My first garden!

I welcome all suggestions like this because I have no idea about when to plant things :D I've only ever maintained gardens, I've never really been involved in the planting/propagation stuff. I know trees need planting after september, when they become dormant, but other than that I've no idea

I will go and look at bulbs now, thanks for the advice!

Teaser: I'm currently discussing varieties of trees with a supplier and might be getting a tree delievered soon

 

Hi Ya, the bulbs will start to appear at the garden centres in a couple of months but there's lots of choice on line . Daffodils, tulips, snow drops all Lovely in the spring
Very exciting news about the tree I shall keep my eyes on the thread for news

 

Hi Rad,
You've done a great job there so far

Keep up the good work

 

Me again!

It's STILL raining. Great for my water meter, but I am weary that fungus problems could start to set in if the lawn doesn't dry out a bit.

Anyway, I'm sat inside researching stuff for the garden. @Beckie76 and @Anthony Rogers have been really helpful by teaching me stuff about plants so a special thanks to those two for their efforts! I'm starting to get some plans together now with regards to timing in the garden. I decided to buy a load of bulbs yesterday with the aim of getting some colour in the garden in Spring. I think I've got about 200 bulbs being delivered soon It's somewhere around the 200 mark.

Also, I've settled on the tree! It's going to be a Copper Norway Maple tree. The leaves should turn shades of orange/red/purple in autumn and the trunk is a light colour, which turns purple over time. It's also got some nice red colours in winter! Hoorah! It's 150-180cm tall (5-6ft) and should give a nice bit of height to the garden and help block the view down the drive. I just need to figure out how to put up a fence AND A TREE without disrupting the lawn. The turfers didn't follow my plans to the letter which has messed things up a bit. I might need to attach a fence to a concrete base somehow... sheesh

Anyway, that's making my brain hurt. Back to something simple. I was putting this together at 10:30pm yesterday haha. I did it without making a noise though so it's ok... the neighbours didn't get woken up!



THAT, my friends, is a lovely strawberry planter! It's 4ft wide and each tier will hold 12 strawberry plants. It will allow me to grow 3 types of strawberry (one in each tier) which means I can get strawberries for a longer period of time.

TOP - Christine Strawberry - April/May
MIDDLE - Alice Strawberry - May/June
BOTTOM - Malwina Strawberry - July/August

I will do the usual trick of keeping one or two plants to form runners and use the rest for fruit. That way, I can replace the plants every 3 years to make sure they keep fruiting.

Can't wait for some sun!!! I want to get in the garden and get the raised beds in place

 

Rad I'm a little concerned about your choice of tree. Can you give me it's full name please? The tree I'm thinking of grows to a maximum height of 28 metres which would be far to big for your garden and the roots would sap everything from your soil not allowing anything else to grow.

 

@Radiation91 Fess up which bulbs have you ordered?

 

Go on Beckie, get him told

( Not that we're being nosy of course Lol )

 

Us nosy .....never!!!

 

Yeh, I'm revisiting the tree idea again. The full name is Acer Platanoides Schwedleri. The idea was to limit the amount of root growth by containing it within a root barrier and also do some pruning up top. After talking with an online company, they've said that this would work and I could have a tree which nearly stays at the same height. Starting to doubt how accurate that information was.

I was planning on keeping the tree small, instead of getting a small tree that takes ages to grow to a nice height. Back to the drawing board!

It's an awkward situation where I need to block the view down the drive, but the spot I'm trying to fill is right next to the lawn and right next to a concrete shed-base. It's probably easier for me to take some pics later to show you what I'm trying to do.

 

Yes Ma'am



I lied... it's 260 bulbs, 3 corms and 1 pot

I had to get daffodils... my fiancee LOOOOOVES them so I couldn't resist. I should have them flowering from January until July hopefully. I may have some more to order, once I figure out what perennials are going where. When the plan develops a bit more, I will have a better idea. This was my kickstarter purchase

 

It's all an act... honest You don't think I would've bought a tree that grows to 28m right?

*awkwardly shuffles towards the exit*

 

Lovely choice of bulbs there Rad , I can't wait for your photos in the spring.

 

Well, that'd be a first Armandii