MY NEW GARDEN

It looks really good Sharnford. I have a lot of grass in my garden, bit by bit I am getting rid of grass too, reasons..too much time spent cutting it. Look forward to seeing your garden in the near future! :)))

It's looking much more interesting than a lawn :o) It's going to look nice when all the plants start to grow.

i do like those lovely collections of logs and stones with the little plants in between, very attractive.

interesting design, i like this very much. :o)

Its looking so good Sharn, much more interest with those stone and log designs, Great work.

How interesting that looks now. I too am getting rid of a lot of lawn, I don't mind mowing small areas, but when it takes hours then it's time for a change I think. Look forward to seeing how it grows.

I do like your transformation - although the old garden looked great too me too!
I love what you have done with your logs...would you mind if I borrowed your idea :)

Thanks all,I do enjoy reading all your blogs,the lawn was a mess because no water was getting through even it being spiked as it is on a slope rain just ran off.
Feel free Scottish i would have liked to have had a large log as well but difficult to get home,went to nearest farm who sell logs,he told me to take what i wanted for £10 did'nt think that was to bad.
I shall look forward to seeing it when plants get going

Thanks Sharnford...that looks good for a tenner :)

Hello Sharnford, just a few comments. I too have put a
membrane in on a clay soil border. Now, although I cleared it and sprayed the soil before doing so, find the grass and weed roots deep underneath it get warm, and grow through the drainage holes.
Pulling the shoots out with wider roots increases the size of the drainage holes, which increases the problems.
I have made this border into a Container Garden, following GoY ideas from photographs (which I really appreciate) and so I can combat the weed growth using a strong weedkiller, without killing the plants.

In fact, its much easier to move all the pots to one side, then spray the weeds coming through the gravel with the strong variety of Roundup, which leaves the drainage holes the same size, and replace the pots.

I think you would be well advised to get all those plants up and replant them in pots or containers, and save yourself a lot of trouble later on. They will look just as nice in the same places, but will be safe.

Best wishes.

Hi Diane, the trouble with putting them in pots is i'm trying not to use them,since husband retired in march we have been away a lot some times just for 2-3 days but come better weather grandaughter has to water pots and baskets on front garden as its in full sun,i know what you mean because i have had bit of that happen on the front having to lift membrane to pull up roots still growing, thanks anyway :-))

There are lots of catches to keeping ANY garden going well and looking good all the time. Debris from mature trees that we planted years ago, is one problem with us. Watering while we were away was another problem. Weeds/slugs/snails/ everybody's problem. Now we are more or less unable to go away, the good thing is I can indulge my potomania. I can get exercise walking to water them. I can get exercise brushing up natural debris from the trees, and the blackbirds kick it out again to search for food. They are on their 4th nest...a complement to the garden. Someone cuts our grass every 2 weeks and does odd jobs. I can keep occupied in the winter servicing the flower pots too.

Temperature at the moment is 28 deg.C. I have only watered my Containers twice this week. I use a good Compost with a little Perlite and sand in, and Bark Chippings on the surface. Plants all looking fine, whereas plants in the ground need watering where the moisture just drains away. Then theres the teabags tip, to put into the base of the pots.
I have black plastic trays in the greenhouse. Just lob a watering can full into the trays twice a week !