Hello this is my first time

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Hello this is my first time

Post: # 210888Post mockturtle »

Hi,
Just to introduce myself :wave: married, 1x husband,2x sons, 1xadorable dog, 3xchickens and pesky red mites!!!! I live in Kent and in my little bit of spare time I love forraging :grouphug: cooking and making stuff. I work full time and also help run a comunity theatre group. I think Hugh FW is the food god of TV and envy his life, if only.......... looking forward to sharing with you all x
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Post: # 210890Post old tree man »

Hello :wave: :flower:
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Post: # 210892Post mockturtle »

Hi, Stumbled into ish in my search for Sloe info

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Post: # 210893Post Susie »

Hello mockturtle!

I had not seen a sloe before this year but have sloe gin on the go now, who knows what it will turn out like. :mrgreen:
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Post: # 210896Post 123sologne »

Hello and welcome! :wave:

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Post: # 210903Post Milims »

Hi there and welcome :wave:
Let us be lovely
And let us be kind
Let us be silly and free
It won't make us famous
It won't make us rich
But damn it how happy we'll be!
Edward Monkton


Member of the Ish Weight Loss Club since 10/1/11 Started at 12st 8 and have lost 8lb so far!

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Post: # 210915Post Millymollymandy »

Hi and welcome!
boboff wrote:Oh and just for MMM, :hugish: (thanks)
http://chateaumoorhen.blogspot.com/

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Post: # 210922Post spider8 »

Hello, welcome to the gang :wave: .
Life's a bitch and then you diet.

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Post: # 210946Post battybird »

Hi Mockturtle, and welcome from another Kent-ish! :wave:
The cockerel makes the noise, the hen produces the goods!! anon

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Post: # 210968Post MuddyWitch »

Welcome to ISH :flower:

What kind of adorable dog do you have?

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Post: # 211149Post Denzle »

Hello to all... :wave:
I am Denzle and I come from Evesham in Worcestershire. The land of Asparagus. I grow Giant veg but have no interest in showing them. Self satisfaction,I think is the term to use. :wink:

I am married, retired, love my veg gardening and old classic and kit cars. I have a JBA sports kit car, and a self converted Mercedes camper van. An ex motor engineer by trade. We have a yorkshire terrior dog, just two years old called Milly and we live in a nice small bungalow in Evesham.

I only wished I had a larger garden though. You know what I mean when you want to grow more and just cant because of the lack of garden space. :dontknow: Oh well.!

I hope I can be of use with what experience I have to help you all, and looking through the forum I can see that you all enjoy each others help. Its great to see. :sunny:

All the very best to you all....... Denzle. :salute:

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Post: # 211155Post spider8 »

Hello Denzle and welcome :wave: .
Ooooh a Merc camper van - lovely. Any allotments near you? You could expand your giant veg empire with one.
Life's a bitch and then you diet.

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Post: # 211205Post Denzle »

spider8 wrote:Hello Denzle and welcome :wave: .
Ooooh a Merc camper van - lovely. Any allotments near you? You could expand your giant veg empire with one.
Thanks for the welcome Spider. Appreciate that. :sunny:

The nearest allotments are quite a distance away and although I could do with a little more ground, an allotment would be too much for me. Im no spring chicken now and the old joints give me hell most days because of O/A
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Im really quite happy with what I have. I think its just wishful thinking on my part. Its all in the mind and not in the body as they say. But thats life.

Anyhow, thanks again, it looks to be a great forum on ish.

All te best to those of you up North. Happy gardening. Denzle. :salute:

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Post: # 211228Post MuddyWitch »

Welcome to ISH :flower:

Whast about container gardening? You'd be surprized how much you can grow in a bucket or old bath....

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Post: # 211240Post Denzle »

MuddyWitch wrote:Welcome to ISH :flower:

Whast about container gardening? You'd be surprized how much you can grow in a bucket or old bath....

MW
Hy,Ya... Muddy Witch,

Thanks for the welcome. :sunny:

Ye, I do that now. I grow in giant pots...Buckets...Hanging and wall baskets. In fact anything that holds a bit of soil. I grow my spuds in empty compost bags. Im not really complaining, in fact I have enough ground to keep me going. :iconbiggrin:

The polytunnel is reserved just for my giant onions.

Thanks for the thought.... :salute:

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