Hello!

Moomintroll · Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:32 pm

Hi there everyone, I found your site by accident but am enjoying it.

Greetings from darkest Worcestershire, uk
I've never used a forum before.

We decided we wanted to grow as much as possible of our own stuff when we moved house 2 years ago. the inspiration was a walk round our old town on Christmas day and seeing a bloke pulling sprouts for Christmas dinner. we thought that was very cool and decided the new house had to be suitable for vegetable growing. We are now in an area where this is considered acceptable social behaviour and if you don't grow something it's almost regarded as strange. weve learnt to make our own bread and have produced some great chutneys to cheer up the lunchtime cheese butty.

I always used to hate gardening and gardening programmes and since producing food I think this must have been because the style and decorative stuff doesn't have as good an end function as a meal! The veg patch and greenhouse are areas where you can feel some sense of control and sanity in the world!

Hope to stick around.
Moomintroll

red · Post: # 67296Post **red** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:59 pm

hi and welcome

glenniedragon · Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:13 pm

Welcome to the site!
I think it happends as we get older, a primeval response of 'must provide for family, not rely on others ug' (imagine hair, loin cloth and club!) when we're younger we're happy for others to provide but as we get older we start to really think about it. Older doesn't have to be a specific age more of a state of mind....anyhoo once again welcome to the site I'm sure you'll love it here and gain loads

kind thoughts
Deb

Millymollymandy · Fri Aug 03, 2007 5:50 am

Hi and welcome! Whereabouts are you - it helps us to know what country you are in at least!

Jarmara · Post: # 67325Post **Jarmara** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:06 am

hello and welcome

QuakerBear · Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:45 am

Greetings Moomintroll. Weren't the Moomins cool?

ina · Post: # 67345Post **ina** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:01 pm

Hiya Moomintroll, welcome to the Ishers!

Cassiepod · Post: # 67363Post **Cassiepod** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:36 pm

WElcome .. I'm tyring to imagine a moomin troll...

I'm completely with you on the functional side of gardening etc.

Berti · Post: # 67372Post **Berti** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:25 pm

welcome ......and aren't the people fantastic, to make you feel right at home?
greetings from netherlands
berti (also just joined)

ohareward · Post: # 67406Post **ohareward** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:55 am

Moomintroll

3M. She did!!!

Robin

Millymollymandy · Sat Aug 04, 2007 5:45 am

ohareward wrote: 3M. She did!!!

Robin

What did I do? If you mean me?

ohareward · Post: # 67513Post **ohareward** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:36 am

Hi 3M. You asked her where she was from. Greetings from darkest Worcestershire, UK.

Robin

Millymollymandy · Sun Aug 05, 2007 12:05 pm

Oh I see! No she edited her post after I asked.

Thanks Moomintroll - it wouldn't matter so much but we have members all over the globe, as you've probably noticed by now!

Moomintroll · Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:57 am

Sorry folks,

Not a she,

Definitely a he!

ina · Post: # 67589Post **ina** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:16 pm

Cassiepod wrote:WElcome .. I'm tyring to imagine a moomin troll...

I'm trying to work out what your name is derived from: is it a moomin(g?) troll, or moo-mint-roll?

Is there a verb "to moom", and if so, what does it mean? The latter could be a kind of Swiss roll incorporating milk and mint... (I've had some interesting results from my attempts of interpreting names before...

Which is probably why I stuck, very boringly, to my own name!)

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