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  • SalinoSalino Posts: 1,609

    kiwiflyer, you've made a lovely job of that..and a good sized garden in what appears to be a Caravan park...that's unusual isn't it..? good to see someone making such use of their plot..

  • kiwiflyerkiwiflyer Posts: 19

    Thank you so much everyone for your kind comments.

    As I spent a few years in New Zealand, I could not afford to buy a house when I returned back to England, so the best option was to buy a small Caravan , but I really wanted something larger so that I could have a garden,

    So saved up and bought a much larger Caravan, with enough room to fence off a space 15 feet by 42 feet.

    I had plenty of time in our wet winter, to work out how to do it and, as everyone knows it was so wet in early spring, to get anything done outside.

    However, we are now reaping the rewards with first new potatoes even cherries from the new tree and 3 little apples growing.

    In amongst the top soil I found a little acorn growing and it is now thriving about 8 inches high.

    I cannot throw it away but of course it will be far too big later on to let it grow on this plot, so if anyone has a good size garden and would like a lovely Oak tree, for future generations to enjoy watching it grow, please let me know.

    Thank you all once again.

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 23,994
    kiwiflyer wrote (see)

    I have always wanted a garden to plant vegetables and flowers, but never had the space.

    However, last January I decided to build a garden from scratch, using as many "waste" materials as possible, mainly because it would be a lot cheaper.

    The first 2 photos were taken mid January, with lots of junk including a few wooden plant boxes I used last year.

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     As the ground was covered in shingle on top of a hardcore base, I had to build a "fence" to hold the soil in, for the garden,

    I used old wooden pallets cutting them into pieces and shaped them individually to make the fence.

     

    After importing some decent top soil and adding some quality compost, this is what it looked like in mid March.

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     Then I started all the plants and flowers from seed in the plastic Greenhouse in the spring also using this cold frame made from a shower door.

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     So by June, most things were looking good below.

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     This is the latest "Jungle" picture, below:

    I reckon I put too many plants in, but will leave a few more spaces between plants next year.

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    kiwiflyer wrote (see)

    I have always wanted a garden to plant vegetables and flowers, but never had the space.

    However, last January I decided to build a garden from scratch, using as many "waste" materials as possible, mainly because it would be a lot cheaper.

    The first 2 photos were taken mid January, with lots of junk including a few wooden plant boxes I used last year.

    image

     

    image

     As the ground was covered in shingle on top of a hardcore base, I had to build a "fence" to hold the soil in, for the garden,

    I used old wooden pallets cutting them into pieces and shaped them individually to make the fence.

     

    After importing some decent top soil and adding some quality compost, this is what it looked like in mid March.

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    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 23,994

    I thought I'd quote it so we could see it on the same page but it started doing it twice! I love before and after pics.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 23,994

    Now it's all gone a bit funny and my rose is in the wrong place. Hope I haven't messed up.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • kiwiflyerkiwiflyer Posts: 19

    Hi Busy-Lizzie,

     

    That makes two of us, I found it more difficult to organise and send the photos than working on the gardenimage

  • BamboogieBamboogie Posts: 239

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    No jungle would be complete will out some bananas! image

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 23,994

    Wow, what an amazing plant. Will those bananas be edible?

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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