Landscaping advice
Sarah Flewitt
6 years ago
We’ve just moved into our house and wanted to create a kitchen garden. We were thinking a seated area would be nice also. Any advice welcome!
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rachelmidlands
6 years agoHi, I think all would do at the moment is just give it a tidy up. Do some weeding, neaten the path edges and rake up any leaves. You could save the fallen leaves in a compost heap or compost bin as these will be useful next year if you do any planting. Live with the garden for a year so you know what shrubs or plants are nice and worth keeping or which ones are looking a bit tatty and need either pruning or binning. Patio from the french doors definitely and if possible find a new home for the bins so you have an unobstructed view of the garden. A kitchen garden sounds interesting. They are usually done in segmented plots so you can rotate the crops each year either in raised beds or just on the ground with little paths in between. If you have a sunny wall or fence you could also grow herbs in pots vertically if that makes sense. Any way here's some inspiration:
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