My name's Lucy, and I'm a complete gardening noob! (I see a different Lucy joined a few days ago, sorry for making things difficult ) I recently acquired my first house with a front and a back garden, and I'm on a quest to get both gardens exactly how I want them! My house is a 1949-build, 2 bedroom semi-detached in a small village in central Fife, Scotland. The Hardiness/Climate zone is 8b, and according to the UK Soil Observatory my soil is (probably) "sandy clay loam" with a ph of between 5 and 6. The front garden is medium-sized, and faces North-North-West; the much larger back garden faces South-South-East, sits on a slope, and soaks up a lot of south-facing sunshine. It also has a "summer house" (not quite a green house), which may come in handy! Both gardens are (currently) mainly laid to lawn, and have some well established shrubs. Ideally I want to split the space in the back garden to include a wee kitchen garden with some edibles and herbs, but keep the front garden as a decorative space. My Mum was always the one with the 'green fingers', but I've never done much beyond helping out a little. I'm joining this forum in the hopes of being able to pick a few brains on my gardening journey!
Good morning @Super Lucyjin and a warm welcome to Gardeners Corner ,what a lovely friendly and informative first post
Hi Lucy! Welcome aboard, and don't worry about being difficult, sowing seeds or confusion, it's all good fun!
Hiya Lucyjin congrats on your new home and the start of your first garden very exciting for you too so a BIG welcome from me another newbie - the GC er's are a luvverly friendly,helpful group like me i'm sure you'll really enjoy the forum
Welcome to the friendliest forum around. Congrats on the new home. With the advice from these great people on here I'm sure your garden will give you so much enjoyment as you Learn along the way. Good luck.
Hi Lucy, Welcome to Gardeners Corner We're a friendly bunch on here and you'll get all the advice you'll ever need
A very warm from me too . Congratulations on your new home, I hope you have unpacked all your boxes! Your garden sounds lovely ask as many questions as you need too, there's lots of lovely people on here who will be only too pleased to help you I shall look forward to hearing all about your garden & maybe seeing a few photos too! Happy gardening
