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No but would like one if only to cut down on the manual digging over a plot!

I moved into this house in 1984 and have gradually done the garden bit by bit since then. The patio only got laid in 1996 so twelve months for a greenhouse is a bit quick!

But just think of the satisfaction you will feel when your garden takes shape - YOU will have achieved something wonderful! Anyway, as far as I recall, there have been concerns about the 'Instant' gardens made for TV in a few hours - yours will have been done properly, and will last, not like theirs!

Hi Ezelivin I bought a lawn mower last year from aldi never had any problems with it Lets know how the cultivator goes I might get one myself Happy gardening

HI EZELIVIN I ONCE BOUGHT A COUPLE OF POWER TOOLS FROM NETTO AND THEYVE NOT LET ME DOWN YET . AS FAR AS I KNOW THEY USE THE SAME SUPPLIER FOR TOOLS AND SUCH LIKE ,SEEYA.

Ezelivin light hearted is a good thing! Most of us enjoy a bit of banter and humour. Just because we garden doesn't make us stick in the muds (groan) Sorry I'll leave now ;o )

Hi there and welcome to GOY. Sounds to me like you did fairly well last year in all. A fallow plot untouched for that length of time and yet you managed to have some fairly difficult successes ie blueberries.
I think most veggie gardeners suffered to some degree last year so you were not alone. Come on chin up and look forward to the bountiful harvest for this year (says a non veg growing beginner hahaha)

I've always found that fruit bushes from Poundland produce a good crop in the next year after purchase. I have blackcurrant, gooseberry and blueberry, which are gr8! now. You're so right to be thinking about the plants'' conditions pre-purchase. Keep them acclimatized, and gradually harden-off, like any other plant, and you'lll be
OK! A good one to look out for is Kiwi Fruit "Jenny", which is self-fertile. My Dad grew this to flowerin inot beyond. Will

Sorry, but I hope that nobody creates a blue rose. I have no real reason except old-fashioned prejudice! I don't like 'Blue Moon' even. I love the pink/red/white/cream/yellow ones, though!

hi Steve, like you i also had a new garden last year, and a very small buget to work from - hense all of my plants and shurbs being to small to fill the gaps they are supposed to - still it is very exciting in a new garden - dispite the rain last year i have really enjoyed having a go out there, and i now feel that i have it well underway. my garden is mostly flowers tho being a florist! but i am starting some veggies this year with my daughter in her little raised bed.

HI EZELIVIN I BOUGHT 2 CLEMATIS PLANTS 2 YEARS AGO AND BOTH ARE DOING VERY WELL ,SO JUST GOES TO SHOW A PLANT IS A PLANT CHOOSE WHERE ITS BOUGHT (NETTO) £1.49 EACH SEEYA

Hi Steve - welcome to GoY! You'll soon find that we all have successes and failures, just like you, but I sympathise with you for the bad start in your new garden. Let's hope for better weather this year! I keep running out after the 10.30 local weather forecast to cover up my new baby Delphiniums - I am fed up with frost - we don't usually get such hard ones down here in Somerset. I have lost my new Coprosma (I should have remembered to cover that as well). Do you grow flowers/shrubs etc as well as fruit and veggies?