Big hopes.....

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    Hi Everyone
    I've been a dabbling gardener for many years - but in March I moved and acquired a large garden which had been untouched for 7 years. I had help to strim it all back, and found compost bins, dustbins, over 400 flowerpots.....and 3 beds with concrete paths round them. It is now a large "lawn" which takes over 2 hours to mow, 1 bed properly cleared, dug and covered with weed resistant fabric (which badgers now have fun shredding, grrrr) 1 bed awaiting fruit trees next year and 1 bed awaiting more decorative ground cover than weeds.
    As a large amount of weedkiller has been involved, I have to be patient and restrain myself to planning for planting next spring, so I am looking for ideas and tips in these very interesting forums.
    I went to Merriments today and managed to confine my purchases to a small bay tree - can't wait till Spring!!!
     
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      Hi
      Welcome to GC
      All sounds great any chance of photo's and a good way at looking back of what you have achieved also putting in your avatar roughly where you live will help if you have any questions

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        Welcome to GC @JJ28 :sign0016:

        We love photos here, so hopefully you will get a chance to post some of your garden at some point, and I am sure you will get plenty of good advice and inspiration here :)

        In the meantime, have a browse around the forums and enjoy getting to know everyone, and becoming part of the GC family :)

        If you need any help with using the forum, just ask and either the site staff or the members will be happy to help :)
         
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        Welcome to Gardeners Corner JJ28. We have members that are gardening on a similar scale to you and no doubt will interact with you along the way. There is a great deal of knowledge amongst members here and all are willing to give advice if and when needed. :)
         
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        Hi JJ, welcome to Gardeners Corner.:thumbsup::snork: Yep, patience is needed with gardening, along with impulse buying and a smile even when you know you shouldn't have:heehee:
         
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          Welcome to GC JJ.:dbgrtmb: You'll enjoy it here:spinning:

          I wished you'd told me that when I joined ARMANDII:doh:;)
           
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            Good evening JJ and welcome to Gardeners Corner:smile:

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            You're a lost cause with Impulse buying, loli, I saw you at Shiney's!!!:heehee: Plus, I never saw you without a smile!!:snork:
             
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              Hello again everyone, thank you for the lovely welcomes.
              I did actually have the presence of mind to take "before" pictures while the garden was at its - hopefully - worst. BUT....can't get from camera to computer, so no chance of putting on here, sorry. I'm technophobe rather than technofile unfortunately.
               
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                Never fear :)

                There are a number of us here who are more than willing to work through the process with you to get photos posted if you wish, either via PM or even email. I am one of those who is willing to help, so if you do decide you want help, please feel free to get in touch by PM when you are ready. @ARMANDII is one of our resident camera experts, and I am sure that he will help you too (he has been a tremendous help to me on more than one occasion when it comes to camera stuff - but don't tell him I said so or I will end up buying the Jammie Dodgers for the GC office again :biggrin:)
                 
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                  Hi JJ, what camera do you have? Did you get it new? If so there should have been a USB cable supplied with it which you can connect the camera to the Computer......have you got one of those??:scratch::snork: I'm no expert just an amateur who likes to walk around with a camera in his hand and learning all the time, but let's see if we can help in anyway.:snork:
                   
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