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Lynd's garden notebook.

Blog entry posted by Linz, Mar 19, 2016.

After reading over a few peoples diarys, blogs, garden threads, I've decided to do my own as I'm really not sure how this year is gonna pan out!
Over the last few years, my interest in the garden/flowers/fruit has grown massively, I used to think having a nice lawn, hanging baskets out the front and a pot of strawbs was everything until I found dahlias and boxes/packs of wildflowers seed and from there I became hooked! :wub2:
However there's bit of a problem, we're not sure if we'll be here by the end of the year and it's putting me off doing anything major to the garden like putting up more walls/fences, putting borders in/veg patch or even putting my raspberries and apple tree in as I just don't want to spend the money if I'm not here (and if I put bean poles up will next doors kids deliberately boot balls at it?!:gaah:)
So, I have decided not to do the block wall at the back and just chuck one of those bamboo screens up, pants I know, but its better than looking at the weedy banking at the back! I really need somewhere to put things I have bought, buying in compo every year for my pots is getting quite expensive as the number of pots (and size on them) is growing year on year.. so think it would suit me better to sticking a lot of what I have in the ground which brings me back to, am I going to be here in a years time?! The best place to put a border, I think, is at the back but I have put a magnolia (twiglet), a camellia, few spanish bluebells and another tree (no idea what it is) just stuck in the edge of lawn so obviously these would need to come up if I was to do the bed.. don't want to put it down either side, as one side is too long with a pants chain link fence (again do I put bamboo between me and my lovely neighbour or not bother as I like her and it'll just be a waste of money, last year I grew sweet peas up the fence) and the other side has a shoddy pallet fence which could blow over at any given time and annoying kids (and parents).
The front garden is a sloped lawn either side of some steps leading up to the house, and not really ideal for borders. Did have a wildflower patch on one side 2 years ago but didn't like the maintenance with weeding and how it looked in winter, so lawned it over and dotted a lupin, fuschia, spanish bluebells, alliums and perennial cornflower in.
Ahh decisions :scratch: :dunno: ( I don't like them!!)
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