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[Lawpen]

Hi everyone

I'm new to gardening in Andalucia and I would love to see some photos of your Spanish gardens to give me some inspiration of how to get going.

Penny

[CampoGirl Gina]

Hi Penny,

Welcome to the forum

Hopefully you will find some good tips on here to get you started with your gardening. There are already quiet a few photos on here ,in different posts, of some peoples gardens. But sure there will be more to come.

Look forward to seeing your garden, where abouts are you?

All the best

Gina

[Lawpen]

Thanks for reply.

We have a house inland from Mojacar, Almeria, but as we still live in the UK we can only plant things that will look after themselves and don't need a lot of watering.  Consequently, its taking shape very slowly.

Penny

[Alec]

Hi Penny

We were in the same position for eight years while we were reforming an old finca and trying to establish some plants, all while living in the UK. Maybe someone could post in this forum a list of plants which succeed with the very minimum of watering? We found that many plants will survive with little or no water, but only if they are regularly watered during the first critical year while they are establishing some deep roots. Maybe you could ask some friends or neighbours to help you over that period? Alternatively, it's quite a simple matter to fix up a basic drip-feed system; if you're worried about wasting too much water if things go wrong, you can either run it off a simple timer, or supply it from a large barrel holding sufficient for two or three weeks at a time, using the very narrowest tubing available. Also, providing the new plants with some shading from the overhead sun helps quite a lot, though it has to be strongly supported in order to withstand the wind.

Good luck with the new garden - it's not easy and we all have the occasional (or not-so-occasional) failure, but but you'll find it very satisfying when you succeed!

Alec.