What are your gardening projects for 2015?

I've been here 4 yrs now and it would be nice to sit out and enjoy the garden, just not in that state ! I don't drive so can't do tip runs and don't have anybody who can help me clear the rubbish and dig it all over to level it. My health is ok apart from a bad back, which sometimes restricts me. Anyway enough rambling, thanks for the advice

 

Garden Newbie, what an exciting time you have ahead of you. I'm very sure once you get going you will make really good progress. As the others have said just do a piece at a time & if you don't get it all done this year you can do some next year, there's no hurry. I can just imagine some lovely flower beds & a nice bench for you to sit out on with a cuppa. Good luck with it & do keep posting photos of your progress

 

Garden-newbie.....maybe you could hire a skip and clear out any surface rubbish and then bring in a mini digger to skim everything off the surface to give a clean start. With a bad back manual digging will not be easy.

 

Do you have a horticultural college anywhere nearby? Or any college which runs a gardening course? Perhaps a local gardening society/group? If so, see if they have any students who would be willing to help you make a start on it or help with some clearing.
The first house I lived in had an overgrown garden so I had a garden party: invited people to come with their tools and I would supply the food and drink. Once it was cleared I kept up with mowing but that was all I did at that time. Maybe people at work would help? Neighbours?

Check your local council website and see if they offer a garden waste home collection service.

You have so much potential with your garden but the first thing I would do, is to move the compost Darlek so that it doesn't dominate the central space. Is that a patio area between the shrubs and house (beside the green shed)? Maybe begin there and get that to your liking and then work your way towards the back.

I'm sure you have lots of ideas already.

 

Hi G/N, sorry to hear about your back, I know the frustration when it restricts you from forging ahead, there's nothing worse than wanting to get stuck in but not being able to. Do you have Streetbank in your area? You can do skill swap on there I believe, ie, somebody will come and dig your garden over if you bake a birthday cake for their daughter and keep them supplied in rhubarb, or some such thing. I haven't personally used them, but I do think it's a really fabulous idea and costs nothing. We've all got something we're good at and it could be exactly what somebody else is looking for x

 

I am a design student who is very interested in gardening, if you have time would you be able to fill out a quick survey for me please, its only few questions. The survey is on types of spaces in the garden that aren't being used. when the website lets me post the survey would you be able to fill it in for me please?
Thanks George

 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JMQPZJJ
here is the survey would you be kind enough to spare 1 minute filling it out please

 

Hi George,

I'm looking for some advice I have a brick built planter that runs the length of my garden, it's partly shady (in the morning) and currently I have it planted up with a couple of palms and bits and bobs. I'm really stuck to know what to do with it because it's only 3ft wide so I can't figure out how to add depth/interest to the bed.

I'm willing to spend a bit of money on it buying plants to fill in the gaps or ones that would be better suited to the area, would you be able to offer me any advice please? I am very keen to learn but I have no idea what plants to buy!

The bed is in a right mess and it's currently more of a holding area until I can figure out what to so with it, I can't figure out how to send a picture on here?

Can you help please?

Thanks,

Ash

 

Done. Vertical gardening with hydroponics will be the new boom in gardening if the right products come to market I think.
Giving it a go myself this summer for tumbling tomatoes.