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Title: Greetings from a novice
Post by: GeordieCabbage on July 13, 2018, 09:00

Hi guys, first time on one of these forums so hope I do not make a public fool of myself. I have only a basic knowledge of allotments, but always wanted one and  after a 5 year wait eventually got a local authority plot 2 years ago in the North East of England, couple of miles from the coast. Basically I wanted to introduce myself and ask which part of the forum I go to for advice on trying to curb horsetail/marestail, and how best to improve my soil? Thanks.

Title: Re: Greetings from a novice
Post by: New shoot on July 13, 2018, 10:33

Hi and welcome  :D

Your questions all sound like the sort of stuff we discuss in the Grow Your Own bit of the forum - link here

Grow Your Own - Page 1 of 1278 (http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?board=1.0)

There are also loads of articles the site owner John has published on the main site and this lot might be a good staring point  :)

Composts, Fertiliser, Soil Improvers and Improvement (http://www.allotment-garden.org/composts-fertilisers/)

Title: Re: Greetings from a novice
Post by: sunshineband on July 13, 2018, 14:49

Hello Geordiecabbage and welcome to the forum. As New Shoot said, these queries are ones that often come up, so there is bound to be something of interest in Grow Your Own, but you can always start your own threas there if you feel exactly wat you'd want isn't quite covered

There will be all sorts of answers from alal sorts of viewpoints, all interesting  :lol:

Title: Re: Greetings from a novice
Post by: GeordieCabbage on July 13, 2018, 18:04

Thanks I will start there.