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Wildflower meadow in miniature

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Since the old greenhouse bit the dust at the beginning of last year we have had a small part of he the top area of the garden that we've done nothing with so far. The greenhouse had stood there for over 20 years, and so it didn't owe us anything when it did finally succumb to the great greenhouse abode above. So earlier this year I started thinking hard about what to do with this area. Should I use it for growing more fruit, or turn it over to a small vegetable garden. In the end practicalities had a hand in the decision. At the moment life is very busy for a variety of reasons, and I've never been very successful in growing vegetables, so armed with a desire to increase the number and variety of  wildlife in he the garden I decided to try for a wildlife meadow in miniature. And miniature it will be! The next stage was a little research on how to prepare the area. Apparently it is important that the area should not have been fertilised for a while so that the wildflowers