It's now 3 weeks since we moved in and I have to admit that the only thing we've done in the garden so far is to mend the fence panel which came down in the high winds and put up a rather ugly, but necessary, storage unit.
But I have taken the opportunity to take a closer look at the garden and discover some of its quirks. For starters, it's not as flat as I first thought. And the lawn is distinctly lumpy - so no chance of practising my golf putt (OK, that was pretty unlikely, even if it had been Augusta standard). We'll have to wait to see how it grows once the weather finally warms up, but any areas we decide to keep as lawn may well need replacing anyway.
Secondly, only a small area will be sunny throughout the day. The house and relatively high fences plus the mature trees in the surrounding gardens means that most areas will be shady. So I'm unlikely to have much choice in the position of the sunny patio I have in mind.
And I still have no idea where I'm going to put the shed.
All rather daunting.
Then I spotted an advert for a garden design course run by Fat Grass Garden Design - 6 weeks learning to plan your own garden. Perfect! Not only does it cover all the things I want to know but it's being held just down the road and starts in a couple of weeks.
So all decision making is on hold and I can spend the next couple of weeks thinking about the elements I want to include without worrying about practicalities.
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