WHEN Dean and Karen Northop took on their garden in Holmfirth, they were up for a challenge.
The garden has stunning views across to Holme Moss on one side and the wind farm on Ogden Moor on the other. It is not an easy place in which to garden but this couple seem to have their environment tamed.But together, Dean who is an industrial pipe fitter and Karen, a childminder, have created a real family garden.Raised beds are bursting with vegetables including parsnips, swede, onions, carrots, peas, runner beans, sprouts and salad crops. There are also healthy looking crops of strawberries, apples and pears.Having heard of its efforts to create a sustainable school garden, judges from the Yorkshire Agricultural Society and Yorkshire Water chose the school as the Yorkshire Conservation School of the Year.[bar] SPECTACULAR SETTING: Karen Northrop in her hillside garden at Holmfir th Purchase: www.examiner.co.uk/buyaphoto 01484 430000 ext 7778PW150711Bgarden-04.jpgAnd gardening at over 750 feet in the Pennine hills on a steep, windy hillside is certainly that.CAPTION(S):Pupils and teachers from the school received free tickets to this year's Great Yorkshire Show and pounds 200 towards gardening equipment for the school.[bar] Keep the base of hedges weed-free, feeding with a general purpose liquid fertiliser if the hedge looks undernourished. [bar] Plant out potted-up softwood cuttings of shrubs taken in May in their final planting position.
[bar] SPECTACULAR SETTING: Karen Northrop in her hillside garden at Holmfir th Purchase: www.examiner.co.uk/buyaphoto 01484 430000 ext 7778PW150711Bgarden-04.jpg
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