New Garden, New Post

Farewell Patio Garden

Last year my gardening fell by the wayside and I've just realised that there isn't a single post on this blog for 2013. That's not without reason though - we bought a house and that rather took over my summer. Nothing new was planted, but on the plus side nothing old was left behind.  With some help from our lovely removal van, and several trips in my Fiesta to move all the dirty, awkward stuff, I successfully moved every last bit of my "garden" to our new home.

A New Garden (before my pots moved in!)

The good news is that my new house has a "real" garden, with grass, and flower beds, and even trees .... It's been 10 years since I moved out of mum & dad's and since leaving home this is the first time I've had my own bit of grass to walk on.

And that's not all - I never expected to get one of these... but I even have some front garden too!

My project for this year is going to be to plant out that front garden - we've discovered that there are some bulbs hiding in the borders but there's no structure to it so my plan is to fill the flowerbeds with some shrubs and perennials to add some continuing interest.

That's not to say that my fruit and veggies will be neglected though. I still have a patio... and pots... and whilst I'm not expanding them this year I'm certainly going to be filling them.

My fruit has come through the winter largely unscathed and I have a a cherry tree, a redcurrant bush, a blackberry bush, some raspberries and some gooseberries, a ton of strawberries and possibly a blueberry (although that one may be beyond rescuing).

I've also planted out some broad beans and I have peas and mangetout on their way.

I was tempted by plug plants this year but I have so many seeds that I decided to try making my own! I have dug out my seed trays and currently have mixed lettuce, radishes, leaf beet, butternut squash, chillis and various herbs growing.