The previous owner loved concrete, the plot includes a lot so much so we christened the front garden Stalag - this isn't ideal, but basically raised beds were created and paving. In an ideal world I would like to start again, but funds don't allow. Reading a good article by a professional gardener who said something along the lines of "work with what you have got, why waste more resources if you can re-use what you have or modify it" - so I'm thinking along these lines, and trying to be a bit greener in the process as well as saving money.
The front faces due south, gets baked dry and it gets quite breezy, therefore the back is north - so a portion of the garden is in shade a lot of the time, and dry shade against the bungalow. Some challenging conditions. The soil is clay and hard to work, but I am a following a no dig approach, nourishing the soil with added compost, green manures and crop rotation.
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