I took some wildflower seedlings from my overcrowded container and planted them in a border but the slugs moved in immediately and desimated them....
The idea is to hide the wall but also have a higher boundary. So something 1-1.5m tall would be good. I went out and measured last night and goes...
Thank you, we had wondered about bamboo but know very little about. From what I've just read it can be very tall and has quite a large spread. But...
Yes I'm certainly pro replacing gravel with borders where possible and time permitting. Oh I don't know will have to think on this one. Looks like...
Oh yes we do get weeds and grass there, but they are shallow rooted I suppose.
This sounds interesting penny thanks for that. How narrow do you think your border is and do you remember what depth roughly you had to plant...
Thanks Fairygirl, yes we had wondered if we could have some containers/troughs/raised bed there as these could be wider and deeper than the border...
Hmm yeah doesnt sound too promising. Don't mind the effort of trimming hedges but as it's so narrow I guess it would have to be done more...
Thanks for the comments both, things to look into! I think we already have a lonicera hedge on the other side actually if I ID'd it correctly. but...
Thank you both. Yes a machine would make it easier I'm sure. I'm just not sure I have the confidence to do that to the lawn and hope that the...
Re-turfing it might be less of a gamble just didn't think we'd have to go to those lengths
Hi Fairygirl,Thanks for the advice, It's very tough to remove, to the point the spring tined rake is not tough enough therefore assume a plastic...
@fairygirl, thanks for the comments I will look into beech. As I mentioned whatever it is will need to be kept very narrow both for drive access...
@Macraignil Thanks for the suggestion that's not a bad idea. We have a cotoneaster actually elsewhere. Not heard of this species. My concern would...
Hi @Plantminded, I think the boundaries here are shared so I think we both own it. Could put a fende up on our side was just trying to avoid it....
Hi all,I'm wondering what we could plant in this very narrow border currently covered by gravel (width 15cm). Essentially we'd like to have...
Hi all,I'm making an attempt at renovating our lawn which was moss ridden. What I've done so far: -Scarify with spring tined rake -applied iron...
Funny you should say that as I have dedicated a few patches of border to wildflowers this year. One patch appears to have taken quickly, well it's...
Thanks for the comments. I guess at this stage I don't know which seedlings are which so I can't pick out and distribute them for colour etc but I...
Hi all,I recently sowed some wild flower seeds into a couple of containers. I tried to randomly cast them but as you can see there are some...
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