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On My Oasis – 2015’s Here
I can’t quite believe 2015’s here already. However, I have to admit, I’m glad. 2014 was a great year but the last few months really ramped up the stress and I’m breathing a sigh of relief I can start the New Year with a clean slate and, it seems, some horticultural obsessiveness! In the first weekend of 2015 I spent the days watching ‘Big Dreams, Small Spaces‘; a great little gardening show focused on real people, real gardens, and individual’s gardening dreams coming to fruition. Monty was, perhaps, a little patronising in places, but for the most part it’s a great series. I then caught up with ‘The Great British Gardening Revival‘; a show that was on last year but that I missed ALL of. And, what would you know? Series 2 starts tonight! And, finally, I was pleasantly surprised at the new Sky series, ‘Show Me Your Garden‘ which has three keen gardeners sharing, and judging, each others gardens every week. With all this, I’ve had a little kick up the rear and my horticultural inspiration is flowing again, meaning there’s LOTS of plans for the coming year.
Packing up and moving on
The garden’s being potted up and packed, ready for the move.
One major thing for the next few months is the big move. I’m leaving London and setting my sights on Grays and have a new house and garden to explore. The new oasis is very much a traditional British space; i.e. long, thin, with a lawn flanked by a tiny border on each side. However, hubby and I have been drawing up plans – I don’t think the garden will know what’s hit it. We currently have ideas for a Mediterranean garden right outside the back door as it’s a suntrap. My aviaries will be immediately next to this, with a winding brick path, heavily planted on either side. A small lawn with bench, topiary and cutting flowers will be revealed halfway down the garden, and then there’ll be a veg patch with hens and a greenhouse (I cannot wait for this; no more seedlings on windowsills).
It’s a lot to think about and we have no budget, so it’ll be a work in progress over the coming years particularly as we have to focus on doing the house up first. However, it will be fun! I have LOTS of plants already and am currently potting them up or taking cuttings so I’ve got things to move with. However, I need to source:
- A shed
- A greenhouse (my mum has a second one she’s willing to give us, BUT it’s been in storage for years and I’m not sure all the bits are there)
- A new hen coop
- Large contains for Olive trees out back and Eucalpytus trees for front garden
So…look out for deals, offers and reviews on these here as I’ll be searching high and low and then posting my findings!
Meanwhile, up in Suffolk….
There are plans afoot to create a wildflower meadow here.
There are plans afoot for a new native wildflower meadow and some tree planting. This idea directly stemmed from The Great British Garden Revival. Our dream is to move back to Suffolk one day, build a home upon the family farmland we have, and retrieve the acres from the current tenants and have a smallholding. I’d always put off ideas of land development before, thinking we’d do them when we got there. BUT, working the land isn’t instant and takes years; especially when it comes to trees. I suddenly realised there was nothing stopping us planting up one of the meadows now. It’ll mean that when we move there (hopefully in 5 – 7 years time), the wildflowers will be established and the trees will have got a few years growing done. I talked to my Dad, and we agree that my grandparents would’ve loved both the idea and the fact that I, a 4th generation, was returning to managing the land, so it’s Green Lit.
Having spoken to the tenant farmer and now knowing the land’s free of crops, the idea will be to go up later this spring and sow by hand. I can’t afford seed for the entire field, so the plan will be to plant satellite clumps around the field which will sow themselves over coming years and gradually knit the entire thing together. It should only take a couple of trips per year; one to sow and the second to scythe down in autumn. I’m SO excited by this!
So, as you can see, I’ve got quite a lot going on this year. What’s going on in your oasis? Plans for 2015? Let me know!
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