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And she is indeed here with me today.

And we're going to talk about the Q&A, so the questions that we get sent in by listeners of things that we are doing at this time of year.

So, Josie's going to kick off with a question that we've had about moving into a new place

with a new garden and what one should do. So I'm going to hand straight over to Josie to answer

that first question. Okay, thank you. So the usual thing to say is leave the garden alone for a year when you've moved in somewhere

and see what comes up, check where you see sun and shade, you know, just get a real feel for

the garden.

But as this question says, the person wants to put their own stamp on it,

you know, not wait a year. So probably what I would do is leave most of the bones in place.

So you can see what's coming up. But into plant with, depending on what time of year it is

that you've moved in,

interplant with annuals.

So you'll have a show of something that you like that represents you in your first year.

But you'll also see the perennials and the shrubs and what they do through the seasons.

If it's autumn, you're moving in and you've got time to plant bulbs and, yeah,

put some of your favourite bulbs in, moving around to spring. You can get some of your favourite dahlias in and annuals. So it'll be a bit of you and a bit of the old garden and you can see

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