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Hi, another newbie here!

Thanks Turf Cutter Man, I got away with shock and a few bruises, but no, I don't feel safe there anymore so arrange to be there when I know others are going to be there too. It doesn't help that the council are dragging their feet over repairing the fence that they got in through either! :angryfire:...

I had a fox dig up three of my four new beds within the first week of owning my allotment and I was furious! :angryfire: Discovered sprinkling chilli pepper and cayenne pepper worked very well, :lol: only needing to replace it after heavy rains. :lol: But then the mice and rats moved in, :cry: :angr...

I wish I'd seen this six weeks ago when we got our allotment, I don't think I would have worried so much about getting beds dug quickly and seeds in soil! Right, off to look at it again for ideas for next years planting.

As I'm a newbie I have a lot of catching up to do, so I thought I'd better just post all 20 straight off, even though it's taken me an hour to think of them all! :oops: And I'm sorry, I really have had to scrape the barrel here. :oops: 1) I sat on Reggie Krays knee when I was four. (don't ask!) :pal...

What a wonderful welcome!
Thank you everyone!
Just like to say, I'd LOVE to escape Dirty Dusty London, but I fear it will never happen now.

I have to admit to loving my pay-as-you-go phone. :oops: It is my alarm clock, so no extra batteries to buy, and no wasted electric on something I use just once a day. :lol: It is my diary, which tells me when I have important appointments coming up, without my having to search through pages of pape...

Hi, You've guessed it, I'm new and have a lot of looking around here to do! :lol: But first I thought I'd introduce myself a little bit. :oops: I'm a 'mature' woman who hasn't had a garden since she was a child, who has just 'aquired' (after a four and a half year wait! :angryfire: ) an allotment in...