Whats your plans for the garden this year?

So whats everyone's plans in the garden this year? Any challenges ahead or redesigning or adding anything exciting?

I am hoping to have more time to do the borders and get good displays of flowers through the seasons and to hopefully grow more herbs as well as getting the vegetable garden being more productive .

Get the far corner of the garden under my control. Too many nettles and not enough sun for the butterflies to want them. Too much rubbish too near the surface. Too much ever seeding goosegrass, plus some non fruiting brambles. It has little for me or the wildlife. 

Or maybe more sitting and looking at the good bits

Oh so many things! I want to create a 'secret garden'. I have the space in mind and lots of 'hard landscaping/possibile architectural' things but I am a bit lacking on the design/creative side . Growing fruit and veg is my real passion so I also want to do a lot more with flowers  , Janet

i am goin to enjoy my allotments as i do every year ,

 Its funny, the garden doenst look so big but its 80 foot long 

I have targets to reach each year as the garden is still young and establishing - not evolving yet. list the targets at beginning of year and tick off as achieved. Still have one of last years to complete. 

- get a new raised veg bed - have 3 but not enough,

-Slightly widen and plant the jewell bed

- finish Fairy dell started last year, mostly planting, and a quiet small patio/sitting area

- hopefully make a herb border

- sort out front garden!!!!!!!! goodness knows how, but it's boring

 And today's work. Sink pond in with froggie runway inside and out and Kevin keeping an eye on things. Very pleased with it. As you can see the garden was abandoned 30 years ago. Loads of stuff planned and many plants growing. 

Nice project there Sam. 

It is that Nutcutlet, just very big. You can see why I am going to work a little at a time. 

Do you have many plans for this year Nutcutlet?

Verdun wrote (see)

Keep us up to date with photos as you go Sam

I will Thank You.

Rosa, I keep hearing the Fairy Dell. Do you have any pictures? I am hoping that mine will be full of little creatures that you can notice, and would love a section of loads of stuff in miniature 

Got a post in earlier here Sam. I'll try and get down with the camera tomorrow to demonstrate the shambles.

I think we need more 'before' pics in this thread to be followed by 'after' pics later in the year.

It started when one of the trees we had to have cut down was carved into a mushroom by the tree surgeon. Daughter came and said i should make a fairy dell around it.

At first I thought I would fill it with plants with fairy names - rose the fairy, clematis oberon - but then i found it was easier said than done, along with the fact that the neighbours put up a fence, there hadn't been one before, and it casts shade., So some of it is now very immature shrubs, roses and a few herbaceous -to be finished. The pool in a bath, and stuff. it has taken longer because the bloke who came to do paths was VERY laid back artist who basically turned up when he had bills to pay I will finish seating area myself, I may be slow but not THAT slow!

Will post photos tomorrow.

I think pics would be a great idea They will give inspiration but also lets other see your style and learn from them. I will see if I have anymore. Dont think I do mind but before and after sounds great

 It's taken me ages to upload this lot. It is the Fairy Dell as it developes.You can't really see but benihd the little fence is dug ground waiting for more pretty stuff when the year progresses

Bjay

Just checked, somehow 2 photos are out of order. You can probably work out which

Looks an interesting garden Rosa.

Dark and foggy here today. Pics will have to wait til tomorrow. Haven't taken many pics in that far corner cos there's nothing there to inspire me