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Gardening or landscaping a new house can be enjoyable or a chore,
depending on whether or not you are interested in gardening.
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This will effect the design of the garden (how much time do you want to
spend on your garden weekly) as will your situation, are you a retired
couple or have you a young family.
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Other things that will affect your garden is soil type, sunny or
shaded, windy aspect, area of country etc.
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So once you have decided on the design, the ground will have to be
prepared. Most Builders are not the tidiest of people so the surrounding
area of your house will be covered with bricks, blocks, cement, sand, wall
ties, ok you get the picture.
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Now that the majority of the "rubbish" has been removed, the
ground could need the addition of peat, manure, fertilizer etc.
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At the start of the gardening project or even the building project you
must have put a budget together for this. If you have a large area to
landscape (and it is sometimes a part of planning permission) then it can
work out expensive depending on the route taken. If you have a large area to
landscape, my advice is to plan this work during the "none growing
months", my favorite month is March. During these months you can plant
"bare rooted shrubs and trees", which are normally only a fraction
of the cost of potted shrubs and trees.
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The only drawback is that you normally have to buy a minimum of ten of
each type of shrub or tree and you will have to find a nursery rather than a
gardening center.
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But if you try a little harder and look for that nursery then the
savings can be very worthwhile. On my selfbuild I have planted approximately
1500 shrubs and trees which equates to a saving of approximately
£4000-£5000, now that seems interesting.
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One other way of saving some "hard earned cash" is to buy
from a horticultural supply company. One of the best I know is LBS
Horticulture which supplies mail order throughout the UK and stocks an
extensive range of goods from fertilizers, weed killers to pond equipment.
Its worth checking the web site out.
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Gardening or landscaping a new house can be enjoyable or a chore,
depending on whether or not you are interested in gardening.
-
This will effect the design of the garden (how much time do you want to
spend on your garden weekly) as will your situation, are you a retired
couple or have you a young family.
-
Other things that will affect your garden is soil type, sunny or
shaded, windy aspect, area of country etc.
-
So once you have decided on the design, the ground will have to be
prepared. Most Builders are not the tidiest of people so the surrounding
area of your house will be covered with bricks, blocks, cement, sand, wall
ties, ok you get the picture.
-
Now that the majority of the "rubbish" has been removed, the
ground could need the addition of peat, manure, fertilizer etc.
-
At the start of the gardening project or even the building project you
must have put a budget together for this. If you have a large area to
landscape (and it is sometimes a part of planning permission) then it can
work out expensive depending on the route taken. If you have a large area to
landscape, my advice is to plan this work during the "none growing
months", my favorite month is March. During these months you can plant
"bare rooted shrubs and trees", which are normally only a fraction
of the cost of potted shrubs and trees.
-
The only drawback is that you normally have to buy a minimum of ten of
each type of shrub or tree and you will have to find a nursery rather than a
gardening center.
-
But if you try a little harder and look for that nursery then the
savings can be very worthwhile. On my selfbuild I have planted approximately
1500 shrubs and trees which equates to a saving of approximately
£4000-£5000, now that seems interesting.
-
One other way of saving some "hard earned cash" is to buy
from a horticultural supply company. One of the best I know is LBS
Horticulture which supplies mail order throughout the UK and stocks an
extensive range of goods from fertilizers, weed killers to pond equipment.
Its worth checking the web site out.
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