My first garden :)

Hi all

So been living at this house for three months, first place ive lived with a garden and im really looking forward to making it nice.

Only problem is i have no idea what im doing, growing plants wise.
I am a carpenter by trade at least, so i have no problem building anything in the garden and have a garage chocked full of timber and building materials left over from jobs. Im currently putting together a large L shaped raised bed made from old floor joists around the perimeter.

So i signed up to get some good ideas and advice.

Thanks for reading
Gary

 

Thanks

Got a roll of DPM somewhere, that would be perfect. Its green too Will have to find it

Thanks
This bit is easy... just digging and chopping. The whole "keeping plants alive" bit will be the bit i will need the help with.
Haha.... when i signed up, the verification question was "What tuber can you make chips from?"..... i had to google that.... then facepalmed when it returned the answer. I thought that "chips" was a gardening term.... food never occured to me at the time.

 

Hello and welcome, you will like it here.

One of the first things I would do is get a sun map. By that I mean track the movement of the sun during the day, this way you will find the Sunniest and shadiest areas of you garden, do this for both front and back (if you have both), this will help in deciding which plants / veg to grow and where.

Raised beds are a great idea, used in combination with good growing medium and good placement you should be plenty successful.

Theres lots of great folks on here who can offer all the advice you will need.

Best of luck.

 

Heyup and welcome. What an adventure you are starting out on and what a place to start. You will get all of the help that you require on here and as your skills develop so will your ambitions for "your plot". Good luck with it all.

 

Hello and welcome

 

Welcome to GC Gary! You'll soon get the gist of gardening and I hope you've got a sense of humour installed, you'll need it as a gardener and on here.

 

Thanks for all your welcomes guys.
My Mum has actually gone out and bought a load of plants for me, shes gonna come over and give me a hand today. Shes pretty nifty in the garden. I think she is actually more excited than i am!

 

What a lovely mum! She'll set you on the right track.