Bugger, just lost my reply.I hate this thing Panda, sent you a PM. Hope you don't mind if I quote it here if I am able with my limited tech ability!
PEANUT3, Thank you so much on behalf of all of the eventual recipients. If I am excited, in my well-stocked garden, to get my new plants or seeds, how much happier will they be?
I have been so impressed with the generosity of people here, and I am now splitting my new packs of seeds to give. I can't grow them all, so that seems fair.
Deadline is Weds Morn, 9th April, as courier collecting in a/n, after postie been. Have only extended for the Guides, as they should see their seeds go out in the first batch. We MUST encoruage our new young potential gardeners. They will be the best to embrace new, more sustainable methods.And if their first experience of gardening was to help others, Then they should already have an understanding of how our climate is variable and changing.
This thread could possibly be helping so many people, in so many different ways.For me, I know that I get too many seeds in most packets, and if I sow them all, I have to 'do away' with happy, healthy plants. Who can grow 2000 celery plants? but if I store them, someone else could have had the use of the extra, or I will 'hoard' them until they are viable no more. I feel good to donate my own, and the donations that have come to me have proved how loving and caring all of you other gardeners are.
Lizzie and Rosie have been moving plants at their own expense, as I will send the seeds. I have roped in my partner to move plants from Ayr to Haydock. Rosie is our Main Head Boss and Co-ordinator. But just moving plants between the few forum members who see this thread and can help is not enough. How do we get more publicity? For more seeds and plants, and how to move them? Transport is the prob at the moment. It was suggested a little while back, I forget by whom, that maybe members might wish to contribute just a little into a fund for transport. I could not see how that could work, once the money was to be sent.He suggested that we make a paypal account and nominate a member with responsibility to administrate it, initially for courier payments for moving plants. EG, I have plants ready, but no link to move them. Ring the member responsible, they organise the courier and get the receipt. To save money, perhaps a couple of close-ish members may join to have the courier collect from just one point. ANY ideas gratefully received to save members like Lizzie doing too much Driving, and Rosie having all of the admin and organising to do. Fuel is expensive, and there are far flung members like me who would like to help with well-established plants but cannot afford the carriage alone. Or cannot spare time or fuel, or are just to fer from the next collection point to be able to send useful plants.
One of you out there knows someone with a useful contact. I know we are all asking more than Artjak's original idea, but it is starting to run away on it's own. I have had so much support in seeds from just a tiny fraction of this hugely popular forum. The Grow Your Own forum just recently hit it's first 1 millionth post! This forum must have hit that long ago, looking at just the no of threads on every subject. It is not possible to keep up on here without 'bumps' and notifications.
We are missing a huge audience within the forum. And all of the readers and viewers who never access the forum.
However much we 'Bump' This thread, we are only attracting the same people.
gardenjeannie, we can only do what we can do. I hate the thought of you worrying about this. Perhaps we should all put on our thinking caps and try to improve the situation.
When it comes to plants though, as they are a perishable item if not nurtured, it may be as well if the gardeners down in Somerset are not inundated with too many plants all at once.
Mission accomplished this morning. Met a very nice strange man (thank you Andrew) & his son in the supermarket car park at Street (must stop doing that!) and handed over another car load of plants. I'm assured that the Somerset Level gardeners will be so appreciative of all our efforts.
58 mile round trip so not that far and I knew the route well which helped.
Artjak, no, I'm not wonderful (although it's very nice to be thanked) but just happy to help where I can.
Jeanie - can I ask how many plants have you got ready to go? Is it a boot load? I'm working on an idea.
Hello everyone, I'm back after manic few days at work (and another stretch coming up, but then I can see light at end of tunnel...). You've all been busy! Well done to Artjak for starting the Transport thread - that is just what we needed.
Well done to CHICKY and BREAK23 for linking up with a plan to get some plants moving west.
And ARTJAK, great news about your Bristol friend, and you are a star for being willing to make such a long trek.
NUT - I know you still need transport help and staging posts - we'll all keep trying on that one. (I wonder if there is anything that could happen about a half-way rendezvous between you and Chicky....perhaps not.)
GJ - still no solution for the Haydock-to-Somerset leg, but we'll keep trying.
Meanwhile, I've sent a few hopeful feelers out on the Somerset Volunteers network asking for transport help. We have an offer from someone who travels to Devon regulalrly, who can pick up from EXETER or NEWTON ABBOT. I know that doesn't help anyone who is posting right now, but perhaps someone else might read this and think they could offer some plants? And at least it shows that there are people willing to help, we just need to keep asking.
I've also sent a message to the Young Farmers group who've been bringing convoys of forage to the Somerset farms - just on the off-chance that if they are making another run they might have some spare space in their lorry cabs! You never know. They're trying to drum up help from haulage firms too, so we might be able to piggyback on that.
At the Somerset end, Andrew has had some more donations of compost so still has supplies for potting on, hoorah.
I'm dashing around the place again now for three or four days so don't be surprised if I'm a bit silent at this end. Then I'll be back in full voice, I promise!
You are all being great. It is so heart-warming to see what a group of individuals can achieve when we all work together!
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Bugger, just lost my reply.I hate this thing
Panda, sent you a PM. Hope you don't mind if I quote it here if I am able with my limited tech ability!
PEANUT3, Thank you so much on behalf of all of the eventual recipients. If I am excited, in my well-stocked garden, to get my new plants or seeds, how much happier will they be?
I have been so impressed with the generosity of people here, and I am now splitting my new packs of seeds to give. I can't grow them all, so that seems fair.
Deadline is Weds Morn, 9th April, as courier collecting in a/n, after postie been. Have only extended for the Guides, as they should see their seeds go out in the first batch. We MUST encoruage our new young potential gardeners. They will be the best to embrace new, more sustainable methods.And if their first experience of gardening was to help others, Then they should already have an understanding of how our climate is variable and changing.
This thread could possibly be helping so many people, in so many different ways.For me, I know that I get too many seeds in most packets, and if I sow them all, I have to 'do away' with happy, healthy plants. Who can grow 2000 celery plants? but if I store them, someone else could have had the use of the extra, or I will 'hoard' them until they are viable no more. I feel good to donate my own, and the donations that have come to me have proved how loving and caring all of you other gardeners are.
Lizzie and Rosie have been moving plants at their own expense, as I will send the seeds. I have roped in my partner to move plants from Ayr to Haydock. Rosie is our Main Head Boss and Co-ordinator. But just moving plants between the few forum members who see this thread and can help is not enough. How do we get more publicity? For more seeds and plants, and how to move them? Transport is the prob at the moment. It was suggested a little while back, I forget by whom, that maybe members might wish to contribute just a little into a fund for transport. I could not see how that could work, once the money was to be sent.He suggested that we make a paypal account and nominate a member with responsibility to administrate it, initially for courier payments for moving plants. EG, I have plants ready, but no link to move them. Ring the member responsible, they organise the courier and get the receipt. To save money, perhaps a couple of close-ish members may join to have the courier collect from just one point. ANY ideas gratefully received to save members like Lizzie doing too much Driving, and Rosie having all of the admin and organising to do. Fuel is expensive, and there are far flung members like me who would like to help with well-established plants but cannot afford the carriage alone. Or cannot spare time or fuel, or are just to fer from the next collection point to be able to send useful plants.
One of you out there knows someone with a useful contact. I know we are all asking more than Artjak's original idea, but it is starting to run away on it's own. I have had so much support in seeds from just a tiny fraction of this hugely popular forum. The Grow Your Own forum just recently hit it's first 1 millionth post! This forum must have hit that long ago, looking at just the no of threads on every subject. It is not possible to keep up on here without 'bumps' and notifications.
We are missing a huge audience within the forum. And all of the readers and viewers who never access the forum.
However much we 'Bump' This thread, we are only attracting the same people.
gardenjeannie, we can only do what we can do. I hate the thought of you worrying about this. Perhaps we should all put on our thinking caps and try to improve the situation.
When it comes to plants though, as they are a perishable item if not nurtured, it may be as well if the gardeners down in Somerset are not inundated with too many plants all at once.
Mission accomplished this morning. Met a very nice strange man (thank you Andrew) & his son in the supermarket car park at Street (must stop doing that!) and handed over another car load of plants. I'm assured that the Somerset Level gardeners will be so appreciative of all our efforts.
58 mile round trip so not that far and I knew the route well which helped.
Artjak, no, I'm not wonderful (although it's very nice to be thanked) but just happy to help where I can.
Jeanie - can I ask how many plants have you got ready to go? Is it a boot load? I'm working on an idea.
Lizzie
Lizzie, if you're having ideas I have a boot load ready and awaiting an idea
In the sticks near Peterborough
my husband says my ideas are usually dangerous!
In the sticks near Peterborough
Bumping
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hello everyone, I'm back after manic few days at work (and another stretch coming up, but then I can see light at end of tunnel...). You've all been busy! Well done to Artjak for starting the Transport thread - that is just what we needed.
Well done to CHICKY and BREAK23 for linking up with a plan to get some plants moving west.
And ARTJAK, great news about your Bristol friend, and you are a star for being willing to make such a long trek.
NUT - I know you still need transport help and staging posts - we'll all keep trying on that one. (I wonder if there is anything that could happen about a half-way rendezvous between you and Chicky....perhaps not.)
GJ - still no solution for the Haydock-to-Somerset leg, but we'll keep trying.
Meanwhile, I've sent a few hopeful feelers out on the Somerset Volunteers network asking for transport help. We have an offer from someone who travels to Devon regulalrly, who can pick up from EXETER or NEWTON ABBOT. I know that doesn't help anyone who is posting right now, but perhaps someone else might read this and think they could offer some plants? And at least it shows that there are people willing to help, we just need to keep asking.
I've also sent a message to the Young Farmers group who've been bringing convoys of forage to the Somerset farms - just on the off-chance that if they are making another run they might have some spare space in their lorry cabs! You never know. They're trying to drum up help from haulage firms too, so we might be able to piggyback on that.
At the Somerset end, Andrew has had some more donations of compost so still has supplies for potting on, hoorah.
I'm dashing around the place again now for three or four days so don't be surprised if I'm a bit silent at this end. Then I'll be back in full voice, I promise!
You are all being great. It is so heart-warming to see what a group of individuals can achieve when we all work together!
Rosie
Monday morning bump; have a good week everyone