Moving house - New garden project

Hi.

Will be moving to a new house in the next month or so and the garden is a basically a blank canvas, I would class myself as a novice and would like to grow both flowers as well as Fruit & Veg. The garden is 60ft x 30ft and is south facing, The garden shape is rectangle rather than sqaure and the previous owners have done no planting so it really looks bare. As said i would like to grow fuit and veg as well as flowers, Is it possible to mix the two togther rather than have uniformed beds as such.

Thank you in advance.

 

Hi MB i to have a plot like yours being my first year in our garden with veg i found that for instance i planted runner beans half way down the plot hence those behind didnt recieve the sun so much,so plan the plot with this in mind as im going to do next year,i realise that crop rotation is going to play a part,so i think the following year the tallest veg will be at the forefront so to speak,however i might add that my plot is not open to the sun after 3 o clock,yours may be different,hope this may be of some help,this i might add is from a pure novice point of view,others will no doubt give you a more pro point of view

 

Yes, Mark, it's possible. Only thing is to make sure you know EXACTLY where the edible stuff is, as so many plants are not good to eat, and many are poisonous. It can be a bit risky.

To be on the safe side, I have my veg in a separate bed, a raised one, so everyone knows what's there, and have the poisonous plants or ones with skin irritants at the back, in case of small children being around. FOrtunately several of them are pretty tall, like foxgloves and belladonna.

If you have a look at my thread "We've been here a year" in this section, you can get an idea of what can be done with a blank canvas, if you've plenty of energy! :D

 

Thank you both for your information. I will look at you thread Dendrobium. Hope to post back a few updates as i start to grow the veg.