will get them out in fresh air and away from electronics!!
So far so good I just hope it continues without complaints.

We are starting off with things we have previously grown at our old house with the exception of lettuce and pumpkins.
We have lettuce, cabbage, strawberry, raspberries, Tom's, cucumbers, beetroot, chard, kale, pumpkins...one for each of them for October as it's not something we eat, peas and rhubarb. There's probably seeds I've got in and forgotten to list. Fingers crossed it all pops up 🤐.

I'm looking forward to reading all your stories and tips. I've just opened an album to track it's progress but pics aren't loading just yet

Anyway .....Hi 😀

[Greenleaves]

Welcome to the vine, enjoy the benefits of the advice and humour

[Bigmallly]

Hello Llevrah & welcome to the Jungle.

[Small pumpkin]

Welcome to the vine
What varieties of pumpkin you growing? I highly recommend you try eating pumpkin not just carving (although that is great fun ). I'm a big fan of pumpkin soup, roast pumpkin with my Sunday roast and honey roasted pumpkin seeds
It's good you've got 3 little helpers. We like photo because we're all very nosey

Just in case you missed it.........I like pumpkins!

[SarrissUK]

Hi and welcome to the vine! There's lots of lovely people here that can help people like you and I to succeed with the growing malarkey

[Llevrah]

Wow what a friendly bunch. Hi all.

Pumpkin ...I may have missed that about liking pumpkins it's a good job you mentioned it again😂😂😂. I'm not sure which variety they are ill check the pack tomorrow. I have seen so many packets of seeds this week they are all a blur so cannot remember off the top of my head. I can't even stand the smell of Pumpkin. Maybe homegrown will be better.

[Llevrah]

Ohhhh i forgot. I've managed to get the 2 pics i have into my album. they are the wrong way round despite being the right way on my phone so I apologise in advance for any cricks in the neck caused

[veggiechicken]

Hi and welcome to the Forum.
A few people have problems loading photos from their phones (I don't 'cos I don't know how to use a phone for calls, let alone photos) Anyway, they say that if you crop your photo a bit it comes out the right way up. With luck, someone who knows what they're talking about will be along soon

[Knight of Albion]

A very warm welcome to the forum, dear Llevrah.

[Guest]

Hi and welcome to the vine

[Snoop Puss]

Hello and welcome.

I must admit I had the same thought as Small Pumpkin: pumpkins and winter squash just have to be eaten. One trick is to leave them a while (depending on the variety) after picking them and before eating them. Unlike most veg, they get sweeter during storage. When you find the variety, someone on here will be able to give you lots of advice about how to decide when they're ready to pick and what to do with them.

Good luck with the lottie. Bet your kids would like sweetcorn, by the way.

[Bigmallly]

Try saving these to you desktop then import them into your album, see if that works:

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[SusieG]

A warm welcome from me too, Lievrah!

Good luck with prising your boys off all things electrical and finding the 'great outdoors'!!!i sadly, have failed miserably .... my 'boy?' is a 14 year old-who-knows-everything ..... I did however, manage to get him to fill up a watering can yesterday and entice him into the GH where he was amazed to see lots of 'stuff growing' - well, for a minute or two anyway..!

So enjoy your lottie, and keep putting piccies on we love to see what's going on!
And you'll always find answers to your questions here, they're a knowledgable bunch

[Llevrah]

Welcome to the vine
What varieties of pumpkin you growing? I highly recommend you try eating pumpkin not just carving (although that is great fun ). I'm a big fan of pumpkin soup, roast pumpkin with my Sunday roast and honey roasted pumpkin seeds
It's good you've got 3 little helpers. We like photo because we're all very nosey

Just in case you missed it.........I like pumpkins!

They are called jack o' lantern. I actually remembered to check 

[Llevrah]

Try saving these to you desktop then import them into your album, see if that works:

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Thank you. I'll get some more pics today and try those and the new ones all at once. If not the laptop will have to come out.