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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2012 13:28:35 GMT
for my blank garden Attachments:
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Post by stockslave on Jan 13, 2012 13:34:04 GMT
Very nice, that will smell delightful
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Post by rgsp on Jan 14, 2012 8:53:04 GMT
Now find the right spot for it!
Joyce, if your garden soil is clay, I'd strongly suggest getting rather a lot of horticultural grit before you start planting: 25 to 50 kg per square metre isn't excessive. Dig it in if you like, but it makes as good a weed suppressing mulch as anything else for some months, and disappears into the soil via worm action over a year or so anyway. Organic matter is of course excellent for improving heavy soils, but you need HUGE amounts to have much effect, and you need it every year. Once the horti grit is in place it stays there for ever, and lets you grow a wider range of plants via the improved drainage and soil aeration, and you can add as much organic matter as you can easily get.
By the way, snob horti grit is crushed gravel, and screened to about 2 - 6 mm, and is quite expensive - £120/tonne ish. If you accept 2 - 8 mm directly screened gravel, it does exactly the same job, but shouldn't cost more than about £25/tonne. The frequently heard statement that you need really sharp aggregate is simply untrue.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2012 11:24:57 GMT
Thanks for the info RGSP - land here is slightly acid, red sandy loam - might be a bit different in the lower part of the village, which used to be wetter. Our family's 'tame' garden expert is coming over tomorrow to have a look-see and give some advice/help on the spot.... he's been in local business for many years, following in his father's footsteps and I will need some help on structuring the garden too. From the house looking over the garden one is facing slightly south of east. I'm going to do a photo diary of it's evolution edit to change direction
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Post by matthew on Jan 15, 2012 19:55:36 GMT
Thanks for the info RGSP - land here is slightly acid, red sandy loam - might be a bit different in the lower part of the village, which used to be wetter. Our family's 'tame' garden expert is coming over tomorrow to have a look-see and give some advice/help on the spot.... he's been in local business for many years, following in his father's footsteps and I will need some help on structuring the garden too. From the house looking over the garden one is facing slightly north of east. I'm going to do a photo diary of it's evolution Look forward to that.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2012 18:37:26 GMT
Jasmine is still awaiting position, but is now in a bigger pot. These are snaps of the blank sheet - taken Feb 20th.... new shed in place and chicken hut temporarily dumped!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2012 20:23:52 GMT
Taken a couple of days ago.......... flowering cherry has been beautiful, though a bit bedraggled now after its wash. Dog TV in place, or rather places, as it is moved a bit each day. Electric netting arrived and needs setting up properly further down the garden where a pile of earth still awaits moving to the top corner! Rasps are planted on the RHS and roses on the left..... all sprouting well
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Post by rgsp on Apr 25, 2012 22:03:51 GMT
That looks like a very nice garden to be taking over Joyce. Small enough to be manageable for things like hand weeding, but big enough to keep you busy and give a lot of satisfaction. Those high-ish fences are going to give you lots of opportunities for both ornamental climbers and all sorts of cane/vine and other top fruits.
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Post by wr on May 7, 2012 8:09:33 GMT
Nice shed. That would make a lot of "old boys" with allotments very envious
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2012 19:20:05 GMT
Nice shed. That would make a lot of "old boys" with allotments very envious ;D
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2012 19:22:07 GMT
That looks like a very nice garden to be taking over Joyce. Small enough to be manageable for things like hand weeding, but big enough to keep you busy and give a lot of satisfaction. Those high-ish fences are going to give you lots of opportunities for both ornamental climbers and all sorts of cane/vine and other top fruits. It is RGSP - 30 feet by 80 feet is plenty! The first present of a yellow jasmine is now planted here with a purple clematis and a couple of ground cover plants - blocks are temporary anti-dog protection! The gnome is inherited and the plants to the right are a shrub rose called Joyce's Joy [couldn't not buy that could I?] and a forgetmenot from the old house garden. Plenty of grit and compost went in also
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2012 14:34:29 GMT
Taken yesterday Not bad for a bare root this spring
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2012 14:49:25 GMT
Iris is starting to make the bed, with poppies, delphiniums and a climbing rose Photos below 9th June: Plum tree with a few plums I've left on it Rasps plus baler twine I do now have some proper green stuff Sweetpeas had to be covered because sparrows were busy! Jasmine and purple clematis settling in. Taking cover - from the downpours!
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Post by colliemaid on Jun 20, 2012 17:05:17 GMT
it's really looking differrent ,you're not going to know yourself after having to grow things up here
it's the one thing i miss
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2012 17:41:55 GMT
I made a good but very wild garden up there too, Colliemaid so you're not getting off with excuses But you're right too, it is very different - my attitude there was that if it grew like a weed down here, then it would probably grow up there - big differences years ago were the hard frosts down here, which are not so common now, and the fierce winds there of course. here: www.farmingdiscussions.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=gardens&action=display&thread=3966
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