Garden Ideas

[RowanStar]

Here are some pics of my garden, but i'm not sure what to do with it, i want something that's easy to look after once i figured out what i'm doing with it, we are on a very low budget aswell, any ideas will be grate

[MrsC]

Hi RowanStar, is you garden north/south facing etc? What would you like to grow in particular?

[RowanStar]

ummm south i think mate lol, i'm not sure what i want to grow really, there's sooooo many things i want to do lol, something that is easy and don't need alot of work lol

[MrsC]

ummm south i think mate lol, i'm not sure what i want to grow really, there's sooooo many things i want to do lol, something that is easy and don't need alot of work lol

lol, are you sure you like gardening? My garden is now in its 6th year, it was a mess (yours isn't) from what I can see in the pics. Mine is now fairly established and pretty easy to keep on top of. I could tell you lots of ideas for the garden but it would be how I woud want it. If you're looking for an easy to maintain garden then a lawn and a few simple beds round the edges. I wouldn't do that, but it's not my garden, it's yours. You could tidy up and dig out some borders all the way round, plant and then overlay with weed supressant (sp) and mulch maybe. You need to say what you would like to see. do you want to grow veg/fruit/herbs/flowers? Also, BBQ area/patio?

[MrsC]

Rowan, I have a few pics in my album from last year of my garden (in its 5th year) it will look totally different again this year as I have been doing lots more work. My garden had nothing in it except some established and very overgrown trees and lots of concrete and rubbish. Take a look and see if there is something you can see that I can advise you on. Must admit it isn't a full view of my garden. Need to add some more pics this year!

[RowanStar]

whay i was thinking was for the left side whn looking out the door is making a border going most of the way down and plant large shrubbery so it can cover the crap fencing with flowers at the front, the divide the garden into 3 sections, at the bottom of the garden i wouldn't mind like a wildlife area, then the middle section do like herbs ands veg, and leave the last section for the lawn

[MrsC]

Ok, you could put some Laurel or similar down the left side to cover the fence, after a few years you could shape it, so it becomes the fence if you know what I mean. You might be able to repair the fence with some timber if you have any to tidy it up in the meantime whilst you're waiting for the shrubs to grow. I only built my wildlife pond last year (in a day) I dug out part of the lawn and then put in some pond liner (cost about £20) it's about 7' x 5' and then edge with stone (which I've got loads of in the garden) you could just place the grass back over it as an edging if you want. You can make log piles and insect boxes for the wildlife area also. You could build raised beds for the veggy bit (scaffold boards or decking boards) if you can get some free all the better! Whatabout an archway from the lawn leading to the rest of the garden (metal one - Wilko's do them cheap) and growing a climber up each side. If you can get cuttings from family or friends etc then I would advise you to do this. You could grow a few flowers from seed also. Check out the seed swap forum. Depends how much of a budget you're on, do you have a local Freecycle group? I noticed the Leylandii trees (are they can't see clearly from pics) on the right? If you don't need get rid, they're ok at the bottom of the garden but they really dry out the soil and are a pain in the backside in a smaller garden. Hope this helps

[RowanStar]

Garden Ideas

I was thinking about getting couple of archways, and getting some climbing flowers to grow on/over them, luckily i get alot of different plants from my mum, so that makes it abit cheaper. i'm not going to do a pond, in the wildlife area. Yes the trees are on the right, here's a idea of how i want the garden to look like haha

[RedThorn]

Perhaps some chickens.....? careful they're addictive!

[RowanStar]

yeah be fun trying to catch them lol

[RedThorn]

open the door and they come running.... they're just tarts for a person with grapes!

[MrsC]

So what are you thinking of doing with the bit under the trees?

[RowanStar]

i was just gonna leave them and make them into like part of the wildlife place really,

[Jardiniere]

i'm not saying anything.....but will be watching progress!!!!!!

[RowanStar]

Jardiniere, may i ask (without causing offence) why you're saying nothing? lol