Definitely a plan and get the best fence you can as you only want to do it once.
As for standard soil! No such thing. It could be alkaline, neutral or acid then sandy, loamy, clay, stony, silty or a mix. You can buy simple soil testing kits form a good garden centre or you can just look at what's growing well in the neighbouring gardens to give you a clue.
let us know when you've done that and got the fence up and we can offer more advice.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
If you do decide to go for white rendered raised beds or walls (anywhere in the garden) for the clean modern look, bear in mind that they don't stay pristine white. They'll get splashed with soil and generally look grubby after a while so you'd be forever repainting to keep them looking good (there's one in a front garden near us - it looked OK when new but now it's a scruffy mess).
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Slow progress! Fencing along bottom and a little way up the left side is up, still needs staining. I'm thinking planting may be on hold until next year after extension is fine and garden tiers in place. It's very tempting to get something to plant at the bottom now to screen the houses a bit though!
I can understand why you want to get planting, but I think you're right to wait until your work is finished and you can see what 's what and where best to position trees etc to break up the view from where you'll sit (in the house and garden).
Meanwhile I can just imagine the people in that house at the bottom posting on here .... "they've put a trampoline right next to the fence - how can I stop them looking over into our garden?"
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
😂 they've had huge conifers blocking all their light for years before we moved in so luckily they're really happy with what we've done so far. That's the other thing too though I didn't want to plant more trees there and block their light again if we don't need to 😊
@SoozJ22 … I have belatedly read this with interest as I have the exact issue and am trying to come up with a plan. Do you have any further progress you’d be happy to share? Thank you!
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As for standard soil! No such thing. It could be alkaline, neutral or acid then sandy, loamy, clay, stony, silty or a mix. You can buy simple soil testing kits form a good garden centre or you can just look at what's growing well in the neighbouring gardens to give you a clue.
let us know when you've done that and got the fence up and we can offer more advice.
Yes good point @JennyJ they won't look like that for long I suppose. They probably work best in a smaller garden.
Thanks for the advice so far. I feel you've all helped me to not rush into something expensive & not necessarily needed. I will update in due course 😁