A new garden
By twix
@teison2 (5921)
Norway
August 31, 2008 11:53am CST
Me and my man has taken on his family-farm. There is a lot of work needed before I can move there. It is a 7 hour drive away so it is taking a long time to get there.
There is a pretty large area around the house. Hilly. Not much flat areas. The sun is there in the morning and until late afternoon. The climate is a warm scandinavian. Not icy cold - but there is a winter there with snow.
I do not have much experience in gardening. I would like something easy and something with flowers and mild scents. I want it to be interesting all year round, and I do not want to spend many hours weeding or tending to plants.
Do you have any ideas for me?
Any favorite plants you'd like to recomend?
1 response
@newtondak (3946)
• United States
5 Sep 08
Probably your best bet is to talk or correspond with the people in the area to see what works for them. I did a lot of internet research about gardening in this area before we moved here, but once I got here, discovered that a lot of it didn't work here. I have learned much more from my neighbors - especially some of the older people who have been gardening here for years.
I live in North Dakota in the U.S. and we have a short growing season so I have to watch the maturity dates on what I plant - nothing over 90 days and preferably less.
@newtondak (3946)
• United States
11 Oct 08
We've been working on the back yard - it was suffering from a definite lack of care and had grown up into a jungle. Thanks to some heavy duty farm equipment, we can now see something besides brush out the window!
