Grass Is Really Growing Now

Well, it looks as though the grass is going have to be cut every week now.

Did this today



















and had to avoid this whilst I was doing it

 

Thanks Kandy . That was the back garden and the front garden is about half that size. We compost all the grass, leaves and kitchen waste and it all helps to keep the soil in good condition. There was only about 3 inches of topsoil when we first came here but the veggie plot has over 2ft of it now

 

Kandy, yes that is Oscar. He's not our new cat, we're his servants :D . He demands strokes and tummy rubs and gets in the way all the time. We're still only giving him scr*ps when we have them but he doesn't look too hard done by . He is obviously good at begging and hunting. We still have just as much trouble as before trying to keep him out of the house as he tries to force his way in whenever we open the door :eek: . I reckon that if Mrs shiney could teach him how to operate our alarm she would give him a key for the house :D

I'm working on the edges as they spread quite a bit during mowing. That particular one is a problem because where the bulge is there are surface tree roots so I can't cut an edge. I shall get around to cutting the grass off the roots . When I get a chance I'll take some photos of the edging I've done. The photo above Oscar's photo is a new bed (second year), on the left, where our neighbour removed some giant conifers and I've been working on removing roots. When I've done that I shall reshape it and plant it better.

 

Hi Pal, Mrs shiney originally wanted to turn them into stone effect plant troughs by putting a bond on them and then a layer of concrete. The concrete should be roughened and then help algae etc to grow. We've not quite got around to it but we only got them in 1976!!! :D

 

Thanks LoL, As you already know, both you and Kedi are very welcome to visit anytime

I've still got plenty of time as the meal isn't until 7.00 . I'll put the lamb in the oven soon and do the guacamole at the last minute.

 

Thanks walnut . Unibond is the recommended way but when we tried it years ago it was only partly successful as some of it came off and had to be redone. We shall try the mesh method. That will be sometime in the next 30 years :D