If you made a New Year’s resolution to start a garden this year, this one’s for you. Seasoned (sorry) gardeners often take starting a new garden for granted, but if you’ve never done it before, there are a number of elements to consider. Paths, walls, steps, patios, hedges, vegetable bins, trees, plants, ponds, containers, screening, seating, shelter... But don’t let me put you off.
Starting over!
When people ask me if, given the chance, I’d change anything in our garden, I say, ‘Almost everything.’ Given my time over, I’d have more structure, less maintenance, lower trees, more decks, bigger outdoor living areas, better vegetable bins and, of course, a full-time gardener. And that’s just for starters.
Of course, it would be easy second time around because I know more stuff.…
