ladyBella, I have been here since may 2019 and my new build garden has grown like topsy. I had extra patio built and now have a very large patio, half east facing and half south facing. I have a wall all around, 2 m high, blue lias, hence the sun trap. I was just in time to ask the builder not to sow grass seed, I don`t have a big area of soil, but enough for me
I started with my 4 apple trees, 3 standard gooseberries and 2 blackcurrants, the foundation and height. Over the months I added 3 x ergo raised beds in which I grow cucurbits and marigolds and tomatoes. I planted lots of bocking 14 comfrey along the wall on one side, my organic compost booster and better than manure. I have a solar water feature, many flowers, 3 different sized cast iron, hand made obelisks, holding climbing beans, nasturteums, sweet peas. The bees go crazy in the garden, it was meant to be like that, borage, catmint. wavy silvery grasses, lavender and lots more
No paths, just a stepping stones made from recycled rubber, so I can reach every part without standing on soil. I cannot see them now, the plants are doing their job
The garden was a builders dump when I started, no worms, barren.
Back to vegtrugs, I got mine direct from vegtrug, they delivered fast. 3 days ago, I harvested all my beetroots and have replaced with 2 rows of leeks and more radish and lettuce. I am cropping intensively right now and it will deplete the compost so I will be saving some of my hot bin compost to layer in when appropriate, I may even grow some phacelia as green manure and then cover for winter