Beds

Beds

I have several beds this one is the front Garden. Last week I removed 2 Lavander bushes from this bed to the back garden.

Here are the 2 lavender bushes on the right of the picture. This is a very shaded area but it is too dry to support most plants. The Lavender plants suffered in the front garden getting too wet (not surprising with this year being the wettest on record) so I am hoping that they will thrive here.

This is the new bed that I have just dug. Not a lot to look at at the moment but this is the part of the garden with the most direct sun so I am hoping that the bed is going to be spectacular this summer. When you dig a new bed you disturb the seeds that are in the ground so You find that you have a flush of weeds that will all come up.

I have planted bulbs in this bed ready to flower between May to October but I wont plant anything else here for a few weeks until the weeds have been dealt with. When all the weeds have germinated I will remove them in one go.

This is my fruit patch. There would normally be a rhubarb plant on the left (Please come back in the summer). Then Strawberries and in the cold frame are 2 fuchsias. I am considering removing the Strawberries at the moment. I feel that this would be a good bed to plant some flowers maybe a wild flower mix. I have been thinking about moving the strawberries into so large pipe I've found cutting holes in it and standing it vertically

This is the west wall so will receive a lot of summer sun. 

Challenge and garden layout

Time to start a new Blog I guess so I have decided to create one about my Garden in Newport Pagnell.

In December my wife turned to me and said “We have lived in this house for 5 Years and you have done virtually nothing with the garden don’t you think its about time you did something with it…”

CHALLENGE EXCEPTED and why stop at the front garden?

OK Step 1 planning

My Garden Layout

Here is the layout of the Front and Back Garden. The house is on a north South Access but unfortunately the back garden is facing away from the sun. On the plus side the front Garden and the far wall that is visible from the lounge is going to look amazing.

First step so far. Last year I planted 2 Lavender plants and a whole load of perennial plants in a bed in the front Garden. so I have moved the Lavender to the back garden they have suffered this winter with too much water the area I have moved them to tends to be very dry as the overhang of the garage roof is very close.

Clear the front garden making space for bulbs create a new flower bed on the back 11M wall