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My husband has almost finished his project for the front garden (almost taken a year)  He dug up the small triangular lawn and has made a two tier rockery but at the front he has put a small dry stone wall to encase it.. directly in front of the rockery he has put compost and will cover it in matting and now wants to add some ornamental grass then eventually pebbles along with the rest of his collection of rocks  Does anyone has any suggestions what he can put in it.. They  cant be too high.  Any suggestions please? I hate pampass grass so that wouldnt work.

snails

I finally summed up the courage today and crunched a snail... it was having a feast on my marigolds!! Flipping cheek!

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Its just about stopped raining now, I ventured out into the garden to view my "estate".  A snail  had a go at my marigolds that I repotted... it snaffled one before it pegged out from the slug pellets.  I was so angry I forgot my feelings about touching it and it came to a cruncy end.

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I just layered it up as suggested, I collected all the stuff first and then the top was just a deep layer of bought compost..my beds are about 2ft high.  the top layer was mulched with straw and you just moved away the straw and planted out straight away (not seeds).  I was amazed at the results for the first year as I mentioned before my tomatoes were amazing.   I had never grown tomatoes properly before (we are novice gardeners), a friend who has a small holding in Romania came and checked them over for me.. When they were fairly tall he stripped all the bottom leaves off (I was horrified!) and they kept growing and the tomatoes went on until the end of September. We had beans, sweetcorn, lettuce, radishes, beetroots etc. our first year.  I recently joined our local horticultural society and mentioned my gardening habit and they looked at me as if I was mad.  When it was all finished we just dug it over and started layering again ready for this Summer and the compost is fantastic.  You can do the same in any place... Even grown potatoes under straw. Incredible!

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Has anyone else attempted this type of gardening?  I discovered this type of gardening when I realised I couldnt use much of my energy and bend down... It has been so easy to do and the results have been amazing.  I am  now on my 2nd year and hopefully will have just as good results.  We  moved last and  have taken it ALL with us.  The first year my tomatoes were almost 8ft hight and had so much fruitage as well as beans and salad etc.  and it was hardly any work at all involved.  When I mention it to other people they think I am loopy.It makes sense but you have to have the courage to try it out.  If you look on Youtube you can see the way to start.  Dead easy!

I want daisies to grow in the grass

Buttercups, daisys and clover remind me of my childhood too., I had forgotton that.. My husband is building a new rockery and found a crop of daisies in the grass, I laughed when he transferred them into his rockery..  He even loves weeds as long as they have a pretty flower but I do put my foot down about some of them.  If he likes them he can put them in a pot.

Talkback: Most hated plants

my mother in law was given a blue orchid and fell in love with it... gradually it went white!  she was very disappointed, personally I thought it it was unusual but hideous.

strawberry runners

thats helpful as I am growing them for the first time too.

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I managed to pot up my marigolds... I had a bit of an accident with marigold seeds (I dont like them much because of the smell) but I was given them and dont like waste, anyway, I dropped two envelopes full of seeds in my compost..  Needless to say everying is coming up marigolds.. so I was glad it wasnt too hot today to do the job of repotting them.

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Brilliant!  If it rains tonight I dont have to water the garden.... hope tomorrow's sunny tho!

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