Hello from Tyneside

[herbwormwood]

Hi, I have just joined this forum and wanted to thank the web site owners for mentioning us flat dwellers. I have been a flat dweller for many years and its refreshing to see us urban flat dwellers without gardens/windowbox possibilities acknowledged!
I cannot afford to not be a flat dweller due to financial constraint, and I do believe we don't have enough land in England for us all to move out of our flats or England would turn into a huge metropolis with suburbs!
I did try saving kitchen scraps for a friend with a compost bin but the container attracted a lot of flies and they took over my flat and colonised my house plants!
I grow my own mustard and cress and sometimes sprouts, and I cook my own food, often from vegetables that friends have grown. I also gather some wild plants when on country visits.
I have put a link to the web site from my own one.

[wulf]

Way to go, and welcome to the site. I'd hate to be without my garden, small as it is, but look forward to hearing more insights on a gardenless existence in case I need to do that at some point. Hopefully you'll also pick up some ideas from others as well.

Wulf

[Wombat]

G'DAy Herbwormwood!

It's good that you are having a go, even in a flat. My brother had a flat and used to grow all sorts of stuff. Depending on the orientation of your flat (and space), you can grow all sorts of things.

Nev

[shiney]

Welcome along herbwormwood,

I hope you enjoy it here on Self Suffish.

Andy will be a wealth of knowledge as far as flat dwelling 'gardening' goes. I drove past his place the other day and the window box herbs were looking good!

[diver]

Hi and welcome to the site. I used to live in a 5th floor flat when my kids were small and I used to try and sprout seeds and pick elderberry and I used to make rose hip syrup for the vitamin c content....it's very hard though. I love the site ...hope you enjoy it

[Andy Hamilton]

Woah a delayed welcome here and a delayed thanks for the acknoledgement for flat dwellers. Half the idea for the site was the whole ethos of have a go no matter what your experience area to grow in.

So I was being stalked by shiney in the summer was I

Welcome to the herbwormwood.