Hi from the south east

[fon]

Long time lurker here,

Thought Id start joining the discussions.

This will be my third year of owning a greenhouse.

Year 1, no idea, just planted a load of stuff including strawberrys. Left them inside the green house and all got powdery meldew! Planted tomatoes and cucumbers but no idea I had to prune, so had a small harvest. Grabbed the odd bit of lettuce etc, but didnt keep replanting so ran out quickly.

Year 2!, Strict pruning! Got my tomatoes and cucumbers, but Strawberry outside all got eaten by the birds!

Now in year 3! Got the bug, started all my seedlings in January, and everything's gone leggy! Trying to bury the stem to the seed leaves etc, and rescue things.

Seems like a never ending learning curve, which is one of the best things about it. This year will be doing potatoes, cucumber, tomato, lettuce, kale, rocket, and .. (its a big and) If I get the allotment Iv asked for, a lot more!

Hope to become part of the comunity!

Fon

[veggiechicken]

Hi fon and welcome to the forum. The first post is always the most difficult but there'll be no stopping you now.

If you've been lurking you know what to expect here - lots of different answers, photos and cake So jump in and join us!

[Ms-T]

Hiya and welcome.every one nice on here.

[happyhumph]

I was a lurker not that long ago and now I'm an official nutter - be warned, it could happen to you too

Welcome to the vine, ask lots of questions, and enjoy your veg growing.

[Bren In Pots]

Hello and welcome to the vine fon

[Baldy]

welcome along and all that...

[Thelma Sanders]

Hi fon, whereabouts in the SE are you?

Good luck in the greenhouse and hopefully on the allotment

[ESBkevin]

Hello and welcome, you can only get better, the first 40 years seem to be the best to learn gardening, so only 3 down and 37 to go.

[Dorothy rouse]

Hello, and welcome. I'm in the SE, Kent, whereabouts are you? It's very rough here today!

[Guest]

Hi and welcome to the vine

Don't forget to take lots of pics you can always enter your failures in the VVS

[the big lebowski]

welcome mate ,everyone is always learning ,planning and timing are a good place to start with growing and we all think to ourselfs "next year i`ll try doing things this way instead" ,cheers

[Chris11]

Welcome and look forward to your contributions here

[Bigmallly]

Hello Fon & welcome to the Jungle.

[Minimag]

Hi and welcome from another lurker turned newbie.

I wish you well in getting your allotment, we were told there wasn't any point in putting our name down by the council for one as the waiting list was so long, but my wife got to know one of the plot holders who told her this was hogwash. He put her in touch with the administrator of the plot, and 3 weeks later we had our plot.

I would speak to the people on the plots if you can, as they will probably be more help than contacting the council.

Whereabouts are you in the South-east, we are near Chichester

[Lumpy]

Hello Fon and welcome to the Vine.