Hello world!

New Year - New aims

My 2012 aim is contentment . . with my life, my home, my job and with my new passion gardening and blogging i hope.  So for 2012 I will be blogging about my garden the trails and new bits and achievements as I get to move into my 2nd year gardening and first whole year fruit and veg gardening.  I am hoping to include photography and my other hobbies as well.

 

So on the lovely snowy day (2nd weekend running) i will take a stock of what i have got and what i want to do in the garden this year.

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I currently have no greenhouse but an empty Cat pen ( We foster cats for the local RSPCA as well) this pen will be leaving soon which hopefully will leave me with space for a greenhouse and some fruit trees in large pots.

My Garden currently looks like this:-

• Five 1msq raised beds with kit to add a sixth


• Paved area for pots alongside south facing fence.  I did have some beds here last year, but unfortunately neighbour has leylandii hedge alongside fence and two climbers that grow over the fence.  I have to trim the climber down 3/4 times last year and makes having crops in the bed difficulty.  So this year I am going to use the area for Potato bags and Tom in pots so I can move them around., when the hedge trimmer needs to come out.

• I have a former slated area near shed which will be more fruit bush area, and there is a small garden out front that I may put some fruit bushes in to.


• Strawberry bed from last year


• Corner bed opposite strawberry that has cottage flowers in which will stay.

So that's my little paradise, a bit frozen today a but hopefully productive by June.