Looks tidy. As much as I like lawns, that little patch was going to be awkward. I think you've made the right choice. Now time to think about...
If you're turfing or reseeding, the main thing is raking the surface of the soil to a fine tilth, so that the seed or turf roots can establish...
Sounds good to me!I had a (rented) house once which had a flat-roofed extension with a huge oak tree spreading over it. In any kind of breeze in...
The seeds will already have blown around your garden. They scatter in a similar way to poppies.Lots of pretty flowers next year!
I love trees, so for me a house in the woods would be amazing. The place has character, and that's a beautiful thing.Although you will get some...
You might consider a tree fern. You can let those get as large as you want. They look very exotic, but they grow perfectly happily here if you...
Colour-wise they look like Discovery, but those fruit earlier in the season. Could be a Kidd's, perhaps.These guys have a list of late season...
Out of curiosity, I had a look at my first house on Google Maps. I spent 6 years there turning a patch of dead clay into a beautiful, fairly...
As a new build house, I severely doubt the soil under the turf was prepared even slightly. At best, the turf will have been put over the top of a...
I used to have a metal shed (12 years ago, in a previous house/life pre-divorce). I bought it to keep a PA system in, on the grounds that a metal...
For myself, I'm with Mike on ivy. Great in the wild, but it's a real problem in gardens.For starters, as Mike says, it does harm the tree. Not...
Sticky bands round the lower trunk are always a good idea. Not particularly for your problem, but there are a few beasties which hide in the...
I'm afraid it looks like he's done a rubbish job of pruning. It might just about be OK for a hedge, but not for a fruit tree.
Cement (mortar) needs clearing off. And if it went onto hardcore, then as has been said, you'd need to shift that.If it's just sand on top of...
My previous post for where I got mine from.Buying grass seed online - a recommendationI got the fine quality grass. It's pretty well...
They probably are sloes. They aren't poisonous whatever they are, so you can always check.The easy way is to pick one. Sloes have translucent...
Looks like a llama to me. Wrong side of the Atlantic and wrong hemisphere, I think!
And as florists have known for a long time, you can achieve all kinds of interesting colours by putting ink in the water. It's a neat trick for...
Is that the only piece of lawn you have at the front, or is the lawn next to it yours as well?Small patches of grass for me don't feel worth it....
[ATTACH] We'd picked some blackberries over the summer, and I also had some strawberries from Tesco which started to turn before we could eat...
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