Permaculture Design
One of the many things I love about my permaculture garden is that it mostly looks after itself. To me that is an essential feature of a garden. It's not that I don't want to spend time in it. When I do find time I always find a million things that I can do or plant or change, but I don't HAVE to.
The principle of turning problems into solutions goes hand in hand with the idea of working with nature rather than against it. A pile of rubble can be a very attractive alpine garden. A dirty wall is an ideal place for an attractive climber.
Don’t waste your money, time and energy by trying to force something that nature never intended to happen. Look creatively at what you have already got, try to see the benefits and look at ways to use the situation to your advantage.
This is the link to the Countrywide show aired on Saturday: (Its GIY Week - Brian Lally visits a gardener in Crossakiel who's hosting a gathering amid her increasingly lazy beds !)
