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Hello everybody, and happy July. How did we get here?? Actually, don\u2019t answer that. We all know!<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been in a bit of limbo throughout June. As I mentioned briefly before, I\u2019ve invested in a house in my home county of Suffolk. However, it all happened rather quickly, and it\u2019s actually my friends’ house that I bought, as they\u2019d been let down by a couple of buyers previously. However, they will still be here for a few weeks. So, I\u2019m half moved in, they are half moved out and it\u2019s all a bit of a muddle right now. But we will survive!<\/p>\n\"\"\n

The worst part of it is that I can\u2019t really get my hands on the garden yet. There are still various items in the garden that they\u2019ll be taking away with them, so I don\u2019t yet have a full blank canvas to work with quite yet! Also, I don\u2019t want to start off with my plans until the previous owners are well out of sight, especially as my plans involve removing some of the lawn, shhh!<\/p>\n\"\"\n

I\u2019ve been busy processing my ideas for the garden and building a pretty nifty Pinterest board too. My problem is that I\u2019m quite indecisive. A few initial ideas include painting the garage wall a nice grey green colour, to set off my favourite plants, and installing a floating deck walkway across the centre of the garden. I may also have my eye on an outhouse too!<\/p>\n\"\"\n

I have managed to start a bit of planting though, especially because I\u2019ve been collating various small pots over the last few months, and they needed to get planted out. There was some old stoneware sitting at the bottom of the garden, and I\u2019ve managed to bring it back to life, with a mixture of herbs, cosmos and fragrant geraniums.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

I think I\u2019m going to need to get my hands on some self-watering plants as though, especially because I\u2019m often in London at weekends. I\u2019m also hoping to get some larger structural shrubs in pots, the upcoming Plant of the Month from Plants2Gardens<\/strong> would be ideal for this, it\u2019s a gorgeous candle hydrangea<\/a>!<\/p>\n\"\"\n

I\u2019ve also brought along the 50 houseplants that I started to buy while I was staying in the apartment in Windsor, so they\u2019ve all found homes pretty easily. But that doesn\u2019t mean I can\u2019t stop myself buying more! Have you checked out the houseplant range<\/a> on the QVC website?<\/p>\n\"\"\n

I can\u2019t leave my spring bulb planting too late though, because I need to get those into the soil in the next couple of months. I haven\u2019t grown bulbs for a few years now, but I love the thrill of planting them in the autumn, forgetting about them, and then having such a pleasant surprise come March!<\/p>\n\"\"\n

So, finally I\u2019m able to exercise my green fingers quite extensively. And it feels so good!<\/p>\n

Michael x<\/p>\n

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