Where is everybody from... - The potting shed

Huntertony

15/03/2013 at 08:52

Thought I would start to a new thread on just finding out where everybody is from.

I'm from Mytchett in Surrey. A nice little village that feels like it's on the edge of the world (due to the numerous towns all attached to each-other on one side, and woodland and heathland on the other side). Interesting micro-climate too

Verdun

15/03/2013 at 08:55

I'm from nere

Busy-Lizzie

15/03/2013 at 09:01

Huntertony, if people put it on their profiles then all you need do is click on their names and you can see where they are from. Anyone from Tower Hamlets lives abroad, but if those people write a bit about themselves, as I have, then you can see where they are too.

Verdun

15/03/2013 at 09:10

....ok, not funny! Sorry.
I'm in Cornwall. Short walk to sand dunes and half mile from the beach. Light sandy soil that has been improved....ranging from very good soil in veg patch to generally good to quite poor in places. Sycamore trees at bottom of garden protect from any salt winds. Mild to very mild....this winter, for example, has not been too cold.
I have a 80 x 80 foot front garden with lawn and jam packed with some nice plants....been told its eye catching.
Back garden is of same size featuring veg patch, small pool, hexagonal greenhouse, fruit bushes and espalier and cordon top fruit and lawn. Both front and back gardens are "walled"
I grow lots of tender perennials, hellebores, and reflects my"plantsman's" obsession for new or desirable plants. Like my grasses too and coloured/variegated shrubs and perennials. It's tidy and maintained but not obsessively so....my dog keeps to paths and lawns.

Verdun

15/03/2013 at 09:16

Oops! Did I get this thread right? I thought it was asking what our gardens and local environment was like.
Anyway, I would like to hear where and how the rest of you garden and what you,
Iike/dislike, what plants you grow, intend to grow and how locally you deal,with weather, soil and environment where you are.
Also how important your garden is to you?

Lovespoon

15/03/2013 at 09:22

south wales and raining cats and dogs so much for a weekend of fertilizing our soil

Busy-Lizzie

15/03/2013 at 09:26

It was lovely to read about your garden Verdun, and I enjoyed the photos you sent before. It was beautiful.

I'm trying to grow an English country garden in Dordogne, but the winters are cold and the summers are very hot. Sometimes there is a lot of rain and other times there's a drought, so it's not always easy! It all needs watering in summer and then there are water restrictions!

I grow perennials, with annuals in the gaps and in pots, with a background of roses and shrubs. Had a lot of bother with deer eating everything a couple of years ago and OH fenced the main flower garden. I grow veg too, OH had to fence that as well. It's about 23m x 10m, but some is fallow as it's too big for two of us now.

My house and garden are in a clearing in a forest.

Brumbull

15/03/2013 at 09:34

I'am from the Midlands, i have a small-ish plot both back and front, i'am a amateur gardener who enjoys all aspects of gardening, specialities include container plants and lawns.

I would like to add that i'am relatively new to the forum , so HELLO everyone, there seems to be some nice people on here and i suppose we will always get the ONE or two ejits ! have a nice day / weekend ALL .

sotongeoff

15/03/2013 at 10:35

It would be nice if people added more to their profiles-it is a permanant record after all-and had a nice avatar picture instead of pasty face-have said this before..........................