Thanks Mika. I moved into this house just last year this month. That's why everything is in containers because I didn't want to put anything in the ground at the old house knowing I'd eventually move. Thankfully a lot of what I have can go into the ground. I wanted to wait a year before I really started planting, to see what the sun did and see what kind of micro climates I had in this yard. I had 5 trees taken out to give me more sun because the back yard was totally covered in trees. My biggest problem is forgetting how old I am, 66, and trying to do more than my body is capable of, or should I say willing to do.
You are a bit far away .. I lived in England for a few years, first in Abbot's Langley then in Rickmansworth.