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Hello, I live in France and have recently bought a house with a garden (having moved out of Paris for this reason among others) and ready to personalise it.
It's hard to know where to start really and in terms of timing all the digging should really have been done at the end of last year according to all the things I've read up to now...anyway just started digging up all the brambles at the bottom of the garden where I plan to have my vegetable patch and have just ordered some gardening books (I'm a TOTAL novice) and am interested in looking at planting my vegetable patch with other plants for beneficial results in terms of keeping the creepy crawlies away etc...
If anyone has any classic combinations or ANY tips at all really please feel free as I'm open to any suggestions.
I will update my progress during the year regarding anything that seems to work or not.
My future plot (when I've managed to dig all the brambles out) must be about 20m long by 1m50 wide and not really sure what to plant yet but have thought beetroot, potatoes, carrots, leeks, brussel sprouts...classics I guess!
Not sure if the dimensions of the plot are perfect but the low concrete border is already in place and so I figured that I'd start with that at least for my first year's gardening experience.
I am also a little worried about the brambles...I am digging them out and trying to get as deep as possible (really hard work) but am worried about them growing back from any small root remains left. Also, just over the fence at the bottom of the garden there are more brambles and so think that they will almost definately be coming across to bother me at some stage. I don't want to use any weed killers to kill it off though but perhaps there are some natural methods out there.... If anyone has any tips regarding this, feel free!
Anyway, since I am just starting out and have very little knowledge and/or direction I apologise for the fact that this post is more of a rambling than anything else but I hope that in time I will become a little more organised and concise!
This seems like a great site, so am looking forward to learning and sharing!
It's hard to know where to start really and in terms of timing all the digging should really have been done at the end of last year according to all the things I've read up to now...anyway just started digging up all the brambles at the bottom of the garden where I plan to have my vegetable patch and have just ordered some gardening books (I'm a TOTAL novice) and am interested in looking at planting my vegetable patch with other plants for beneficial results in terms of keeping the creepy crawlies away etc...
If anyone has any classic combinations or ANY tips at all really please feel free as I'm open to any suggestions.
I will update my progress during the year regarding anything that seems to work or not.
My future plot (when I've managed to dig all the brambles out) must be about 20m long by 1m50 wide and not really sure what to plant yet but have thought beetroot, potatoes, carrots, leeks, brussel sprouts...classics I guess!
Not sure if the dimensions of the plot are perfect but the low concrete border is already in place and so I figured that I'd start with that at least for my first year's gardening experience.
I am also a little worried about the brambles...I am digging them out and trying to get as deep as possible (really hard work) but am worried about them growing back from any small root remains left. Also, just over the fence at the bottom of the garden there are more brambles and so think that they will almost definately be coming across to bother me at some stage. I don't want to use any weed killers to kill it off though but perhaps there are some natural methods out there.... If anyone has any tips regarding this, feel free!
Anyway, since I am just starting out and have very little knowledge and/or direction I apologise for the fact that this post is more of a rambling than anything else but I hope that in time I will become a little more organised and concise!
This seems like a great site, so am looking forward to learning and sharing!
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