Middle age fast approaching time to get my Garden on :-)

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  1. CANKSTER

    CANKSTER Apprentice Gardener

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    Good morning, saw this site whilst randomly browsing for info on the best thing to fill raised beds with loved it and joined it.

    I am a complete beginner to all this but finding the process of planting, weeding, and general pottering strangely satisfying (my wife and daughter mantain it's my age).

    Recently moved into a country cottage with 3rd of an acre with very clay soil and trying to make a go of it.

    Looking forward to your help and advice.
     
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    • Phil A

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      Welcome to Gardeners Corner:sign0016:
       
    • Naylors Ark

      Naylors Ark Struggling to tame her French acres.

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      Hi CANKSTER, welcome to the forum.:ccheers:
       
    • Penny in Ontario

      Penny in Ontario Total Gardener

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      Welcome CANKSTER :sign0016:

      I have a 1/4 acre and heavy clay soil and in two years of living here have only made small "improvements" but I am learning a lot from the lovely regulars on here :)

      Looking forward to getting to know you :)
       
    • Jenny namaste

      Jenny namaste Total Gardener

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      Nice to have you on board Cankster, :sign0016:
      we're all as daft as brushes when it comes to growing things but it gets funny when the sun goes down;) ,
      Jenny namaste
       
    • Sheal

      Sheal Total Gardener

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      Welcome to GC Cankster. We look forward to your input around the site, we're a bit of a crazy bunch, but aren't most gardeners!? :biggrin:
       
    • simbad

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      Welcome from me too Cankster :)
      I have a 3rd acre garden too on heavy clay!!!!!
       
    • clueless1

      clueless1 member... yep, that's what I am:)

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      Hello Cankster and welcome.

      Yes, its your age. The imminent mid-life crisis. Your idea of a good night is no longer that you get drunk in some town without knowing how you got there and then sleeping at a stranger's house, but instead is a few cans in the house after some satisfying work in the garden. Or better still, sitting outside with a few tinnies even though you're freezing, because earlier that day you just finished the new patio.

      I'm joking (I think). Welcome:)
       
    • kindredspirit

      kindredspirit Gardening around a big Puddle. :)

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      Hi Cankster (or is that Crankster? :lunapic 130165696578242 5: )

      I flooded more than half of my clayey back garden. That saved a lot of weeding and mowing. :biggrin:

      (I put in a pond.) Food for thought?
       
    • liliana

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      Welcome Cankster. Happy Days :patpat:
       
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