Here we go again....what to do with this bit?

Hi SK. I think I would go for the raised bed idea myself, it would be lovely to grow some of your own veg, and being a raised bed it will be tidy and easy to manage. Your patio looks great now.

Patio's looking great there SK, and the plants are filling out lovely :)
I agree with Cinderella, raised bed. I love mine that hub built, much easier for planting up, no sore knees from weeding and the plants are more at eye level... when your sitting on the patio in the mornings, ideas will swirl around in your mind, they do with me. There's no hurry, have a good old think :))))

You said poor soil so how about extending the new rockery into a scree garden?

Raised bed sounds good you have got a lovely rose growing against the shed:)

I`m for the raised bed and a few veg, theres nothing quite like fresh from the garden.

Whatever you decide, SK....consider your limitations as the whole idea of getting your patio and gravel area done was to you could cope with your garden.

It's looking like it needs a lot of digging out...I wonder if that is something you could undertake? I like Drc's idea of a scree garden but that may take a bit too much effort initially and some maintenance with weeding etc.

I hope you have lots of inspiration as you while away the time on your lovely patio....and in such nice patio set too :)

I love your patio by the window. It looks like a sun trap.
Difficult to know what to do with that neglected patch. If the soil is poor maybe it would be best to put slabs, and use it as a shady place to sit on a hot day. You could have shade/semishade loving plants in pots.
Well at 17 there are other things to do than gardening aren't there :o)

Lol yes Hywel there are ;) actually that's not a bad idea it does get very hot on patio as it's south facing, thanks for that idea, don't know if I want to grow to many Veg not up to it, and don't need something else to worry about!

Clever Hywel, why didn`t I think of that. Like you SK our garden is South facing and on a hot sunny day its just too hot to sit on the patio, so this year we added a small paved area at the bottom of the garden, wish we had done it years ago.

I like paved areas :o) You can put some pots there to brighten it up. And it's nice to have somewhere to sit. You need somewhere to sit when working in the garden. And a bit less work is good :o)