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When it comes to the garden, the difficulties of being an investor/landlord and not an owner occupier come to the fore. It would be great to have a large vegetable area, fruit trees and a wild area for wildlife but it is quite likely a tenant would look after it. Investors do not like properties with a garden for the reason that tenants are often only there for a short time and have no interest in caring for it.
The terraced front garden - cleared
However, there are a few things I can do to improve the situation and hope that any tenant or future owner will take advantage of them. These are a few of the things I have thought about:
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to improve the soil in the front terraced beds so it would be possible for a tenant to grow a few vegetables, or at least herbs. This has been partly done and one section well-composted.
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to put in a compost bin so that garden waste can be substantially composted on site rather than be driven to the nearest council waste facility (already done, constructed from wooden pallets free from the local garden centre)
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to put in a "green johanna" composter which would enable the occupier to compost their food waste safely (for details see eco living). This has been done and is being used by my tenants.
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to plant a fruit tree or two to give the garden some reasonably easily maintained produce (I have already put some raspberries and redcurrants from my garden)
I am not that keen on the large areas of grass in the garden because they need mowing which is not an exactly environmentally friendly activity. But there seem few other options.
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