Another Newbie

[billathome65]

Hi as the heading states I'm another newbie not only to the site but to Veg growing. In December last year I was looking at the garden thinking what can I do with it as it the ground has been covered with Tarpaulin and gravel for the past 10 years. I was thinking a bush here flowers there but then I came across a program on my PC that opened up a new avenue ( River Cottage ) It was at that moment I thought lets start making it productive so after convincing my wife to let me use a small part of the garden to grow veg which actually turned into the whole of the garden as it is not very big I got to work converting from a tired garden into hopefully a productive garden.





Anyway the first pic shows the area for veg I also have areas allong the fence to do runners and also strawberries in pots the second is being used for Raspberries You see a gooseberry bush to the left of the picture and I'm also thinking Blackcurrant?

Hope to get loads of support and guidance.

Cheers Bill

[JustGrowVeg]

Looks like a good start Bill! You have a nice sized plot and you should get some good results from it (weather providing!)

[Husker]

Hi Bill, and welcome to a great gardening site. Looks like you're off to a good start with your plot. There are alot of helpful folks here if you have any "?"s. Good luck with the growing.

[billathome65]

Thanks for the welcome. I'm looking forwards to getting stuck in and just getting outside. I posted the first two pictures to give an example of the area I have got to work with.

Also got this bit



And this bit



Thinking runners, sprouts onions once I sort it.

What do you think? Yes that is a blackberry bush in the second picture its a bit ropy so need advice on how to get it more compact and productive?

Bill

[JustGrowVeg]

Anything is possible Bill! And you're already thinking in the right direction You could even use it as a herb garden or put a few fruit bushes in!

Is that a wild blackberry? If it is they are very hard to tame as they grow like wildfire! Your best bet with that would be to dig it and get a smaller compact variety, which isn't so vigorous growing but more productive fruiting. A garden centre is a good bet for choice of different varieties to suit.

[Pacey]

Hey! Welcome you got some pretty nice growing areas there
Cant wait to see how it turns out in the summer

[billathome65]

Yes it is to be honest it inst doing to well anyway so looking to rip it out anyway will probably do it this weekend.

Just transplanted a Yucca the wife had in a large planter in a spare bit of ground in the front garden so now I have a large empty pot just waiting for a shallow rooting fruit tree or fruit bush any ideas??

[JustGrowVeg]

If the pot is big enough, then there's no reason why you wouldn't be able to put a dwarf fruit tree in there. They can be quite expensive as they've been bred to be short!

Failing that, something like a blueberry bush would do well. However they need special care and attention as they require rich, fertile, acidic soil that contains a fair quanity of organic matter! But other than that they don't need much at all

[GMB27]

Thats a great plot with a lot of potential, stick with it, the results will be well worth the effort you'll need to put in!