My first proper garden

Hello

We've got our first house and with it comes our first garden!!! My girlfriend has moved there permanently this weekend and I'll be jumping back and forth across the Solent from London. She's in charge of the house and I'm in charge of the garden. Here are some photos we took a few weeks ago when we got the keys. We've since chopped down the grass that was tickling our knees (the dog wasn't happy as he'd been enjoying himself frolicking around in it). I'll try and take some more photos of the progress when I next get down there.



My beautiful little man enjoying his new playground and my new potting shed!



Down at the bottom of the garden where we found an old vegetable plot (that may be a cardoon or a thistle I'm not sure) and lots of garden mint.




Lots to do and I can't wait to do more digging. I've put a little temporary seed bed for some rooted cuttings and plants that were itching to get into some soil and out of their pots. Hopefully they'll have survived being abandoned these past couple of weeks but they would have died in the pots so fingers crossed.

Craig

 

Lovely garden Craig, gorgeous dog also, :thumb:
I think you have Loads of hard work ahead of you:rolleyes: but in time you could have a fantastic garden... stick with us and we will help you along the way, Thats why were here..Dee..

 

Loads of space :thumb: Take your time and enjoy it :D

 

Craig, lots of work to do but think of it as a blank canvas. good size too. Keep us posted. Good luck.

cheers

 

Good Luck Looks like it'll keep u out of mischief for a while :D

 

Hi Craig the good news is that you haven't any huge rubbish to remove off your new plot although the bad news is having to choose what design or style you want to go for which I always think is really far much harder work than any manual labour that one has to do to get things right...or is that just me who thinks that way?

Good luck and happy gardening and remember it's got to be a pet friendly garden too for your stunning fur baby! Hel.xxx.

 

Wonderful to get your first plot Craig It certainly is a blank canvas and for now I would just keep it mown and spend a lot of time looking at other gardens in the area noting plants and designs. Those conifers would have to go for sure!!
Enjoy the journey mate....walk,don't run!

 

The conifers belong to next door, apparently they should be gone by the time I move in next week - apparently used to be a hedge (aren't they all?) and they've been systematically removing them all around their back garden. Unfortunately they may be putting more back in. The garden in planned (split equally between my veg plot, the dog's lawn and my girlfriend's patio for entertaining). I've got three weeks this summer just to play in it and very much looking forward to it.

Went to Hampton Court last weekend and had a good look around - very jealous of all the beautiful ones on show - lots to aim for!

 

Great size Craig.it's time for you to sit on your overgrown lawn with a nice beer and relax before the hard work starts,and I should emagine it's going to last a while so get a rest in now while you can mate.Keep us posted with it all and we will try to encourage you along.

 

The house is my girlfriend's domain - I daren't get too involved. We did a weekend of sitting in it (well on it - we didn't have any chairs) so now I'm looking forward to sitting in it looking at how much digging I've done and trying not to think about how sore I'll be the next day. Maybe another beer would help that.

You can't quite see the sea from the front (I think the sky was just very blue that day) but if you go to the top of the hill behind us you can see all along the coast.

Apparently the things I planted and the pots I abandoned are all still alive so good news. Going to go to some NGS gardens for a good nosy around at what likes the area (plus some front garden peeking)

 

Nice sized space. A good mow of the grass and it will imediately look a lot better and more cared for.

Try and work out a plan even if it changes, its still a good idea to try to have some ideas worked out. I would be tempted to see if the shed would move down to the bottom corner so its out of the way, although that may be a big job as it looks bigger and more sturdy than average.

Good luck

 

I think I'm on version 8 of the master plan (just need a white cat and a swivelling chair!) and I keep changing things (especially after going to hampton court flower show). It's easier to rub out pencil than to re-dig I suppose.

My first thought was to move the shed as well - at the bottom of the garden would really open it up but the thing is solid. I was thinking about joining a rugby team just for the man-power. It's also got power from the house so at least it's convenient. It'll look okay once I get other things done.

We'v done a second cut (I say we, I'm a few miles away so my gf did the honours) so it should be looking loved when I get there.

 

Happy to donate seeds from what I have.

lovely garden and it is so nice to have a blank canvas to work from.
I don't envy you the digging but think of it as exercise, at least that is what I tell myself.