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  Kieran Ray January 21, 2010 at 10:04pm

  Yep exactly the same, I did add a patio and raised bed to the back garden last year as it was the venue of my birthday, but as soon as that was over all my waste and left overs started to fill it again. I have just had a huge fire to get rid of some but as we all know it will mount up again, well until I can get to the field. This year I will probably change the front garden about put some new paving in ti etc as I'm bored of it now. But hey that's another threat altogether.
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  Michael Burt January 21, 2010 at 10:05pm

  Me too. Although I have a rather important deadline this year to get the back garden, front garden and driveway finished. We're getting married in September and the ceremony is in (yes you've guessed it) the garden...
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  Keith Barker January 21, 2010 at 11:17pm

  This year our front and back gardens MUST be finished, because we're moving house in 2011!
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  Lawncare-4u.co.uk January 22, 2010 at 12:00am

  im waiting ???! to manage? the build of my new garage/workshop so the front end of my garden will be trashed then so ive got a 6ft no -care zone till then !! large pile of wood/junk at the side of old sectional garage /and 35 box hedging in pots..........sandstone in the way.............glad i put drive geotextile down when i dug it out 3years ago as weeds are getting about all over now. back of house is a waste of space so full of wood/logs too.
  
  garden is about on top of / just - looks a right mess though lol
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  Dan Frazer Gardening January 22, 2010 at 2:17pm

  I'm stuffing my front garden with all sorts of yummy goodies, apple and plum trees, herbs, fruit bushes, and nicely scented things such as lavenders and honeysuckle.
  
  I'll be fitting in some aesthetic veg such as artichoke, psb and cabbages too. Then when I get the time the hedge will be getting replaced with a nice low wooden picket fance, a rockery down adjacent to the pavement, and 30% of the driveway will get ripped out and replaced with fertile topsoil. Why have people gone for so much paving these days? Bring back the garden I say! The drive is 5m wide just now, all I need is enough space to reverse the trailer and car into.
  
  Then I want to move the chickens from behind the shed to the side of the house as I can use the area more efficiently where they are now, for some mini greenhouses etc and a better path to use when I park out back.
  
  The gardens aren't big by any means, maybe 7x5m front and 10x20m back, but I really want to make the most of every inch.
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  Grant Pirie January 22, 2010 at 3:57pm

  You say chickens Dan.......my little girls were asking me only today about getting some chickens.....do you have any for sale or know of anyone local from who i could purchase two of the little cluckers from?????
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  Lawncare-4u.co.uk January 22, 2010 at 4:01pm

  think its best to have more than 2 !
  need feeding every day.
  big coup and it needs moving on fresh grass each week.........certain types are best eg layers if you want eggs.
  
  hope this helps (not trying to put you off)
  
  rob
  
  Grant Pirie said:

  You say chickens Dan.......my little girls were asking me only today about getting some chickens.....do you have any for sale or know of anyone local from who i could purchase two of the little cluckers from?????
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  Dan Frazer Gardening January 23, 2010 at 2:51am

  Not at all...
  
  I have the run in a permanent spot, no moving, also the feeder is 3kg and the drinker is 3 litres. For my 3 chickens I only have to top them both up every 3 days (a lot of 3's!). I sweep out the coop every week and replace the couple of handfulls of sawdust and handful of straw. The muck goes on the compost heap with the sawdust and straw. They are the easiest animals imaginable to keep and they provide really fresh lovely food! (I also sell the surplus eggs).
  
  Here are details for the supplier... he lives 2 miles from me and supplied the chickens as 24-week-old layers. He may remember me buying them last autumn, Dan from the village.
  
  Gilchrist Poultry
  Barraston Holdings
  Torrance
  Glasgow
  G64 4DW
  UK
  (01360) 620287
  
  I have had them for 5 months and pretty much got an egg a day from each of them every single day since. I built the coop from pallets. Drop me a line if you want to know any more.
  
  Robin Ainsworth said:

  think its best to have more than 2 !
  need feeding every day.
  big coup and it needs moving on fresh grass each week.........certain types are best eg layers if you want eggs.
  
  hope this helps (not trying to put you off)
  
  rob
  
  Grant Pirie said:

  You say chickens Dan.......my little girls were asking me only today about getting some chickens.....do you have any for sale or know of anyone local from who i could purchase two of the little cluckers from?????