All About Me & My Blog

Thanks so much for dropping by Raised Beds & Potting Sheds - I hope you enjoy hearing what I have been up to in my garden, new and old projects, visits and explorations to new gardens near and far, and everything gardening related that I love in between!

 This year 2017 is about turning my love of gardening into something more and I am hoping that Raised Beds & Potting Sheds will gather all my gardening thoughts and experiences together into something vaguely tangible, remind me of everything I have done and which might just be of interest to others!

 One of my first memories of 'gardening' was of digging holes in my parent's garden and my first 1m by 1m plot complete with gnome and pansies.  I'm not sure how successful I was back then but a seed must have been sown somewhere  - I love being outside, watching for each change in my garden, learning and experimenting with new plants, and my first job as a Contaminated Land Consultant even let me dig lots of holes with JCBs all in the name of science!

 Now I am especially interested in growing my own in the smallest of spaces, year round cutting beds, sustainable gardens, garden design and the positive effects of gardening and green activities on health and wellbeing.

Raised bed complete with gnome and home grown pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima 'Atlantic Giant')

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