Just thought I’d post some progress pics - sadly no blooming beautiful borders as yet. i took the advice to take out the concrete path and have been making slow progress doings so:
I have been dyeing some of the resulting rubble to place in my Gabion planters:
I tried to plant a trachelospermum jasminoides on the chain link fence that runs at the back of my garden but was unsuccessful.
Turns out the reason the ground was so hard at the back in my first foray into gardening was because there is a deep layer of concrete about 8cm below the soil.
I was hoping that digging out the concrete path would be it but need to make a plan for the back. If I need to get someone in to break it up they will trample any borders I’ve created at the front of the garden.
Regards A x
PS also forgot to mention the 8 tree stumps that run along the left hand side of the garden that need to be dug out. I feel like a convict doing hard time sometimes 🤣
Well done, that looks very impressive and great to reuse what you already have. Take heart most people who garden live longer! Can't beat clematis for growing up fences, just don't plant too close to the bottom of the fence. Keep us updated.
@LizaJ - thanks Liza. The fence on the right is west facing so gets the best sun. I’ve been steadily removing the concrete path so that I can unlock its potential!
The garden is quite narrow - 4.5m wide which is why I’m trying to get as much of it to a plantable state as possible.
That's looking great @Amphibios, and r*ddy hard work doing it in the heat too! I had a similar problem when digging out a border here too - concrete, just where you didn't want it... Good job I still had the pickaxe Clematis would be great in there, as @K67 says. Lots of the earlier, smaller flowering ones are happier with drier conditions too - alpinas, macropetalas etc. Raised beds are often drier.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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i took the advice to take out the concrete path and have been making slow progress doings so:
I tried to plant a trachelospermum jasminoides on the chain link fence that runs at the back of my garden but was unsuccessful.
PS also forgot to mention the 8 tree stumps that run along the left hand side of the garden that need to be dug out. I feel like a convict doing hard time sometimes 🤣
Take heart most people who garden live longer!
Can't beat clematis for growing up fences, just don't plant too close to the bottom of the fence.
Keep us updated.
I had a similar problem when digging out a border here too - concrete, just where you didn't want it...
Good job I still had the pickaxe
Clematis would be great in there, as @K67 says. Lots of the earlier, smaller flowering ones are happier with drier conditions too - alpinas, macropetalas etc. Raised beds are often drier.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...