A first post - hello all

[Stephen]

Hi just a wave to the community as I am starting here on the KG boards.

I have yet to find the Search function, so my first questions (elsewhere) may be dragging up previously covered topics.

[Brooklynodog]

search function to the left under `your details`

[oldherbaceous]

Dear Stephen, may i be the first to greet you to the forum.

And a very friendly forum it is too.

Don't worry about asking questions that have already been brought up before, as us older ones normally forget the answers after a couple of days anyway.

[Stephen]

Thanks
I will now use the search - I knew it had to be somewhere!

[pongeroon]

Hello Stephen,

I think you will enjoy the KG forum. Everyone seems to get along well (which is more than can be said for some forums I've been on ) and don't bullshit too much!

Old Herbaceous is the patriarch, and will reply to most posts about absolutely anything. We love him dearly. XXX

And you can learn a lot about growing stuff.

What more can anyone want from their computer? Oh, except porn, obviously.

[Tigger]

Welcome Stephen. Hope you find this a jolly place and a useful one too. We're prone to moments of madness, but you'll get to recognise, and therefore, avoid them!

We've also been known to host the odd dispute, but gardeners wouldn't be the same without their opinions, so they're usually given and received with good intention.

[Mike Vogel]

Hi Stephen. Are you a comparative novice at gardening or just foruming?

mike

[oldherbaceous]

Dear Pongeroon, i've always said farmgirls are the best.

[lizzie]

Hi Stephen and welcome to the madhouse.

We're a friendly bunch on here and ask what you like. I've normally forgotton most things anyway so it's always good to refresh the memory (what little I have left)

If Herby gets out of hand just threaten to trim his roots. It normally gets him under control again

[Weed]

As you can see from the above posts Stephen....the ladies of the forum have us gentlemen well under control

We do like to rebel on the odd occasion

WELCOME!

[Stephen]

I am all too familiar with forums (or should it be fora?) and spend far too much time on the Lotus 7 Club pages!
As for gardening, I am pretty much a novice. Brief History: When I moved to Hertfordshire I remade the small garden and put in some raspberries, various currants and goosberries. I leave one bed for salad leaves and herbs. I also went to Brogdale and have put in two fan-trained plum trees.
In the middle of 2006 I got Plot 2B in Butts Meadow and have been working on that. I dug aound many existing items (several very large gooseberry bushes, the rhubarb clump and several roses too), whilst 2A remained untended. Late in 2007, I got Plot 2A as well and this is where we came in really. It needs a lot of work to get the couch and the bindweed out. A mix of glyphosphate and digging will start the work, but I know the struggle will take years!

[Weed]

When I took my second plot on about four years ago I too had a serious couch grass problem.

As you say, a combination of Glyphosate and digging had the plot up and running in about three months.

Digging the area alone would have been heart breaking and I have to admit I think I may have given up.....two hours to clear about a square metre and a half is not my idea of fun