Hello from Sam

Hi, my name's Sam (female if you're wondering :p )

I'm 27 and I live near Skipton in North Yorkshire.

I live with my partner Claire, 2 dogs and 4 guinea pigs.

My dogs are both lurchers, one is a whippet cross (Lucy aged 6) and the other is a greyhound cross (Murphy aged 2).

The guinea pigs consist of 2 "couples" with a male and female in each pair. Piglet (female) lives with Lenny, and Belle lives with Archie.

I work full time for a Building Society as a Technical Consultant, testing computer systems amongst other things.

I have a physical disability and am surprised and please to see the dedicated Disabled Gardening section on the forum :thumb: I have Charcot Marie Tooth Disease (CMT). CMT is a progressive neuromuscular condition characterised by muscle wastage in the lower legs/feet and arms/hands. I cope very well with my condition and am able to walk, although often fatigue and foot drop means I need to use AFOs (leg braces).

My hobbies include being the creator and admin of a CMT website and accompanying support forum. This take up much of my free time but I also enjoy taking care of my animals, reading (usually non-fiction!), movies /documentaries and of course gardening!

I enjoy gardening but am definitely a complete beginner! (see be prepared for lots of questions :hehe. My garden consists of a lawn with flowerbeds all round, next to my drive in the front. The flower beds contain various shrubs / perennials and a young Cherry blossom. The back garden is completely hard landscaped with flags, decking and gravel. This is our pet friendly garden. I have lots of plants (small shrubs, perennials and herbs) in pots as well as a greenhouse and 6ft X 4ft raised bed (raised about 3ft from ground). I have lettuce, cabbage, rocket and spinach in my raised bed as well as a row off carrots. These are all being grown for the guinea pigs! I also have other bits of veg in tubs including a potato barrell, strawberries in a planter, onions and garlic in trough planters, tomatoes (tumblers), a cucumber plant and chilli plants.

Ok, If waffled on a bit so I'll stop now :hehe:

 

Hi Sam,welcome :D

 

hi Sam welcome to gc have fun :gnthb:

 

:wlcm: from another Sam ... who also has a dog called Lucy

 

Hello & welcome

 

Great to have another member from Yorkshire.
Welcome Sam to GC. Enjoy your stay
robert

 

Hello Sam, and welcome to the forum.

 

Hello and welcome to the forum. The disabled gardenng section is very new but is getting lot of interest. I had never heard of your illness before and I think it's good to lean about different illnesses so that u don't become ignorant.

Have u got any pics of the garden and the large family u have

 

Hi there and Welcome,

nice to meet you,

 

Hi SAm welcome to the forum,have fun

 

Hello Sam and fellow terrier owner! Have fun on GC :lollol:
Von Igelfeld and Ben Fox terrier

 

Good evening Sam and welcome to the site.:gnthb:

 

thanks all for the kind welcomes!

Little Miss Road Rage: If you do want to read more, my website is in my signature. I never bore of reading about diseases I have never heard of. :thumb:

I have posted photos of my "family" in the pet section already :hehe:

Von Igelfeld: Lurchers are not terriers :hehe: Lurchers are a cross between a sighthound and another working breed, usually a terrier or a collie. Murphy is a Greyhound X Bearded Collie and Lucy is a Whippet X Bedlington Terrier. So out of 2 dogs I have quarter of a terrier if that counts :hehe:

 

Sam - thank you for enlightening me! :dh: And yes, a quarter does count - and Lucy is a lovely colour too.

Von Igelfeld

 

thanks!