Just in case anyone is remotely interested, here's what we have 6 months down the line. I know it's not to everyone's taste and yes, I have got squashes trailing over the edging which I know some weren't keen on, but I love it, my husband loves it and so many people stop and look.
You can't really see the veg (what's left after having had to rip most of the brassicas out, hence the bare patch to the left) but it is there. You can just see the tomato spirals off to the right, and in among the flowers are chard, salad, radicchio, salad onions, a cucumber that snuck in from elsewhere and a couple of artichokes out of shot.
The back hasn't changed much but there are beans, more salads, courgettes and herbs there. And a stack of freebie beautiful old windows to make a lean-to greenhouse in September.
It's been masses of work but I'm dead chuffed (so be kind if you hate it).
I think it looks grand! When a large part of your garden is at the front, you have to not care what other people think and use the space however you like.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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You can't really see the veg (what's left after having had to rip most of the brassicas out, hence the bare patch to the left) but it is there. You can just see the tomato spirals off to the right, and in among the flowers are chard, salad, radicchio, salad onions, a cucumber that snuck in from elsewhere and a couple of artichokes out of shot.
The back hasn't changed much but there are beans, more salads, courgettes and herbs there. And a stack of freebie beautiful old windows to make a lean-to greenhouse in September.
It's been masses of work but I'm dead chuffed (so be kind if you hate it).
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”