First week progress

I've done all this in one week and without buying any plants or seeds (I'm quite proud of that). Todo esto y todavia no he comprado ni una planta ni semillas!

I started sowing seeds last Sunday, and by Wednesday the ones in the kitchen window sill had starting sprouting already! It really is very sunny and looks perfect for seedlings (so far). I sowed some more outside but those aren't as speedy. I sowed: marigolds, cornflower, lettuce, chard, basil, cauliflower, rocket, spring onions, leeks, cosmos and purple peas.

Las primeras semillas en la ventana de cocina empezaron a germinar en tres dias! Las que sembre fuera van mas lentas. Sembre: targetes, centaurea, lechuga, acelgas, albahaca, coliflor, rucula, cebolletas, puerros, cosmos y guisantes morados.

By the front door I had a tree that I think is a climbing hydrangea. It's a bit shady (north/east facing) and I've turned it into a spring garden, with things that flower when it's too cold to go out in the garden to enjoy them, because I will still walk past them every day after work! I'm particularly fond of the viburnum (foreground of the picture), it smells amazing and now I will enjoy it fully every year.

Junto a la puerta de entrada he puesto plantas que florecen a finales de invierno o primavera, porque aunque haga demasiado frio para salir al jardin siempre pasare por aqui todos los dias. El arbol mas grande ya estaba en el jardin, el resto (incluyendo el viburnum delante) los tenia en macetas del jardin anterior.

This spiky plant and jasmine were already in the ground but in the wrong place. Now I'm making a mini bed between our patio and the neighbour's. 

Un jazmin y la planta que parece una fuente ya estaban, pero las trasplante a esta mini jardinera que estoy construyendo entre nuestra terraza y la valla del vecino.

The magnolia was already there, and I'm making a semicircular bed with stuff I had that like part shade: rosemary, hosta, honesty, phlox, sweet williams, astilbe, a white lilac bush at the back.

Los antiguos dueños nos dejaron el magnolio, y a su alrededor estoy plantando un semicirculo con plantas que ya tenia: y que les gusta esta zona de semisombra Romero, hosta, phlox, lunarias, astilbe, clavelinas, y al fondo un lilo blanco.

I'm digging this corner, which was riddled with weeds. It's very sunny so I'm planning to plant Mediterranean/South African style plants.

Esta zona estaba llena de malas hierbas. Cuando terming de preparar el suelo, pienso poner plantas del mediterraneo / Sudafrica, porque es una de las zones con mas sol del jardin.

The decking platform at the back of the garden is hopeful going to be turned into raised beds for our veg. If it works out we will only need to buy the soil and we can recycle all the wood!

La plataforma de madera, si todo sale bien, la vamos a convertir en jardineras para huerta.