So here it is in all it’s bare beauty, minus any planting right now, but looking an awful lot better than it did.
My favourite aspect of this garden is the fact that most of it is using the rubble and leftovers from clearing up in the first place. It originally had a crazy paving pathway which left little to be desired and in my personal opinion it’s performing it’s new function as a wall so much better.
I have plans for this little space to contain as many useful plants as possible, I hope to fill it with herbs, medicinal and dye plants. To fill this tiny wee space with as much scent as possible, to create a tiny sanctuary away from all the trundle toys, bikes and dogs feet…
There is already Lavender, Rosemary and several other herbs waiting to go in, once the frosts pass. I also hope to plant things like Madder so that I can produce a wider range of dye colours than the allotment currently does, there’s only so much onion skin dye you want to make you know!
Thankfully my Dad has a large pond / wet area in his garden so I have begged a bucket of weed and sludge from him to get our mini pond started, he has said that I’ll more than likely end up with Mint in there as it has rather taken over his pond, which would fit the theme perfectly. The ‘pond’ is actually the lid off a pheasant feeder that my Dad salvaged whilst dog walking, he’s a bit of a magpie for things like that, and in this case certainly I couldn’t be more thankful.
Any favourite plants that also serve a purpose that you think should go in the garden? I have a fairly extensive list, but it is always great to have recommendations from folk that have actually made good use of them.
