Overgrown garden

Hi to everyone, I have an overgrown garden size 24ft wide by 58ft long with a paving stone 1 width wide all the way up the centre, also a rundown greenhouse but with now how could make it work again,I need some idea's on how to make and manage this space, I would like to grow some veg but not using all the space, there is a slope from bottom to top but its not to great. I am the only one to be doing any gardening so don't have much time as I work full time as well.

 

Hi Gerry and welcome. Sounds like your gonna have fun with this space. As Marley says a bit more info on what you want from your garden would be helpful.

Any chance you could move that path to make it curved rather than a straight line - and any chance you could upload a picture of your new garden. The "how to " in respect of uploading pictures is as I recall in the section of Members Gallery.

 

What fun to be starting a new garden! One of the first things you need to ask yourself is what plants that are already there do you want to save? Ideally, of course, you'd want to scratch the lot and start afresh to make the grden completely yours (perhaps saving to pots a few plants you don't want to lose).

Many people find it difficult when they move to a new house to get rid of the current plantings - they let the garden rule them rather than ruling the garden themselves. Anything can be changed save the sun aspect and the property boundary lines - just depends on what you're prepared to do. I'd move the path as well - paths can be such fun if they're winding rather than straight - it creates mysterious spaces in your garden, divides it up, and invites people to stroll down it to discover what lies around the next curve.

 

as a jobbing gardener i am often overfaced with overgrown gardens and no idea how much work is involved at the start........
if it is really bad i suggest you get a good gardener to sort out the worst of it and get advice on plants to plant
i use professional hand tools, not the cut price off average quality
can i suggest a list of items which i have, in order of importance/usage
Clearing: loppers, a japanese saw eg www.silkyfox.co.uk, secateurs
Clearance digging: azadas [google]
Digging: stainless steel border spade eg S&J
Tidy:Spring tine fork, rake, hand fork with rt angled tines
Plant: hand trowel and hand fork
As you see this all adds up to quite an outlay ...
if you employ a gardener to sort out the worst of it then you only NEED a border spade or an azadas which can multitask, and a rake
time is one you side..... you can work for an hour every day thru the winter...use house lights! thats add up over a long period
plant potatoes in prepared ground in spring if you want to clear weeds. some varieties have a lot of foliage to help this
gl