Gardening in 2019!

[GarethSouthgatesWaistcoat]

I'm trying to get my mojo back for spring gardening
Does anyone have any exciting plans, large or small?

I've been keeping a low profile on here due to horrid neighbours making my garden a misery. They've unexpectedly sold their house (relief!) so I'm ready to get back out there (ahem once the winter passes)
Crossing my fingers that the new occupants are more considerate.

My main plans are to clear the (smallish) patio and treat it with the bleach they use for dairies/swimming pools. Research tells me this will kill the lichen and bring the original colour back. Still researching as I don't want to wreck it

Then I'm going to reduce/reposition/replace the various planters/baskets to better effect.

I need to reduce/kill the ivy on the fence. I have stumpkiller at the ready but felt the critters might appreciate as winter coverage. Cutting it hasn't worked, there's too much of it!

For a bit of frivolity I might install an arch halfway down the lawn and shape the flowerbeds into it

Tell me of your 2019 garden plans!

I believe any fruit wood is loved by them so the tree will need protection from the nibbly little bugger - then when it's a smidge larger we can trim branches. Until then I shall cut at the neighbours each time it overhangs and go ask other nicer neighbours with fruit trees for their cuttings :)

Oh I love Romanescu cauliflours (I call them that because that's what they call them here in Fr.)

I'd be a bit careful with using glass as an edging, if you have dogs or cats. I suppose it could work to keep strangers out!

ooh, love a gardening thread for 2019.
I seem to have spent all my energies last year on keeping the allotment alive .
Have a fair few things which need doing this year in the garden, as we had french doors and decking put in, and a new greenhouse.
So I need to replant the bed in front of the doors - its a bit overwhelmed with a large Kolkwitzia and a climbing fuschia, not much else apart from self seeded cyclamen.
DH is in the process of taking down my beloved horse chestnut. Its is diseased, and we decided it needed to come down before it had the chance to fall down. So I need something to fill the space.
Lovely to see some familiar names :)

We've been in our house for just over a year so have no seen it go through all the seasons. It is very green with trees and shrubs but very little variety of colour.
I'm keen to attract bees and insects.
Any advice on what I should be planting?

I am hoping to improve my flowerbeds a bit more. We've been here 3 years and they were completely overgrown with weeds (couch grass in the main) when we arrived. We found a small pond with two goldfish in it that we didn't know was there! (Fish still thriving). Each year I have improved the soil (heavy clay in a wet area) and planted flowers. Some things have done really well (Astilbe, Schiztostylus (sp)), others rather badly. I keep replacing and removing and adding. I'm trying anchusa and more oriental poppies and collarette dahlias.

More veg too this year...the courgettes were great last year, so them again, tomatoes in pots (I grow them in front of my white garage door for the reflected warmth), soft fruit and various herbs. the garlic I found sprouting in my fridge is already 4 ins high in a pot on the windowsill.

Roll on Spring!

Should also say, it is lovely to hear everyone else's garden plans. You inspiring lot!

Compost annually in December (the frost helps to break it up if its a bit lumpy as mine is!), leaf mould when I can get it, the contents of old pots of potting compost and even a bit of lawn sand. Basically I chuck anything on it that might stop it being fit for making pots and little else.

And learning to grow things that appreciate a bit of moisture, so nothing grey leaved, sadly.

The garlic is a bit of an experiment with me too. I'm hoping it hangs on long enough to go out into the garden after the frost has passed. Apparently they have to bulk up a LOT to be worth eating.

Oh another thing...I am collecting driftwood from the beach to use as plant supports. I reckon they'll be nicer looking than bamboo canes.

Ooh I love a gardening thread! I hope you don't mind if I hang out here and pick up some tips! I'm a complete amateur but started to really get into it the last couple of years.

My garden is so chalky so have been limited to what I can plant, though last year decided to attack a slope at the back and attempt to make it usable and it's really clay-ey! So am hoping to plant there in spring as it's a very sunny spot. Was thinking of some heather and maybe roses/mock orange... Would this be a mistake?

Brilliant, thank you!

We had howling gales here all today but apart from some twigs down from the trees and the picnic bench blowing over everything seems to be ok. It was a bit exciting!

Hello, I also have plans to do lots in the garden this year. I have a long narrow weedy border that I’d like to extend width ways and some much neglected vegetable beds. Is it too early to mulch those with compost or should I get mulching now?

I’m also thinking of sowing some winter salad leaves in the greenhouse.

Bob digging up your front garden is brave