Hello from Northamptonshire

Hi all. New member, originally from Canada, I've been in the UK for 11 years now. I am an avid vegetable gardener, and we had a lovely veggie patch at our previous house, but have bought a new home with a rather dreadful garden (not much soil from what we can tell!) This year we've put in a few makeshift raised beds and grew some tomatoes, strawberries and a few other bits and bobs (radicchio and started artichokes for next year!) but we are planning a big transformation with a maze of raised beds and a greenhouse for next year. Happy to be amongst you!

 

Welcome to GC Nettle patch
hope you get good results with your raised beds

 

Thanks - taking another look at my photo above I should have chosen "The Messy Gardener" as a username though

 

Hi Nettlepatch! Welcome. I look forward to following your progress.

 

Hello @TheNettlePatch and

 

Hi @TheNettlePatch and welcome to GC

 

Welcome to Gardeners Corner TheNettlePatch.

 

Thanks all for the welcome.

 

@TheNettlePatch Sounds like you have great plans!! I'm only new here too even though I joined in June!
Welcome!!!

 

@TheNettlePatch welcome to the forum! What part of Canada was your home? You've got a Canuck garden going. Annual mistakes/unwanted this year don't bother you next year with our brutal winters. Big adjustment living in the gulf stream path, listen to the advice here to steer away from problems!

This is a great forum. They're even kind to colonials

 

And another welcome from me !

 

Thanks everyone for your very kind welcomes, and now that gardening season has started I hope to pop in here more often!

 

@CanadianLori I am a herring choker (New Brunswicker) so enjoyed the Gulf Stream for swimming at New Brunswick's beautiful sandy beaches with gloriously warm water, but I am now landlocked in Northamptonshire England. I am not complaining though - I truly love it here