After I scarified I had a little cry, and once I had finally run out of tears, I ordered a big bag of topsoil, 12kg of seed and proceeded to level with top soil, aerated with a fork and loosened soil a little in the process, sowed and fertilised, thin layer of top soil over seed, rollered and watered every day for a week. Since then the rain, temp and sunshine has worked its magic.
Apologies if this is a stupid question, but can any garden experts here recommend me some weed control fabric that actually works?
Have a few decent sized graveled areas in my back garden with various types of supposed heavy duty fabric underneath, and the buggers still get through. Sick of having to weed these supposed low maintenance areas!
My garden! is grass and some trees. Anything else that grows. I try to kill it to prevent more work on my part
The little garden pit in front of the porch has a mini hedge and plastic flowers which are very easy upkeep and I don't need to kill them.
DON
I wasn’t happy where you could see the frame under the decking where it met the pond so I had a sheet of mirrored acrylic made up.
March up until today. There are still a few spots I have to sort out where there are still weeds and poor growth through moss but I think in another four weeks it will be sorted. Until next year
March
Scarifying
Today
Looks great Jaytip, well worth the effort
Very impressive, considering you have a dog!
Good job Jay :-)
Cheers guys. It’s worth the effort when you see the end result.
Great!!
Please post a pic from the other side, like the first picture: the view will be extra nice with this green lawn!
Menno
The local treeworker came round with a gigantic Valtra tractor + stub grinder for the removal (disappearance is a better word!) of 5 stubs. Done under 20 mins. From where I stood to take the pic: that was as close as I dared to approach...
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We’ve been sorting a forgotten corner of the garden.
From 'forgotten corner' to 'focal point'! Looks tidy and cosy.
Menno
Yes! How different this looks with the green grass and the green shrub on the left. Nice view!
M.
This is mine today after a few weeks of lawn care and a few hours trimming some bushes, re-applying barn paint to the home gym/pilates studio a few weeks ago and mowing and edging the lawn.
Been a busy 2 weeks building this;
Before;
After;
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“Don’t look back, you’re not heading that way.”
I was limited on height of posts due to step up and patio doors having clearance.
Ended up cutting out, digging and setting four concrete bases for the posts to sit on. They sit only 2” down from patio slab, and the concrete surround has now formed up the structure re any possible swaying.
Was thinking of pinning with L brackets the posts and screwing into base and post, but instead I’m hoping the weight will be sufficient to keep it from lifting!
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“Don’t look back, you’re not heading that way.”
Planting around the pond/steam finally finished.
In our part of the world any fire pit will start to resemble your moniker within a few weeks - which is no bad thing - but also hold a puddle of water. Friends of ours drilled a drainage hole into the centre, while we opt to keep ours in the shed when not in use. Fabulous feature for summer nights, though I strongly recommend kiln dried logs to minimise the smoke.
Enjoy