Helloooo from South East London

[vegbox-recipes]

Hi there all - I'm really pleased to be a new ish-er.

I work for VegBox Recipes, and am launching myself into the worlds of seasonal food, grow your own, make-it-yourself, eco and ethical with enthusiasm and much scrambling-type energy.

I love how many online communities there are supporting people like us who want to do it a bit different and need help.

I am about to move in with a friend who has a patio garden. I hear that this is the time of year to PREPARE if I want to grow some of my own veggies, and I hear that having a patio-garden is no reason not to try - that I could grow veg in boxes / tubs. So I am hoping to find some info here to help me get started.

Anyway, lovely to be here!

Claire

[StripyPixieSocks]

Hello, I'm from SE London too

[JulieSherris]

Hello from me too - I was born & brought up in the ele & castle - there's nuffin' better than a sahf londoner.....

Julie.

[sleepyowl]

Hello

[eccentric_emma]

hello! i love the veg box recipes site and use it loads!

[pumpy]

Hello from a Charlton boy.

[StripyPixieSocks]

Hello from a Charlton boy.

Good lord, my MIL lives in Charlton not 5 minutes from us!

[pumpy]

Not such a bad neck-of -the-woods,really.

[Penny Lane]

I love the veg box recipes site too, always visit when I'm looking for meal ideas!

Welcome to the site

[lsm1066]

Well, I was born in Woolwich (BHMB) and lived until my early 20s in Brockley (went to John Stainer and Askes). So forgive me if me geography's a little hazy, but how long has Cirencester been in South London?

Welcome to ishdom.

[pumpy]

Well, I was born in Woolwich (BHMB) and lived until my early 20s in Brockley (went to John Stainer and Askes). So forgive me if me geography's a little hazy, but how long has Cirencester been in South London?

Welcome to ishdom.

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Maybe you're being a bit finicky,here, 'cos on the map, Cirencester & S.E. London, are only 2" apart.

[SarahJane]

Hello from me too!

Having a patio garden is no reason at all not to be able to grow your own. I only have a small courtyard garden but have grown all kinds this year.

One piece of advice that I learned this year and it really paid off was, if you havent got much groundspace, grow "upwards". I invested in a couple of obilisks and my beans went mad! Hanging baskets are also good for trailing tomatos and just to keep with the upwards theme, I grew some amazing sunflowers , they got to 15ft tall and really brightened the garden.
Courgettes did well in barrels, I also have a small plastic greenhouse thingy, to start everything off in.
Herbs do well in containers and I gre garlic and shallotts in troughs.
With a little imagination it is surprising what you can achieve.
Have fun!

[growingthings]

welcome

I've visited London - does that count! hehehheh

[lsm1066]

Maybe you're being a bit finicky,here, 'cos on the map, Cirencester & S.E. London, are only 2" apart.

Probably. I'm a terrible pedant. Still, drop round for coffee some time. I'm probably less than half an inch away!