Hello from Southport, England

[FatGoatBlogs]

Hi folks hope you’re all well in these challenging times. I’ve been a member of this forum for quite some time but never quite got around to posting anything. About me, well We’ve recently moved from having a shared south facing garden with more space than I could shake a stick at, to a much smaller segmented, largely north facing new build with the heaviest soil I’ve ever seen. This gives us five sub gardens, about the size of a border but this doesn’t phase me. Also I have an indoor house plant collection coming on and I do love a Calathea, having had a Fred and Rufibarba for about three years. Anyway, happy to be here and out of the shadows, finally.

 

[zigs]

Welcome to the forum

 

[Tetters]

Well @FatGoatBlogs it`s very nice to have you on board. As for shadows, I reckon you have a fair few to contend with in a North facing garden.
It would be nice to have a look at your new patch - always good to take a couple of ''before'' photos - then you can keep checking how well you`ve done .....and we would love to have a nose !

 

[Sean Regan]

Hi and welcome.

 

[Logan]

Hello and welcome to GF

 

[Owdboggy]

Spent a lot of time in Southport over the years. Thought all the soil round there was sandy.

 

[LouisFerdinand]

Bonjour! You joined on my birthday, which is June 3rd!

 

[Tess]

Welcome fatgoatblogs! You will love this forum!

 

[FatGoatBlogs]

Spent a lot of time in Southport over the years. Thought all the soil round there was sandy.

We're quite far from the coast, closer to Scarisbrick and being on a Barratts building site, where the pile driver is a more common site than the average Sandpiper, our soil has come from way below. I'd love a bit of sand, churning up our shady border is a seemingly never-ending battle with the clay

 

[FatGoatBlogs]

Well @FatGoatBlogs it`s very nice to have you on board. As for shadows, I reckon you have a fair few to contend with in a North facing garden.
It would be nice to have a look at your new patch - always good to take a couple of ''before'' photos - then you can keep checking how well you`ve done .....and we would love to have a nose !

I have taken a few phone videos to upload to YouTube and link to, so watch this space Yes with the shade I'm trying to get more creative than Hostas and Ferns - which don't seem to be taking too well, various daffodils seem to be thriving but I will need something for the other 46 weeks of the year. One of the borders faces north-west so I'm putting a lot of faith in that - an Iceberg Rose and two Cornus stolonifera 'Flaviramea' no less. Whichever way it goes I'm sure I'll have a lot of fun...and backache!

 

[Tetters]

There are loads of good plants for shade - I can think of some really good climbers for a start! Looking forward to the videos

 

[Sheal]

Welcome to the forum FatGoatBlogs.