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[julieq]

Burgess Hill calling [fizz burp crackle] are you receiving me?

Just about to take ownership of a house with stupidly large but hideously overgrown garden, greenhouse, couple of small sheds, and a little orchard (two biggish apple trees and a plum tree). Lots of potential, ish, for veg, we may extend to a few chickens at some point, have to see what the neighbours are like first though I guess.

Be interested in contacting like minded people locally, certainly some swapsies possible for apples and so on I guess looking at the amounts that were there this autumn.

[Green Aura]

Welcome.

Sounds like you've got a job on your hands

[StripyPixieSocks]

Hello

[Millymollymandy]

Hello and welcome!

[red]

welcome

[Andy Hamilton]

Welcome to ish, recieving you loud and clear.

You could always dry the apples if you have that many, then eat them throughout the year.

[becks77]

Hello

[Sally Jane]

Hello
Your new garden sounds like it has great potential indeed! I envy you your sheds etc!
I won't be able to start 'proper' gardening in our new-ish place (been here 9 months but still doing up he hellhole that is the house itself!) until my husband has put up proper fences. The garden, once cleared of rampant lilacs and brambles was bigger than we thought, though small by many Ishers' standards at approx 40' by 15'. No shed or anything like it yet!
All I've done so far is install a couple of compost bins and started digging over, then covered with black membrane a) to suppress the weeds/grass, and b) to stop the neighbourhood cats and dogs using it as a toilet! Roll on the fencing work, but not until we've insulated the loft! Brrrr!
I hope you get as much information, friendly advice and fun out of this site as I have already in only a few weeks of membership!
All the best for 2009 in your new home and garden.

[julieq]

We just went over there today to measure up for curtains and so on, and had a lovely poke around the garden with the daughter of the previous owner, very nice to do that as you get a feel for the history of the place, which she grew up in and obviously loved. 2 or 3 years ago the plot would have been snapped up by a developer for flats, so I think we hit lucky. It's going to be a lot of work, but lots of space for veg, nice established compost heap, a few wildish areas of brambles and so on. It's nicely divided into little areas too, and lots of mature trees including a few oaks on the boundary, so despite a very urban setting, right in the centre of town, you don't feel at all overlooked.

So the next challenge is to do some useful gardening in combination with a couple of full time jobs and a lot of work to do in the rest of the house. Can't wait to move in now!

[JulieSherris]

Hi Julie - well done you & wishing you good luck with the future projects....

Just remember though that a lot of the plans made will change as you progress - our intended veggie plots have changed position several times over the last 3 months - hopefully, when I start building the raised beds next month, they will be in the final position, never to be moved!

Good luck!

[MuddyWitch]

Welcome

Here's to you new venture

MW