Hello from Glasgow

Hi everyone,

I'm a complete beginner in the garden, having lived in flats for about 12 years, recently I found myself in a house with a little garden to call my own.

Probably I'll mostly be here to get some advice when things are going wrong, or to try to avoid things going wrong, or when my dad's (quite good) gardening knowledge can't help.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Jon

 

Hi Jon to GC.

Hope your settled into your new home. You will certainly get the help you need here, everyone is so friendly and at hand to help


I look forward to watching your garden grow and catching up with you in the forums.

 

Thanks!

I thought I should post some before/after shots of my garden to start with. I live in a mid-terrace, and we're on a hill so there's a retaining wall at the back where the street steps up to the next street level, so our garden is quite narrow and small. Big enough for a table and chairs, to store my bike, have a washing line and a wee bit of grass and plants though, so I'm fine with that.

Being in the west coast of Scotland, we get lots of rain, so the grass that was here when we moved in was very mossy and boggy. Additional water draining through the wall didn't help either. With the advice/instructions of my dad, we extended the slabbed area width-wise, put down some decking to the washing line, built a flower bed at the back, put down some new grass (with improved drainage underneath), covered the ugly wall with some bamboo matting and made a little path to allow easy access. Quite happy with it so far

 

Hi and welcome! That's quite a change already - nice one!

 

that looks lovely and such a transformation

 

Hi Jon, welcome from me too. I live in your area and share your pain with the weather. It's been a bad one so far this year so well done on your progress. Keep us updated

 

Welcome to Gardeners Corner

 

Welcome to GC Jon,you've done a great job I rather liked that wall as well though

 

Hi.....welcome to GC

Your garden looks lovely!

 

Hi Jon,

Welcome to Gardeners Corner,



You've made quite a change already, well done

Can't wait to see what else you have in store for the future.

 

Welcome to GC Jon. Your garden is a great improvement!

 

Thanks for the messages everyone

Probably won't be doing anything else in the garden until the spring, but until then I'll be looking around and asking for suggestions and advice!