Agree. It's much better to think and plan and consider in advance rather than go at it like a bull in a china shop. Frankly, moving in and sorting out all your stuff and the interiors will take huge amounts of time and energy so put garden planning on the back burner and let ideas and dreams furkle away in your sub conscious for a while.
More haste less speed.
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)."
I also have a triangular garden about the same size as yours. I didn't do any path laying or bed creation until I had lived with it for a year, to see where my natural walkways would be needed and to see if I had inherited any treasures. I also took soil samples from several places and tested them. I found my soil was deplete in all nutrients and is slightly acidic. Not a worm to be seen. Made from the spoil heaps of the clay pit workings. I have made curved paths and beds, most of the beds are raised and over the years I have added my own compost, bonfire ash and farmyard manure to enrich the soil. The soil is thin, shallow and gritty, very fast draining and as it faces due South/South west with no buildings or trees around, very, very hot and dry in the summer! There is a layer of compacted shale approx. a spade depth down which even a pneumatic drill has little effect on. I have left the far tip of my triangle alone, it was used as a dump for stones and rubble, it is now well overgrown with brambles, bracken, ivy, hawthorn, blackthorn and field grass and I classify it as my contribution to wildlife. 20 years down the line it is still work in progress, there are areas undeveloped, cost to have someone professional come in and do it for me would be prohibitive, the sections I have made keep me busy and frustrated as I am surrounded by unused fields so field grass is a constant problem but I love my patch. The small wild life pond and bird feeding station can be seen from the house, the greenhouse and veg. patch keep me fed and the Cornish climate enables me to grow exotics not hardy in other parts of the country. Love it, love it love it. Your new garden will keep you happy and healthy for a very long time and I doubt if you will ever "finish" it, there will always be something that needs attention. Good luck and enjoy.
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More haste less speed.
I found my soil was deplete in all nutrients and is slightly acidic. Not a worm to be seen. Made from the spoil heaps of the clay pit workings.
I have made curved paths and beds, most of the beds are raised and over the years I have added my own compost, bonfire ash and farmyard manure to enrich the soil. The soil is thin, shallow and gritty, very fast draining and as it faces due South/South west with no buildings or trees around, very, very hot and dry in the summer! There is a layer of compacted shale approx. a spade depth down which even a pneumatic drill has little effect on.
I have left the far tip of my triangle alone, it was used as a dump for stones and rubble, it is now well overgrown with brambles, bracken, ivy, hawthorn, blackthorn and field grass and I classify it as my contribution to wildlife.
20 years down the line it is still work in progress, there are areas undeveloped, cost to have someone professional come in and do it for me would be prohibitive, the sections I have made keep me busy and frustrated as I am surrounded by unused fields so field grass is a constant problem but I love my patch. The small wild life pond and bird feeding station can be seen from the house, the greenhouse and veg. patch keep me fed and the Cornish climate enables me to grow exotics not hardy in other parts of the country. Love it, love it love it.
Your new garden will keep you happy and healthy for a very long time and I doubt if you will ever "finish" it, there will always be something that needs attention.
Good luck and enjoy.