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I am Sarah, 37 from Derbyshire. I own 0.6 of an acre of Land in Hullbridge, Essex

Im Debbie 42, ive got a small garden where Im currently growing pumpkins,radishes,corn,tomatoes,courgettes,french beans and some flowers,nasturtiums and calendula.Im really enjoying it and its fun to see every day how things are coming on,though im having the usual problems with slugs and snails!

I live in Westcliff On Sea - near Chalkwell Park. I have a plot aprox 20 foot by 20 foot available at the rear of my garden. This can be independantly accessed by a side gate . i would love to hear from any one who would like to use this space for growing veggies etc

ello I've got a new allotment in Eastern Avenue Allotments. I'm learning to grow my food the organic, no-dig way attempting to apply permaculture design principles. I'd be happy to invite people to learn how to grow with my and my family and share produce. Tools provided and a pleasant shed with an extended roofed patio will be up and running in a few days time. We pop down to the allotment mainly on weekends but from April also during the day. If you wanted to come please get in contact and leave your phone number and email so I can inform you about days when we are planning to visit the allotment. Looking forward to meet you. Kamil

Hello I enjoy eating food and thought I would like to get involved in growing some myself. I was brought up on a farm and enjoyed it very much. I'd like to get involved in growing as part of a group as I enjoy company. I'm pretty ordinary in most ways, in my forties, married with three children.

As we only have a small garden i am unable to grow much in the way of fruit and veg.

Secretary, SE Essex Organic Gardeners - affiliated to Garden Organic & Soil Association

Hi, my name's Glyn, fast approaching the Big 50, keen gardener/wannabee farmer,but no land. Would love to be able to keep livestock as well as growing as much as possible for my family and friends. Happy to help on projects big or small. Competent landscaper, builder amongst my many talents.

Hi iam MrUrbanCaveman iam 34 year old and have loved the out door life since an early age infact you could say its a pasion and even in my blood. My great grandfather my grandfather and my own father have either worked the land or the sea as Fishermen, Small holders, or Gardeners and Foragers since the 1920s. I myself am a Gardener by trade and have 18 years experiance working the land as a Woodsmen, Nurserymen and Gardener but all my work revolves around tree's, shurubs and ornimental perenials. I live in Southend-on-Sea, Essex being a town he has its diservarntages when it comes to growing my own food. I have reasently started a Foraging channel on You Tube as a way of inspiring and documenting my progress fill free to check my channel out Sulevia76.

I'm 23 years old, interested highly in self sufficiency and permaculture. Ive kept bees as a hobby for about 7 years now. Recently been given an allotment in Manchester drive, but also would love to find somewhere to keep some small livestock

I am a tree nut and want to join a group where I can share the benefits of woodland use and/or forest products in return for knowledge/labour. Will happily meet with a group out of my area, Essex, but not too far distant please. However, I will be happy to swap messages and give advice. To all those trying to start a garden, please go to a 2nd hand book stall, or trawl several and buy a (vegetable) gardening book that takes you right through the year. This will include fruit trees, roses, grafting and so on. One may last your whole life and a few certainly should. Gardening on roofs or balconies or in very small places has engendered a lot of books too. Try to get a modern book but no matter, every decent garden centre will soon tell you - if you cannot see - if the product you ask for is out of season or fashion or dangerous and replaced with something else. Just remember, friendly gardeners often garden almost free - you do not need to throw money at everything unless you are impatient but, do buy decent tools, learn to use and look after them safely and properly and do so. Finally, ask locals what kind of soil you have, note what grows best there, consider which direction land faces - cos of the sun, wind and rain - and if it floods - and grow most what you will eat most of using varieties that fruit when prices are highest and, last of all, consider your lattitude and altitude. It could mean planting or cropping up to a month earlier or later than in the books, especially with global warming. Generally, unless still frosty, take gardening diaries back about a week so you sow outside a bit earlier but remember not to be silly, vernal equinox is the same time every year and lots of things do not grow until light levels are increasing. People are asking questions that they can get answered by visiting a load of allotments. Just by looking you will see that folk get results using free and make-do items like newspapers or bubble wrap. Their little huts contain fruit in store and maybe wine on the bubble as well as herbs, which may be wild roundabout, drying. Take your cue from what others do when and where you are and remember, you can buy almost anything with a bag of spare lettuces or whatever. (You sow them a fortnight apart each waxing moon by the way for a better crop.)