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We've been meaning to do this for a while but by the very nature of having a garden there's never any time to do anything else; other than maybe sit back with a cold beer and admire your work
Well we're the Toms family. That's me (Aron) my partner Amanda (although she'll point out I haven't made her an honest women yet so she's a Green) and our little girl Charlotte. We bought what we hope to be our long term family home 18 months ago and not surprisingly when viewing houses on RightMove the first thing we did was click through to the last images to see what the garden was like; it's amazing how estate agents think that "large garden" means something in which you can put an 8 seater table and maybe a few pots.....wrong.
Well eventually we found our dream! A lovely dormer bungalow only 10 minute walk from town and our local on a 1/4 acre south facing plot and a large man cave to boot. The only down side was that the previous owners liked lawn, lawn and more lawn. So no borders
But on the up side we've found out that before they were divided up in the 60's these gardens were on the site of a former market garden so ontop of a clay subbase we have lovely feritle soil.
So here we are 18 months on, we've made a start but still have a long way to go. We're starting to reap the rewards but know that we've made mistakes, but hey that's half the fun...right.
So we look forward to chatting with you all and sharing any tips and stories along the way.
Happy gardening!!
We've been meaning to do this for a while but by the very nature of having a garden there's never any time to do anything else; other than maybe sit back with a cold beer and admire your work
Well we're the Toms family. That's me (Aron) my partner Amanda (although she'll point out I haven't made her an honest women yet so she's a Green) and our little girl Charlotte. We bought what we hope to be our long term family home 18 months ago and not surprisingly when viewing houses on RightMove the first thing we did was click through to the last images to see what the garden was like; it's amazing how estate agents think that "large garden" means something in which you can put an 8 seater table and maybe a few pots.....wrong.
Well eventually we found our dream! A lovely dormer bungalow only 10 minute walk from town and our local on a 1/4 acre south facing plot and a large man cave to boot. The only down side was that the previous owners liked lawn, lawn and more lawn. So no borders
But on the up side we've found out that before they were divided up in the 60's these gardens were on the site of a former market garden so ontop of a clay subbase we have lovely feritle soil.
So here we are 18 months on, we've made a start but still have a long way to go. We're starting to reap the rewards but know that we've made mistakes, but hey that's half the fun...right.
So we look forward to chatting with you all and sharing any tips and stories along the way.
Happy gardening!!
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