well its not the full dream i as hoping for but its a start .we are making our back garden into a foodie garden we have the green house just to assemble it and then make the raised beds for inside the greenhouse and the outside one .we have coming from the growers 1 bramblyapple tree 1cherry tree 1 braeburn tree 1 plum tree 1 confrence pear tree 1 orange tree 1 lime tree 1 lemon tree all of these are on a dwarf stock so will grow only up to 7 ft high .there is 10 soft fruits coming like rasberries blueberries and so on .strawberries are in hanging baskets when they arrive. so far its in the ruff stages but when its all planted up i will pop on a picture ok . i do have 2 compost bins and a water butt so if you have any advice on any thing i may need to know then please i would love the advice
hi alchmist
the orange lemon and lime trees i have got comming are guarenteed frost hardy and will produce fruit by next year also the other fruit trees will produce a few fruits this year but all will have abundence crops in the 3rd year if they dont then garden bargins would have to refund all my money back check them out on ideal world normaly on at 11am on sundays
Remember things like oranges, lemons and limes are not frost hardy so will need to be brought inside during the winter. You may not get a good crop on them some years, but nice to try to grow your own. Things like blueberries are lime intolerent, so you will need to grow them in a pot with ericaeous compost unless you have acid soil, and water with rainwater if you have hard water. Hope it goes well for you.
thanks for the davice pottyaboutgroing.
maya yes you can im doing all my trees (dwarf stocks)and softfruits in pots i will let you and if anyone elce who needs to know were to go to its gardenbargins.com you will find all the goodies for a foodie garden there including pots feed and so on
I don't think there would be a problem with the trees, they could be put in large pots as they sound like a patio tree.
Hello sara;
Sounds like your'e going to be busy over the next few weeks, but it will be worth it when you start to produce your own fruits etc. Get a good gardening book and read, saying that I have plenty myself and still ask basic Qs on the forum. pop along there and look in the managing the land section and growing section. You will find the same Q's coming up time and time again, but for newbie's its a life line. Good luck with you project.
No advice sorry but a question! Do you need council permission to plant stunted fruit trees? I know you do for large trees (roots etc. might cause problems for house plumbing depending where you plant..). I would love to grow fruit one day but finding a house with decent garden space these days is not so easy for the city dweller.
Many thanks :) Maya