On 05/04/2014 11:36, unicron85 wrote:
Hi everyone Mey self and my partenr have just moved into a new property
and now have our very own garden I would like some help or tips or
whatever you can provide me with, I have a few problems here the garden
gets quite wet, when i say wet i mean it has sort of a mini flood when
it rains so to me it seems i need something in the garden that drinks a
lot. (any recommendations?)

What sort of soil? Heavy clay? If it really is badly waterlogged a pond
or bog garden at the lowest point might be worth considering. My garden
isn't quite that wet but the dampest end supports adult frogs somehow.

also Im ripping out everything to start freshthe bushes in this garden
are horrible, we already have a basic idea of what we want to do tio the
garden ill post pics of the garden soon.

Garden make-over programmes have a lot to answer for. What you propose
is both expensive and probably a lot of unnecessary work.

The usual advice unless there are pernicious weed like groundelder,
nettles and brambles which you should deal with immediately is to leave
it for the first season tidying up or if you *really* don't like them
grubbing up established plants *after* they have flowered. That way you
get to see what you already have in the garden for free. You might
otherwise unknowingly zap some beautiful rare specimen plant.

It will take a couple of years to tidy up any badly maintained shrubs,
but you can prune most things with impunity after flowering and again in
late autumn or winter. Most things will regenerate if pruned properly
and a good book on pruning from the library will help.

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Regards,
Martin Brown