front garden with veg

if you can find a half sunny sheltered spot then the bay will be fine ,or tub it and as u say bring it indoors to a cool place . central heating will kill it

before i got my lottie plot - i grew veggies in my front garden - it looked great.

i dug out a bed - also filled with builders rubble - size 4ft wide x 15 ft long.

it slopes - so dug down 2 1/2 ft at top - 1 1/2 ft at base - lined with thick chestnut poles to give a nice edge.

filled with well rotted muck - topped with the soil that i riddled from the rubble.

grew broad beans, runner beans and dwarf beans - carrots, onions, beetroot, parsnips, lettuce, garlic, cabbages, leeks, turnips, chillis and peppers and all my herbs.

also grew toms, raspberries and strawberries in containers - all mixed in with flowers - it look great - and tasted great too - and as i live in a small village - and was new to the area - i got lots of interest and was even asked to show my garden (but i'm too shy for that sort of thing  )

but it was a good way to stop and chat to all the passers by.

good luck with yours

Thanks Aunt Sally.  

you can still have a bay tree ..... just fleece it well as i suggested    we get minus 11 c on the coast here ,,, im 100 yds from the sea  and they do well around here as they just cover them up with  fleece and canes . the frost only kills if it gets contact with the plants fleece helps to stop this  

I use my front garden for herbs veg and fruit, bit of disaster this year with the weather and slugs,  still I got a fw onions, spring onions, strawberries, 1 tomato  :oops: (they got blight) , chard and rocket and loads of different herbs.
i have just put some onoins sets in intermaingled with the herbs and some purple sprouting brocalli, will be transplanting some spinich in over the next couple of weeks.   Plus have just planted a rhubarb crown and a red current.     the neighborhood kids are great and always ask before the pick.
 My 2yo son is the worst he had all the apples off the tree by end of august :roll: .
I have put in a small pond now so hopefully that will deal with some of the slugs, just need to plant it up now.
Will have to take some pics, although don't expect It to be tidy as I like to leave it as indisturbed as pos and that includes a few pretty weeds , wildflowers and loads of calendula which loved the wet weather