Help with my garden please, pics included

conradmum

blushingbride wrote: »

yes the wheelie bin doesnt live there!:) its used for my chicken storage, i will put it behind the shed was just out for mucking out the run

How can i alter the position of the shed? surely moving it is a big job?

I think i prefer the look of the sleepers plus they are more robust & weather proof than the scaffolding planks?

I also have a small alluminum and glass green house i'd like to errect, where do you think i could put this?

Sorry, I didn't mean that you could/should move the shed, I meant that you could redesign but keep the difficult things in place (work them into your design). Hope that's clearer.

Scaffolding planks are pretty tough. They should last 7-10 years I should think. Railway sleepers will last much longer, I admit, but how long before you or the new owner want to change the garden again? Plus the last I looked railway sleepers were much more expensive.

Ideally your greenhouse should be sited where it'll get maximum light and face west-east (assuming you want it for growing toms etc.) It isn't clear from the photos where the sunniest part of your garden is.

conradmum

BonandDom wrote: »

You think your garden is bad - you should see mine.

Dh has renamed it as the Hiroshima of the North East.

Ok, so I went a bit wild with the chain saw last summer, but those leylandi were blocking all the sun:rotfl::rotfl:

However I now have the best part of 30 tree stumps that I cannot physically dig up and the quotes I have had average £2,000:eek::eek::eek:.

I think we should start a new thread on the worst gardens:D

They won't resprout and will rot away in a few years. Save yourself £2000! Maybe plant some clematis to scramble over them?

blushingbride_3

i'm not really sure the sunniest parts, i will have to have a look at the weekend when i am home, i think probably where the chickens are which wont help, i would but it on the end of the shed but the shed would then shade it.

maybe next to the shed? sticking out from the front.

I was going to use the railway sleepers as a base for the green house, this is probably easier than cementing it in etc?

cannyClaire

Just a couple of suggestions.

You need to find out which way your garden faces. The chickens should ideally not be on the south facing side as they need shade, and will be too hot in summer. Also, get a few fruit trees (Lidl and Aldi generally sell them cheaply at this time of year;) ) for a bit of height, as your chooks will enjoy the foliage, they are forest dwellers and like the security of being beneath trees. You might like to rethink how much space you are giving them to roam in regularly too, as you have found they can quickly trash the place!

Spirit_2

the picket fencing sounds good.

My thoughts on your piccies - nothing intended to offend only to brighten the garden up.

Even painted fencing can be dull grow something up the fencing - virginia creeper - lovely and warm in the autumn, Ivy - one with a splash of gold in it - clematis for sping/summer.

you have lots of 'stuff' lying around in with the chooks - can it be put away? The bin could stood in one corner, hose coiled up on a hook? I do understand I have chooks!

Can you put gravel or bark down in the chicken run? Plant one or two tough shrubs to give the chooks shade and provide a bit of greenery.

The table is pretty can you position to make more of it?

Sow nasturtiums or something else cheap and trailing aound the edge of the planter.

Otherwise tubs/boarders of herbs (rosemary, lavender) fruit bushes (raspberries, black currants) and shrubs or annuals.

Good luck

Otherwise

blushingbride_3

Thanks everyone!:)

I've decided to make raised beds from gravel boards, much cheaper.
Also thinking about the greenhouse but not decided yet.
Gonna patio under the chickens so they are better, i will check re heat for them, althought there isnt really any other space to accomodate there run.

Primrose

I see somebody else has also suggested putting some woodstain on your fence which would spruce it up considerably. You could try a lighter shade like Willow Green, both on the fence and the shed, which will certainly have the effect of making the garden look lighter in the dark dreary days of winter. it will also have the effect of making them look more 'integrated' and less obtrusive on your overall space. Stain all the stakes for the chicken wire in the same colour too, to help them blend in.

if you clear away all those big pebbles/stones on the left you could either plant some blackcurrant bushes,or growing climbing beans & tomatoes in summer, this will partly shield the chicken area.

blushingbride_3

I'm thinking of staining the shed either cream or pale blue what does everyone think?

If i stain my fences pale blue/ pale green will the colour seep through to next door?

Yategirl

re: shade for chicken - we have a fixed run with the chicken house (like you have with the cube) and the chickens also have free-range access to the patio areas of the garden. For shade in the summer, we put either a tarp or black onduline roofing over the top of the fixed run - the hens can then choose where they want to go (they have food/water/dustbath in the run plus outside).

The patio area could be spruced up with pots including fruit bushes/trees in pots but keep away from the chickens as mine take every opportunity they can get to dig them up! Some are now behind netting and the ones they can reach have the top of the pots protected by a circle of chicken wire! I do agree though that it is February and most gardens look a little dull so don't worry too much!

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