Not a project as such but...........

This is one of my customers front gardens

she wants me to do something to keep the weeds down but im at a bit of a loss cos of how steep it is any idears ?

 

Option one:

If they want total low maintance then id excavate, compact 3" of type one then two inches of golden flint. Some planters with bulbs/ bedding plants to brighten it up. Note no membrane as its crap and the gravel migrates down it.


Option two excavate slightly then 3" layer of bark again no membrane, closely plant with heathers rodys etc.

 

cheers Pro thats what I just had done ( wheres the weeping face ) minus the type one as I have no idea what that is....>>> off to find the brandy from last year

 

Well whatever she decides on ive got to get up and down all them steps lol:p shes also tight as a ducks ass :rolleyes: i think the gravel route would be best though might pass it on to someone else i know though

 

Nut, type one is road stone (hardcore/ hoggin)

 

Spud, i love the 'hanging' slab with the void under it at the top[ of the picture

 

Yep cracking aint it lol i think its due to how much of a slope it is the top few steps have quite a lean on em to

 

Hi Spud,

What about planting with euonymous-I have a large patch now about 4 yrs old and nothing can grow through mine-I`ve tried. Pretty cheap aswell, and there`s nowt up wi`bein` a skin flint. I`m quite proud of being tight!

 

Its really poor soil mostly subsoil infact i think the main reason she wants cheep is that the wall down the side there may be nocked down (and it may take half the garden with it ) as all but her house and 2 otheres in the street are going to be nocked down next year ........

 

Oh dear.

Pour concrete over it, crikey why bother with anything else.


Good luck there.

 

Yeah well im not holding me breath that work will start anyttime soon its been we will start next year since i was 3 lol its most of the estate has to be done due to how theywere built they say there unsafe but they havent fallen down yet !

 

Flippin eck-sounds like the kind of houses I have lived in in my past. Mind you the not falling down part just goes to show you-redrow don`t make them like that and those estates are popping up everywhere.


Don`t envy you your job one bit.

 

Im worn out by the time i get to the top of the steps with the mower with this job lol lol the houses were built after the war out of pre cast pieces and its the reenforceing in it thats the prob so they want to take 2 down an build 3 so ull be tiny gardens and nowhere to park

 

Plant dynamite it will help them along

 

Yeah, but just think about your thighs muscles.

Hard workers are great LOL