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Would you treat this as a raised bed?

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  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    I don’t know if these show it better 



  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Nice @TheGreenMan. Did you think of adding a tree or something similar? Just for a bit of extra screening and variety. 
    Terracing is terracing, whether the terraces are flat or sloping. How flat you make them depends on various factors - mainly the amount of room, and the budget  ;)

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    I’m not sure about a tree @Fairygirl

    I don’t know where water and gas pipes are etc. 

    The previous previous owners obviously had trees as I removed the two stumps (and one remains). 

    If we were staying here long term I would probably look into it but just shrubs and perennials will do for the time we’re here looking after it. 

    This was it in April when we moved in so I’m happy with what I’ve done so far. 


  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Indeed. Always a dilemma if you don't intend being in a property long term.
    As long as it works for you - that's all that matters. You've done a great job.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited September 2021
    You've done really well. Hopefully it's a good place to experiment a lot and learn before your next longer term home.

    There are some fast-ish climbers that might be happy climbing along the walls (on wires), if you fancy such a thing. I have planted a clem terniflora which is just now flowering. v lovely. That bed might be a bit too hot and dry for that type.



  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    I have a red robin at the back which I salvaged from the seven that the previous owners had thrown into the ground. It’s doing well. I’ve put a Euphorbia Honey Pot back there too along with a couple of Choisya and a couple of escallonia apple blossom and they’re all slowly shooting up. 

    I’ve also dotted a few other shrubs mid way down the gentle slope at each end. 

    Hopefully by the time we’ve finished doing up the house to sell (we’ve put a provisional date in the diary of April 2023) they will all be peeping over the wall. 
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    What trees would you suggest for that space, @Fairygirl?
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I was thinking more of a specimen tree @Loxley - like Euonymous europaeus. Perhaps one of the upright Sorbus.
    Something of that sort, but as @TheGreenMan isn't going to be there to get the benefit, I can see why he hasn't opted for trees of any kind. I'd probably have done exactly the same.  Shrubs are a very good alternative  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    Yeah @Fairygirl I get very attached to almost everything I choose to plant and grow.  A tree, to me, is a “being” to respect and grow old with. I’d be heartbroken leaving a tree here. This might all sound like gubbins but I’m odd like that. ☺️
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I used to be like that, but I'm old and jaded now  :D

    I moved many times in the space of a few years [for reasons I won't go into] so I stopped being sentimental about houses or gardens.  :)
    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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