Hi everybody,
I thought I would write up a bit of an intro post so I hope this is the right area for that but just to explain a bit about me and the job ahead for us.
I'm an Aussie(Adelaide boy originally) and am now living on the Costa Blanca in Spain in a little place called Busot. We have been here a couple of years now but have only just purchased our first house and just moved in and with that comes our own garden that we can do whatever we wish in.
The house we brought was previously owned by an elderly couple who clearly designed the garden to be low maintenance, paved and full of stones everywhere which for us is too much and we want to change completely. The garden has also been somewhat neglected over the last few months which is sad to see the sick or dead plants from lack of watering but I suppose it will at least give us a clean slate to start with. It's not a huge yard but there is plenty of space and hopefully we can make it a bit more plant and kid friendly along the way.
Being an Aussie it was quite a surprise to see so many familiar Eucalyptus, Acacias, Castimillions etc... around the area and it some garden centers here so that gives me some hope of being able to source the plants I may like.
Anyway, the task ahead is probably a bit bigger than I first thought and of course gets bigger all the time as my vision of it changes but it's a challenge plus we are doing some reno work as well on the inside.
My plan is to start slowly, get the weeds under control, make a compost heap and recover what I can from the garden and then start of the stone removal. From there it should open up a bit more and I will have more of an idea of where I'm headed with the design and practicality of it all.
Here are a few pics of some of the areas!
As you can see there is not much to it at the moment, lots of stones, palms and pines.
Here is the front yard which we will totally overhaul.
Part of the backyard and pool area, not sure what to do yet. Not a fan of the palms or pines but not sure we can do much about them for now.
This is down the side, lots of space for some landscaping.