"N. van Burgsteden" wrote
Hello,
Because of the lack of good newsgroups in the Netherlands, I have
decided to
see what this one could bring...

Welcome to URG Marco.
I am British but have lived in Holland for the past 30 odd
years..........I agree with you that the Dutch newsgroups are not very
good !!
They are friendly enough but the level of knowledge is not as deep as
here in URG :~)) Maybe gardeners here are less inclined to grow their
own seeds, do cuttings etc because plants are so cheap here in the
Netherlands.

My garden home page
:http://members.rott.chello.nl/ldejag...ex.welcome.htm

the climate is comparable, maybe the soil
types differ, but I think that this newsgroup could help me in case
of plant
trouble. British ppl do have a name for good gardens!

Soil and climate are indeed comparable with certain parts of the UK.
And weather wise, we mostly get what Britain gad yesterday.

As I said, my back yard is in Holland, in the city called Ede. Sandy
ground,
low ground water level and a very moderate climate, with quite a lot
of
rain.

I'm in Rotterdam now, but lived for some time in Dalfsen, Wapenveld
and Hattem :~)

Last november/december we put up a new fence around the garden, and
stripped it from everything, except for a trunk of Robinia Acacia
with all
roots still intact. I plan to jerk that one out next spring.

Do you have a home page where you could show us your garden ??
If so you could also join the URG webring.

So... I'll see if anything useful pops up, and let you know how my
gardening
efforts are working out. I won't be posting a lot, because I don't
have a
lot of spare time. Greetings,
Marco van Burgsteden (using the email adress of his wife)

Make time to pop in Marco, I'm sure you will find this a very useful
and friendly group :~)
BTW The URG homepage can be found at :
http://www.tmac.clara.net/urgring/index.htm
Jenny