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Originally Posted by Meta menardi  The comment about waiting a year is one I would have added, growing things means understanding what you have as a place to grow things. |
Certainly it would be wise to wait before making large investments in time and cash, and in making difficult to change design decisions, but actually getting down to gardening is an important element of finding out what does or does not work. So experimenting with some cheap, easy to propogate 'favourite' plants is a good way forward. Researching the soil - doing ph tests, checking a gelogy map etc is sensible, but actually digging some holes and finding out how clayey, rocky, and deep a soil is, is also important - is it full of builders trash, has been lovingly nurtured by a previous occupant, is it the remnant of greenfield meadow ? - one can only find that out through practical gardening.
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