Garden update

How embarrassing, I've been called out for not updating my blog in a while. To tell you the truth I've been very busy with other stuff. Work has been stupidly busy and a switch from full time employment to contract work has has left my head spinning. So to answer the question, what's been going on in the garden - truthfully, I guess not much!

The sale of the extra land has gone through and the new house that went with it is rented out Having spent some time taking down fences and pulling up decking and patios I now find myself looking out over a rather intimidating expanse of land that I have no idea what to do with. So far the only real progress I have made is mowing the grass (if you can call it that as it has so much moss in it), raking up some leaves and sowing some grass seed. The new plot really is in a bad state and the whole garden is looking decidedly shabby - I have a dead chamomile lawn, disgusting grass and garden waste dumping ground and a really weird garden layout that really does need a serious amount of attention.

What I have done so far is make two large compost bays to replace my plastic bins and cleaned the greenhouse plus added new staging. On the food front, Julia and I have created a much bigger plot for growing vegetables. In fact it's so big it feels like we might be able to feed the whole village with what we could potentially grow. I've also started drawing up some plans for the rest of the garden that I will post up here soon - nothing too fancy at first. Finally, I have also made a return to my RHS studies that have recently gone neglected, there's so much to learn!

So in a nutshell that's it, I'm really looking forward to getting stuck back in and making the space beautiful for next summer. Oh and my new seed and plant catalogues are coming through thick and fast so I'm very happy.