A Bit about my New Kingdom.

I realize since moving to this new house with it's 2 gardens I haven't posted on it. The house has 2 gardens a back and a front, the back is the biggest, it's south facing and where my Grandad used to plant all his greens. However as mentioned in an earlier post my Grandad left this Earth before I was born so the garden hasn't been producing veg for over 26 years. Instead my Grandma was a big fan of anything that flowers so both gardens are now full of bulbs, bedding plants, shrubs and one lawn the size of a postage stamp. As well as these there are 2 holly bushes which the birds love (but I don't) and an Ivy which started growing up a washing line pole but has now taken over the entire garden wall.



This garden is great for the wildlife and I want to keep it that way but more in harmony with the productivity I want to bring to it. It's gonna be hard work as it's so overgrown now. Currently I've began removing the bedding plants and daffodils, I don't want to get rid of them as my Gran loved them to I've found some neglected pots lying around so, with some fresh compost I've added the plants to the pots, they look lovely sat on the door steps.









The front garden is probably less than half the size, North facing and encircled by a privet hedge. It's pretty dark but looks out over a council bowling green where the staff actively encourage wildlife so we get lots of bird and of course Bill the squirrel. In fact at the moment we have a pair of blue tits looking at making their nest in the air vent next to or bedroom window. Anyway this garden is just full of snow drops, bedding plants and a hydrangea. To be honest I really don't know what to do here besides trimming the hedge and finding some shade loving crops, maybe I'll try forcing some rhubarb here. It would be a shame to make all the snow drops homeless though.