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Rip it up and start again....

On 17/04/2013 in forum

with solid ground underneath - grass won't survive directly underneath the swing, so bark chippings look neater. I will be using the weed membrane/bark chips option later this year, when I've cleared the top part of my new garden of brambles, bindweed


Very large garden - where to start

On 24/04/2013 in forum

but the nettles and brambles are being replaced by scrubby grass. we took all the old carpets out of the house and covered what we could with them. It's very untidy but better than chest high nettles. I feel I can start to do something with it now. I've never done


What has happened???

On 08/04/2013 in forum

for advertising for my business and it has been great for that. My garden is looking great. All the brambles and nettles are dug out, retaining wall will be built in a couple of weeks...a couple more wee jobs to do regarding hard landscaping and we are a GO


Lupin Seeds

On 27/02/2013 in forum

of the lupin that I have 15 more patio planters this year than last year (5 of them over 120Litres)  Thanks, nutcutlet. I've tried lupins before but OH weeded the garden one autumn and got out a lot of large 'weeds'!!!! This included the lupins, a 'bramble


Talkback: Growing early potatoes

On 28/11/2011 in forum

upto with my new allotment, mind boggling is an understatement! a few weeks ago it was a sorry sight, overgrown with brambles and mares tail weed roots everywhere as well as grass and a million dandelions, but after digging out, chopping and burning


Talkback: Allotments: little and often

On 28/11/2011 in forum

used to think it just wasn't worth it. Little and often. We took over our large plot 2.5 years ago. It was full of brambles, nettles, bindweed & dock. But gradually by digging just a bed at a time - double digging to get rid of all the weed problems we


Talkback: Preparing gardens for spring

On 28/11/2011 in forum

. Good news as well as my flowering quince is breaking buds all over, at least six weeks late, so late I thought it was dead. No chance of the brambles dying however so that is my big task this week. I too love to compare photos, James. It's so helpful


Keeping Cats off My Veg Patch

On 14/04/2012 in forum

beds I just lay over them whatever is to hand eg allsorts of pea-stick cuttings, cut up lengths of bramble, the thick lengths are really effective, wire mesh shelves from an old mini-greenhouse etc. As I plant in amongst them I gradually remove


getting on with the neighbours

On 26/07/2012 in forum

the fence on one side we keep inheriting bindweed, ground elder, brambles & bindweed from the other! Also ivy galore, invasive bamboo runners & lilac runners. They let tree saplings grow right next to the fence that lean on it & have cast the area where


What Type of Garden is Yours.

On 20/03/2013 in forum

photos before. NigelCoad's garden is very lovely, seen photos on another thread. I live in Dordogne, France and I have made a flower garden out of an old farmyard that was a mass of brambles and nettles when we moved to this house 22 years ago


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