Hello there!

Hi guys, I'm Beth and I'm currently renovating my garden. I know, in June, really? But I've only recently got into gardening after helping my mum do hers up and plant all her bits and bobs and now I'm wanting to do mine.

My garden doesn't have the greatest quality soil and so I think I'm going to topsoil it but I hope it's not too late. I know I can plant later in the year but am I too late to actually start it?

Forums are a lot better to get opinions because I think any company will just want me to buy their products.

So if anyone has any advice that'd be great!!

Thank you & it's lovely to be here

 

Welcome to Gardeners Corner

Never too late, depends on what you want to grow

 

Welcome to GC Bethany Enjoy...

 

hello and welcome

Dont worry not too late i didn't plant things until august/sept/october last year in the new bed i dug out and they are all doing really well

just depends what you want :-)

 

Hi Bethany,
Welcome to Gardeners Corner.

Now is quite a good time to start planning for next year, plenty of seeds you can sow ( I've currently got over 20 sorts on the go).
Also a good time for cuttings etc

Good luck and remember we're all here for you

 

Hi ..welcome to GC It's not too late. Go for it!

 

welcome to the forum, you will soon get the bug fast What kind of garden do you have at the minute and what would you like to gain from your garden?

Enjoy your stay here

Jamie

 

Hi Beth you have certainly come to the right place for advice, like you I'm still doing in June so hopefully, can expect a good garden next year

I've used a lot of annuals to bring colour into the garden this year hoping next year, after all the planting, it will bring its own colour.

Everyone is so helful and friendly and I'm certain all your questions will be answered and look forward to watching your project grow

 

Welcome to Gardeners Corner Bethany.

 

Hi and welcome! I really hope it's not too late, as I'm in exactly the same situation (except with no topsoil, because it was all removed 2 years ago ) so here's to garden improvements in June! Looking forward to seeing what you decide to do

 

Hello and welcome!!

I can relate to the "when to start?", and also to the "what, no soil?!". We moved here on 1st August, but I still put as many plants in the ground as I could - easier to keep them watered in the ground, than in quick-to-dry-out pots. In digging 'oles, I discovered that we have sand, rather than soil. I have coped with this by digging v large planting holes, filling them with compost (we were fortunate to have a huge old compost pile in an overgrown corner), mixing in to the existing soil with a garden fork, then planting in that. Seems to have worked!!

 

welcome to the Forum Bethany, I'm quite new too.

Some 'shorts' of advice.....

If you see something you like somewhere make a note of it and take a photo... also a cutting if you can. You'll be pleased to have one of your own in your garden.

Take a drive into the country to pick up some Manure and find a 'hidden' spot for it in a corner of the garden to mature for a year; that'll improve your soil no end. Have some empty 25Kg Builders Bags in the car (it often works on a 'take a full one free, but leave an empty one please' basis) and something to prevent any smelly liquids messing up your car; or hitch up a trailer if you've got one

Do a bit at a time; over-doing it is probably the quickest & easiest way for it to stop being fun

At the moment I'm delighted with the progress of a Rhododendron I bought, inspired by one in the Holiday Park we stayed at recently (see my previous posts)