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  1. Alanna

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    Hello from cumbriaI've recently moved to this beautiful part of the country, so have a brand new blank canvas garden! And I really mean that! There's no lawn it's been rotavated!
     
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      Welcome Alanna to Gardeners Corner. Put kettle on and then lets get down to making a garden for you and yours.
       
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        Welcome to Gardeners Corner Alanna. :) Working with a blank canvas has got to be good, enjoy it!
         
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          Wow thank you I need all the help I can get!!
           
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            I'm looking forward to advice x
             
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              Welcome to the corner Alanna. Looks like you'll have a fun 2020
               
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                Welcome to Gardeners Corner:love30::thumbsup: You're in a beautiful part of the country, Alanna, and very lucky to have a "blank canvas" garden.:coffee:
                 
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                  blank canvas sounds great , have you made any plans yet ?
                   
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                    yes I'm definitely having a Veggy patch need to lay some flags for a path and lay tuff! That's for starters then I can think about pretty things
                     
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                      My only piece of advice, Alanna, would be to collect (with appropriate thanks) the advice of others, but don't be told what to do. Most 'musts' that you'll be given will have disciples of exactly the opposite. In the same way that any budding cyclist will feel obliged to invest in a full set of Lycra, most newbie gardeners have similar leanings towards raised beds and a tunnel, neither of which are really necessary and have disadvantages too. Be your own person.
                       
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                        It's quite a big garden (well it is to me) so will be looking at saving money where I can just going to take my time, like the old saying goes..Rome wasn't built in a day
                         
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                          :sign0016: to GC. I'm looking forward to pictures of your blank canvas.
                           
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                          @Alanna Welcome to GC. :dbgrtmb:

                          What part of Cumbria? The location can make a difference to how you garden. :)

                          Later in the year the Lakeland Horticultural Gardens would be worth a visit. They even run gardening courses. :blue thumb:

                          Good luck with settling in.
                           
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                            West cumbria , thank you
                             
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