Garden Projects and DIY

Is the soil is constantly wet I would go for plants that enjoy those conditions.

Looking good!You're lucky to have concrete spur posts - most fencers don't put them on unless you pay extra. Posts always rot off at ground level, but if you've got concrete spur posts then that doesn't stop the post being held in place. And when a post does need replacing, you can just bolt...

No issues really, I used them for a few years then made a big brassica frame and gave the tunnels away to a plot neighbour. Lifting them up at the end like this worked okay, but it would have been better leaving space on one side to roll the frame over. Space to me though needs plantsI made...

Probably I'd kill whatever is there with weedkiller first - to reduce the amount of "stuff" underneath the membrane that wants to "have a go" ... but other than that the only other problem is that Bark (or even Gravel) over weed membrane provides some anchor for weed seedlings. But they are...

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Thanks, I think I've got a challenge on my hands. I have to clear lots of grass, weeds first and then sow these seeds and hope for the best Thanks for you feedback - I've bought the seeds so I'll give it a goAll the best

Kristen, that's my reason for planning to put in some decent footings. Lap joints at the corners should also tend to hold everything together, I hope, so the structure generally keeps itself together. We'll see whether it follows the theory!

Thanks for the advice.Here's how it's going so far.The old floor boards and some shelves (soft wood) have made a bed 35cm deep by 178cm long and 109cm wide. These measurements are only due to optimising the use of scrap wood rather than a design specification.Corner posts are from a ...

Oh, and whilst clearing 4" of topsoil to put down mulch was the right thing to do, I didn't think enough about just how much topsoil that amounted to. Oops. It was good exercise - don't need another workout tonight!

With respect OCD and plants are not a good combination, nature has it's own idea on how it wants to grow. Yes, you could prune most plants to keep them in the shape you would like but it's not a natural look. With any plants you will only get symmetry by the way you plant, an example is by...

It would depend on which ones you choose to go with. From the ones I mentioned the Pulmonaria and Brunnera I have are still just about 30cm by 30cm after a couple of years in the ground. The Ajuga stays small but spreads when it produces new plants so one small plant covering about 20cm by 20cm...

is it THAT bad then ????

Calculations with correct answers, but containing counterbalancing errors should always be corrected.

Shame it's not what they used as a flame retardant in the later versions of Sodium Chlorate weedkiller, it might have been a really nasty effective cocktail of chemicals.

The property is semi detached and the gutters all end on my neighbourd house that is the same for every house in the close,The property was built about 1990 i thinkMy bathroom is upstairs to the side and kitchen at the front

Hi,Think for such a long narrow garden we would look at doing something on the lines of the layouts below where you create several different but linked areas, each one being an area of you can enjoy on its own.Of course it all depends on what you want and if its more a family garden that...

I agree with Graham B - if it were me, I wouldn't go down the lawn route .I see that your neighbour has a small border at the back of their lawn - I'd tend to have the whole area as a border. I'm not a great fan of lawns in a garden - they do have their place - but IMHO flower beds are far...

I did a raised pond which backed on to a brick shed. so to stop any damp on the bricks I used a thick plastic sheet from the top of the pond well down passed the damp proof course.I used breeze blocks the heavy type to build the end wall and secured the pond liner under the coping stone, same...

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