Letting The Side Down

We live in a neat suburban town where everything that is good and bad about Essex can be found. Our bungalow is in a respectable street with moderately wealthy neighbours, either working or retired.
Properties in our area are neatly painted with smart cars in the drive and smart gardens to the front and back.
Unfortunately the free time I imagined I would have by not working in London is much less than I dreamed of. Some things have 'let slip' and the worst of these is our front garden. Unkempt, unloved and overgrown it's a favourite resting site for a whole range of native flora and fauna. Unfortunately it's also a bit of an eyesore. Never normally worried about what others think of me even I'm a little ashamed of it's state.
Last month I decided to make a start on cutting it back and digging it over, just to tidy it up.
Unfortunately other things got in the way and it's not really progressed very far...
Like a business you need a vision and a plan to get you there. Cutting back and digging, although a challenge, didn't really give me an end goal. But whilst digging out more roots I decided I'd have an edible front garden. A cross between a potager and a cottage garden. A posher version of my allotment.
This blog will be about the ongoing trials and tribulations of growing stuff on my lottie and creating a front garden that is practical but pretty - and won't upset the neighbours as it currently does!