muppet alert!

Hi, i don't know how it happened, maybe it's an age thing. My garden was a jungle and we needed to move. ******... need to sort the garden. Major earth moving and landscaping but i enjoyed the visible change.
Anyway, new house new problems. Dug out full skip of soil to sink shed to patio level. Father in law started fettling the garden. As we were busy inside the house we left him too it. He became unwell and died, taking with him many years of knowledge and experience i could not call upon. It seemed a crime to let it go after his hard work so i dabbled here and there tidying and fettling. Before long i was hooked. However my guru has gone, this is where you lot come in. I've bought and read several books and had mixed success in my first full year.
Looking forward to seeing what next season brings.
My fingers seem brown after gardening not green, is this a common problem and do they turn green with experience?
Cheers

 

Hi and welcome exlabman.

Have you a plan for what you want to do?

Everything depends on so many factors, but a good start would be to post a photo together with a few ideas of your own.

 

No major plans, mainly maintainance with some spring bulbs to go into beds between shrubs before next years bedding plants go in. Pots are on patio for some bedding plants. Thinking of removing some conifers that are too big for their beds, tried cutting back but still too big .
Put bedding plants out too early and too close together this year but i'm learning. Kept worst off with bububble wrap but still some damage.

 

Hi there and Welcome.