Creating Plant Beds!
As I’ve said in an earlier post, we wanted a bit of an unusual shape to the garden. It’s all so easy to have straight boarders but they just don’t add character to these straight new build gardens.
The idea from the plan was to create a wavy journey from the house to the bottom of the garden (among the birds and the bees). As guests progress down the garden, they will pass colours and scents all the year round!
Well, that’s the plan.
The Tale of the Ropey Lawn
Our lawn was looking a little rough. Dad had been working hard in the garden which meant our poor lawn had been trampled on, smothered in soil and generally not very green.
It doesn’t look so bad in this photo but it was a bit of a squashed lawn. Dad’s solution was to rake the lawn. I think it looks really good now.
I know the raked side looks browner as all the dead grass has been pulled up, but it also looks a lot healthier and thicker.
Here is a pic of the not raked grass:
It does look green but to me it looks very thin. Perhaps the photograph doesn’t illustrate it well enough.
Here is a photo of the raked grass:
It does look a lot more brown but it is autumn at the moment. I think that it does look a lot better.
We have started to use the grass as a sort of compost for the other plants around the garden.
So hopefully our clematis will grow with lots of beautiful flowers.
That is the most interesting thing that has happened to our garden so far. Next up: Hazel screening!
Going Green
We were a bit disappointed to see our lovely new house with only a patch of mud outside! Our house was beautiful but the garden was mud!
And, as you can see, a huge plate right in the middle of it! That was the last thing we wanted! However, the fence was built…
We needed lawn, and quick!
