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Looks like I'm getting a garden for the first time in almost 40 years! Wheeee! :D

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flow4 · 11/07/2013 16:03

We're moving house, to a semi with a great big garden. I haven't lived in a house with a garden since I was 9, which is far too nearly 40 years ago. You can imagine how excited I am! Grin

As well as the trampoline and swing-ball and table/chairs for sitting out on, I'd like to do some growing. I have some ideas, but I need some advice, since I am an almost-total novice (I've grown some salad stuff successfully, and that's about it)...

I'm planning raised beds to grow veg (two smallish ones to start with, then maybe more if I can handle it!), a bed for raspberries, strawberries and any other berries I can manage, and a little greenhouse.

We'll be moving in at the beginning of August. What should I be thinking about first? Obviously I need to build the beds... What should I consider when it comes to choosing their position? Then soil enrichment? If so, how? Am I likely to be able to grow anything this year, or am I too late?

And is there a good, simple growing book people would recommend?

And would anyone like to suggest anything else my teens and I might enjoy in our new garden?!

Thanks in advance. :)

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YouveCatToBeKittenMe · 11/07/2013 16:06

Sorry I've no idea about plants, we have a huge garden but it's full of bald patches and holes due to having 3 dogs and chickens!
I do have a raised bed of lovely thistles this year Grin
Love having a big garden though

flow4 · 11/07/2013 16:21

I saw what friends' chickens did to their garden Youve, and besides, chickens are freaky so decided against!

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valiumredhead · 11/07/2013 16:33

Oh wow, how exciting! We moved to a house with a garden years ago and I LOVE itGrin

flow4 · 11/07/2013 16:51

It is very, VERY exciting, val! Grin

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TheFutureMrsB · 11/07/2013 17:16

We moved two years ago to a house with a garden we can actually use and I love it! The last one was overrun with red ants that bit us everytime we happened to go out there. Not much use with gardening tips though sorry but do have a nice big bushy thing and a little rose bush that I haven't managed to kill yet look lovely!

RubySparks · 22/07/2013 18:32

If there are shrubs they should probably be pruned and for autumn think about bulbs - you could put some in pots to start with until you see what actually comes up in the garden?

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