My Little Project
nitram78
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Well today, I decided I should finally start to turn my attention to a corner of my "New Build" garden that's been unloved since the day I moved in.
The builders just planted into the rubbish hard clay ground some rather rubbish plants.
Anyway, here is a shot of the "Before" and the quality of the so called Soil.
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Builders just have to do that, you would think with the price you pay for a house they could put some decent top soil down.
I love your wall, nice and private, keep us informed on how you get on changing it, we are a nosey lot!
You need a good sieve, and a load of compost or farm yard manure. Sieve out all the nasty bits. Fork in the compost to a depth of 15cm or 6 inches,and then plant into it.
You won't need a gym membership this year.
That looks like a lovely curved wall you have there
Hi Lyn,
Don't get me started! Behind the camera, I did the other beds over the past 2 years. I literally dug out good 15"-18" down and removed hundreds of bags of solid clay (bricks would be proud!!!) and replaced with over 2000 litres of compost/topsoil....general good stuff. Will top up again this winter to really feed it.
The ironic thing, for years before they built these houses, cows literally did their business, week in, week out....the soil was amazing.....now I'm buying it back from the garden centres!!
In terms of the new project, I think the walls must be ideal for climbers, roses, clematis etc...form the backdrop. First job removing what appears to be a privet type plant.
Sorry that the pictures don't appear to blow up the bigger versions....not sure what happened
You may be using too many pixels.
Hopefully the images work on this version
It does look a bit privet like, climbers would be lovely, best not to plant them too close to the wall though as the wall can sap up the wet.
You are certainly doing the right thing with the compost and such and removing the rubble.
Keep us posted of your task.
This is like a lower terrace back garden (you can see railings on the left which is top garden).
Thanks Lyn on the tip about not planting too close due to moisture....this lower garden remains quite damp (I presume they messed a little with ground water levels), even in summer....will that help a little?