Im at my wits end!

:wallbang: Somebody please help me pleeeease, im absolutly at my wits end with my garden it is really really overgrown, ive lived there 9 years and battled with the brambles which i have now mostly cleared with only tiny few remaining but this has now made way way for all sorts of weeds.
It makes me want to cry i have never been able to enjoy my garden.
its embarrasing also .
I need help clearing it, im on a very tight budget so i cant afford to get in a garden clerance firm and as i'm a woman of 27 so as you can imagine my friends arent exactley queing up to help.
I would love a nice garden but i need to some help getting there.
thanks

 

Welcome to Gardeners Corner.

We'll get you on the right track

I'll move this into the new members forum as this is the spare room & we only go in here on Bank holidays.

 

Hi Natmb and welcome. Try not to get downhearted, I am sure you will get a lot of support here.It will be good to hear how you progress.

 

Hi and welcome.

Have you tried blitzing the lot with Roundup? That's what I'd do in the first instance if I was clearing an overgrown garden.

Its not expensive either. If you get the Roundup concentrate for about £20, it will make up enough spray bottles to kill the lot in most gardens.

Once all the weeds are dead, you'll have to suffer a barron garden for a while, but at least you'll have a blank canvass to play with.

And if you're worried about chemicals, Roundup is harmless to people and animals (except aquatic life, so don't use it near ponds etc), and is broken down into harmless starches when it comes into contact with the soil, so no residual effect.

 

Good point there Armandii

If you take Dave's suggestion of roundup, then Armandii's one of breaking it into manageable portions, you could combine it with my idea of putting old carpet or anything that will block light onto the bits you're not doing anything with.

I've recently done the biggest project of my life, converting a derelict dance hall into a house. Right at the start, a good friend told me a saying he knew which has kept me going.

"When you are eating an Elephant, you can only chew one mouthfull at a time"

 

Good evening Nat and welcome to the site. As has been said, the more info you give us the better. Where are you located?

 

place an advert on your local Gumtree site stating your plight ... there may be many responses from people who would be willing to help and won't cost you anything for the advert or the plants, as people will bring excess plants from their own properties

give anyone intersted a small section of you garden to do with it whatever they wish

you may be surprised at the responses .... there is a similar thing happening in some parts of cambridge ... I think it's called a 'community garden'

it may be worth a try, and you may meet new friends and learn about gardening at the same time?