Me and the misses have been getting well into our garden over the last couple of years. We got a fairly good base when we moved in 5years ago, as the old boy who lived there was well into his gardening. Unfortunately the tennants who lived there for two years between the old boy dying and the house being bought by us pretty much let it go to rack and ruin.
So, having a young puppy, we did everything in pots for a couple of years. This gave us the chance to get green without the stress of the dog ruining things.
Last year, with the drought, we figured that it would all be better off on the ground as the grouns holds more water than the pots. Also, because we moved the shed, and felt that turf/seed would be a nightmare to keep watered, we created a mini “brighton beach” using 40mm stones.
This year, the bug has bitten deeper and we have created another bed, and further extended the beach…great for barbies; too big for the cat to poo on it, and it doesn’t need cutting.
As for the planting, we are mostly into flowers and shrubs, as the misses is a trained colourist (for hair) she has a good eye for plant/flower colours too!.
Our favourites include Lillies, Buddlea (sp?), hollyhocks, roses (we now have six – with a set of climbers going in this autumn), digitalis (love that name) etc. Colours are purple. pink, cream and white, with no yellows reds or oranges.
The guys at work take the piss hard, but I say “gardening is the new rave” so it keeps em smiling.
We may well go for some veg/foodstuffs next year, but at the moment, we just love the flowers…
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