Hi I'm Lola, aka Gardengrrl, an American living in France. I'm really new to gardening and I'll probably ask a million really stupid questions, so please bear with me! My husband and I have a really old country house that we've been restoring for the past 4 years, and now we're turning our attention to the yard. We hardly know where to begin, so I'm just reading as much as I can about starting a garden for the time being. I look forward to getting to know you all!
Hi Lola, welcome to GardenStew from north Texas. We really need to see photos of your house and future garden area. We are nosey and love pictures from all parts of the world.
Hi Lola and a big welcome to GardenStew. How exciting to have a new garden to plan. The good folks here will do their best to answer your questions
Welcome to the Stew from further north in Europe! I'm so looking forward to hearing about your projects, and hopefully see some photos too. Whereabouts in France are you? I used to be slightly francophile but grew out of it. And I repeat myself ad infinitum: The only stupid question is the one never asked.
Hi everyone - Thanks so much for the welcomes! toni - For pictures, it'd probably be easiest if you checked out my blog. I just put a bunch of pictures up there. The address is http:thebeginnergardener.blogspot.com. Don't expect too much - I literally have done no work at all in the yard (except to start a compost pile - which, I now know, I did completely wrong). Droopy, I'm in Paris but my house is about 2-hrs. to the south in northern Burgundy. Yeah, me too.
Welcome Lola from east Texas. So glad you joined our great group. Would love to see pictures of your home.
Lola Hi from Pennsylvania..... No question is a dumb question.. Only dumb ones are the ones we dont ask....... LOL We have lotza experts on here.. many subjects.. bali
Welcome to GardenStew Lola from West Lothian in Scotland. Ask as many questions as you like as we love to help others out here.
Hello Lola Nice to meet you. I am glad you joined the Stew. Welcome. And please hop right in and enjoy the stew with us.
Thanks again for the welcomes!! Well, I guess my first question would be: where do a newbie like me post general questions? I've peeked inside most of the forums and my questions are far too general for them. For example, I would like to get opinions on the best way to begin. My yard is virtually untouched - our house was abandoned for many decades before we bought it. I just don't know the best way to go about such a large project. Any thoughts?
If I were you, I'd start by making a drawing of my yard, and try to find out where I want my veggies, herbs, flowers, berries and fruit. If you want borders, there's a lot of digging waiting for you, and it's better with a general plan than to just plunge in and start somewhere that you later find out won't do at all. I've done that, and the wasted amount of work still annoys me. Once you've figured out what goes where, you can start to ask questions in the sub-forums where your question seems to fit. And you can always use the Village Square.
