Welcome !

Welcome Berry - all of us have been there, so no gardening question is daft I just wish something like this forum was around when I was just starting - I well remember my first garden 10 foot by 3 area of rubble in a concrete yard - twould have save me a lorra heart ache.

 

Thanks for the welcome Fran

It is a great forum!

(Dont be too sure about no question being daft though :D .

For instance, If it rains soon after I have fed the garden with a water soluble fertilizer, do the nutrients get washed away? :confused:

 

Wow! I didn't realise this site was so 'young' - it's massive! Well done to all the contributors, there's some brilliant advice in here, it's on my toolbar already!

 

No Berry, not unless its a complete deluge, minutes after feeding before it has a chance to perculate down, and washing away the surface. In fact rain can be quite helpful in getting the feed to the roots. And no that question is not daft its one I asked when I started.

Skelf - welcome, I know exactly what you mean - I have been waiting soooo long for a web site like this, and a lot of gratitude to Nathan for setting it up.

[ 25. August 2005, 08:48 PM: Message edited by: Fran ]

 

Thanks again Fran, for the answer and for making me feel less daft! :D

 

Berry , welcome too, we are all daft to start off lol but get better as we go on by visiting this forum.

Ladybird

 

Thanks Ladybird and Marley Farley :D

I've been learning so much browsing around here,the time zooms by!

 

Hello everybody, I'm new and have ahd my garden for a wee while but although I love it I am still really unsure so I joined up to your great site.

Still looking around and wondering about protocols etc, cos I have LOTS of questions to ask.

For example If I search for a subject eg "delphiniums" and find a response that is a couple of months old, is it ok to post a reply straight on to that, or should I start a new one?

Just dont want to get in the way or on peoples nerves. Look forward to posting to you lots. Maybe I can even help out .....

 

Thanks Nathan I'm a bit wary of all this so Im just gonna have a go

 

I am new to this site... still trying to get my head round how the computer works let alone how the garden grows or not..

I am on the edge of an old sand pit.
The soil just doesnt hold the nutrients, when it dries it its just like being on a beach. But I continue to try to get things to grow

 

Hi to everyone from up here in the Highlands. New to the site, and only gardening for 4 years since leaving the big smoke. Am hoping to start vegie garden in near future so any advice on raised beds, i.e size, depth etc would be most welcome. Also anyone with experience of gardening in the frozen north :eek: please let me know of plants(perrenials) that will survive my winters