Thanks OH - if I may make so bold as to use your diminutive!

Yes - I remember reading in a gardening book the instruction, "Keep the hoe going in dry weather." and thinking, "Why? What do you mean? What will it do? Should I not hoe in wet weather? Why? I`m not quite so dim now but I still remember my extreme puzzlement at an instruction that mu...

This all sounds very interesting! I`ve got quite a lot of empty beds this winter (if you see what I mean!) Where can I buy the seed for green manures?

Gosh! Thank you repeatedly! What a lovely lot. Glad that it isn`t all terribly earnest and worthy!

Thanks for words of welcome - although I`m newish I`m also oldish - if you see what I mean. Came to gardening when we got an allotment when I retired. I`m very mixed ability myself!

I`ve just discovered this forum and I think it looks great - a good mix of lively chat and good advice for newish gardeners like me. I`m looking forward to being a regular.