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Hi there everyone!
I am new to gardening properly, after having moved house last August. My old house was heavy clay soil, un maintainably large, and covered in almost every kind of weed known in the UK (No Japanese knottweed, but with the area, I'm sure it would have only be a matter of time) I managed to grow three currant bushes shortly before we moved, and a ballerina apple in a pot.
In the new house, the garden is small (Smaller than a tennis court), but surrounded by 10 foot walls - one which is completely south facing with unobstructed views of the sky. It has three fruit trees growing against that wall (Conference pear, ???apple, victoria plum) And a combination of summer and autumn fruiting raspberries. Possibly a very old fruiting cherry which was topped a few years ago (But only judging that from the size of the flowers - fairly small and only single petaled) The house was built over old allotments about 100ish years ago, and quite a lot of the previous owners were keen fruit gardeners.
I am a seamstress specialising in costume making, and am learning Japanese in my spare spare time.
I guess.. although I always had an interest in gardening and eating fruits and vegetables, this is the first time I've had a garden that I can actually use to grow anything other than grass, weeds, and purple flowering geraniums. And with the kinds of plants the new house has, it's been thrust upon me (Although it's quite welcome!)
But, ah, I never know how to make these introduction posts.
I am new to gardening properly, after having moved house last August. My old house was heavy clay soil, un maintainably large, and covered in almost every kind of weed known in the UK (No Japanese knottweed, but with the area, I'm sure it would have only be a matter of time) I managed to grow three currant bushes shortly before we moved, and a ballerina apple in a pot.
In the new house, the garden is small (Smaller than a tennis court), but surrounded by 10 foot walls - one which is completely south facing with unobstructed views of the sky. It has three fruit trees growing against that wall (Conference pear, ???apple, victoria plum) And a combination of summer and autumn fruiting raspberries. Possibly a very old fruiting cherry which was topped a few years ago (But only judging that from the size of the flowers - fairly small and only single petaled) The house was built over old allotments about 100ish years ago, and quite a lot of the previous owners were keen fruit gardeners.
I am a seamstress specialising in costume making, and am learning Japanese in my spare spare time.
I guess.. although I always had an interest in gardening and eating fruits and vegetables, this is the first time I've had a garden that I can actually use to grow anything other than grass, weeds, and purple flowering geraniums. And with the kinds of plants the new house has, it's been thrust upon me (Although it's quite welcome!)
But, ah, I never know how to make these introduction posts.
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