Improve Your Property by Improving Your Garden

Today, having got over my recent bathroom and shower related DIY frustrations; my attentions have temporarily shifted to my back garden. Gardening has of course, has in recent times developed a certain stigma attached amongst the younger generation, with its “old man” image not exactly providing a great stimulus for a young man such as myself to dive into the garden and tend to my plants, lawn and other horticultural needs.

     Like many other people however, in spite of the outdated image of gardening, financial circumstances have provided me with the impetus to grow my “green fingers”, pick up my trowel and get out in the back garden - but hey, at least the sun was shining! Having read around the whole subject of horticulture on the internet it seemed as though the easiest (and most importantly cheapest) first horticultural steps for me to take were to plant my very own herb garden. Having visited the local supermarket and picked up the seeds for a variety of weird and wonderful herbs and spices, I set about the surprisingly simple task of planting the tiny seeds in my back garden. According to the instructions it may take several weeks for the shoots to appear, so I opted to sit back in my garden sunshine and enjoy an ice cold beer. It seems this gardening malarkey wasn’t so difficult after all! “Here’s to Alan Titchmarsh” I thought as I swigged on my cool one and dozed off in the afternoon sun.