Monday 31 October 2011

My Victorian Kitchen Garden Renovation .. so far

We’ve been here in our forever house for three months already!  I can’t tell you how much I love it. It’s home.  However there are times I look and get a bit daunted.  It’s quite a project we’ve taken on ...  as you can see from photo’s below this side of the house is a Victorian Kitchen Garden and it needs some serious love and attention. Thankfully my husband is amazing.  He’s spent every weekend in the garden from first thing in the morning until last light with this weekend was no exception; he’s set to clearing the kitchen garden and has made such a difference already.  he has repaired the urn with my father in law using a stone glue and  I can see the potential ..  I’m so excited.  You can listen to my father in law fixing the urn using my hairdryer !

As most people renovating a property I have to keep to a budget. The cost of food is going up each year so  I think growing more my own fruit and vegetables will be good for my wallet and brilliant on our plates, so I am planning to grow the most delicious things.


 I’m really a cook who gardens so I know that I’ll be getting all my plants, seeds, flowers and bulbs from Thompson and Morgan.  I love that they are the oldest British seed catalogues in the UK and I’ve been using them for years  myself on my allotment. I  am currently leafing through their catalogue like I’m looking at a restaurant menu! I want this, this that and the other, but to start with I am going to get some garlic bulbs in and some onions to plant next weekend. 

It’s going to be amazing. It’s going to be delicious. 


10 comments:

  1. sounds wonderful. What a lovely space. Do wish I had more time to garden

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  2. I love gardening too and yours is beautiful and such a vast space. xx

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  3. Looks like it will be worth all the hard work.

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  4. I can relate to your need to grow as many veg as possible. I am with you there! Just ordered all my Thomson & Morgan goodies and waiting for their imminent arrival. I can't wait to hear more about your garden restoration, it's just the sort of thing I love x

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  5. I love your garden and it sounds as though it is going to be just wonderful. Gardening is such a satisfying occupation, I love being in the garden working, the day just slips away.

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  6. Love the before pics - can't wait to see the after. Nothing like watching other people work hard in the garden! I just have pots where I live but just watching all my little herb and tomato seedlings peeping through the soil.

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  7. It looks like it will be amazing. I find keeping the garden in check is such a long term job. You feel like you get it about right and then you need to do it all again because things just keep growing! Best of luck. I look forward to seeing your work in progress.

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  8. I love the garden and I love the story about how you got the house.

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  9. congratualtions on the move and the joy it brings you and the family. Your garden is quite a space and you have big plans i can see from how much you have done in only 3 months. I was in my home nearly 5 years before really tackling the garden as it was just a huge task, plus it look us that long to do the inside of the house up.

    Please keep us updated with the progress. it is a lovely garden.

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  10. Just read about you acquiring your dream garden - what a lovely story. Congratulations, it sounds wonderful. Your own outdoor space is worth so much.

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