where to start!

[jetcat32]

right, having just moved to my new house with a lovely (but overgrown!) garden, myself and DDs would like to grow:

raspberries
strawberries
blackberries
potatoes
carrots
onions (normal and those for pickling)
parsnips
peas
beetroot

there are probably others, but thought that would do for a start! Trouble is, i am getting mightily confused over all the planning/preparation for this!

will be using raised beds and containers, though not sure what should go in where?

i have a health condition, and as a result of taking my meds, planning/concentration skills are quite poor - i get easily overwhelmed!!

If any kind soul could take pity on me that would be fab!!

give your beds a good digging over, get your containers ready and get going quick
personally, i would put strawberries in the pots, and if room in your raised beds, stick the rest in those. potatoes need alot of space.
i dont have much soil space and i am too lazy to dig, so tend to do most of my veg growing in pots and bags.
currently i have potatoes in potato sacks, and strawberries, onions,radish, soon to be tomatoes, runner beans, caulis all in veg bags or containers.
happy gardening

its frustrating, as cant start anything yet, as builders are out the back, and they are putting a new fence all the way around my garden, so dont want to start anything yet - as the new fence will make it all a lot more secure.

I realise this will mean i will miss planting for this year, but thought it would give me some time to prepare the garden. Am hopefully getting the horrible, weed-infested turf took up in the autumn, then relaying some good stuff (though have been advised to leave the soil covered over from oct to march, to get rid of the hundreds of dandelions??)

position wise, which would be best for the raised beds? I think garden is south (ish) facing - when looking out of window, sun rises on left hand side, moves over garden then sets on right. Is that south facing?

I know nothing.........

Don't worry about the rasps and blackberries yet, apart from deciding where to put them. The time to get those will be in the autumn when you can get bare root stock for half the price of plants in pots.

thanks kathy (and gardeningmum05). that's the trouble - i have no idea where to put any of them! I was thinking of putting all the beds/pots along the longest fence (sun sets behind it). does that sound about right, or should i be thinking of a more shady spot?

was thinking they need to go next to the fence for support? - esp the soft fruit?

oh, and gardeningmum, what are veg bags? not def set on the raised beds (ie. i havent bought or prepared anything for them yet) so would it be easier for a novice such as myself to stick with pots and bags?

you can buy veg bags from the garden centre,and wilkinsons sell them too. they are just strong sacks with handles basically. you can move them round ,very convienient.
a cheaper version is old compost bags turned inside out with afew holes pierced in the bottom, work just as well. i have charlotte potatoes growing in some