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| The cold grey block wall |
This Garden in Crumlin was in a poor state. Its previous owners had erected a timber fence which was quite loosly fitted and ready to fall down.The timber posts were rotting in the ground.
Also the lawn was mostly weeds such as creeping buttercup, dandelion and clover. While the existing raised beds were composed of log roll and the grey block wall was cold and uninspiring.
The new owner wished to have this rectified but was on a strict budget. We decided that replacing the fence with a conrete post and pressure treated timber shiplap panel was the first thing to do. This system allows for the simple replacing of the panels when they need to be in the future, while the concrete posts last a lifetime.
A new turf lawn and remodified raised beds using durable pressure treated sleepers would replace the decaying log roll. This was then planted with lavender which provide colour throughout the summer while they also provide food for bees and other beneficial insects.
We decided that reusing the decorative gravel would be a good option and placing new landscape weed supressent fabric underneath would be a far better solution than the previous option which was light black bags which wasnt standing the test of time at all. The block wall was painted a soft magnolia colour and trellis was fitted to the walls to add structure. These few simple changes brought a new freshness and structure to the garden
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| The sod cutter and I at work stripping the lawn. |
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| New weed free turf lawn and raised beds with lavender |
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| The finished new garden. |
Thank you for the nice and simple idea to redo a backyard. It's nice to see someone thinking about people with smaller backyards and large cinder block walls (all the middle class!).
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Here one can easily examined your dedicated work over lawn by seeing all the pictures. The difference is appreciable. All the ideas and tips that you have mentioned here are really helpful to improve garden as well also. Good work and keep it up.
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I love the new lawn! Sometimes it is so worth it to just install a new one verse reviving a old lawn. Keep up the quality work!
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The grasses should be provided with the essential nutrients since these cannot be provided by the soil in all seasons of the year. Therefore, you are required to apply proper fertilisers as per its requirements in different seasons. This is one of the ways of maintaining the health of your lawn and Palmetto.
ReplyDeleteFeeding your lawn in Spring,Summer & Autumn! with good quality fertilisers containing the correct ratio of nutrients (N P K)or products which contain Sulphate of Iron to kill moss and selective herbicides to kill competing weeds are important requirements to keeping a healthy lawn. This in conjunction with mowing at the correct heights throughout the year can be incorporated with a simple maintenance programme which can be achieved effectively to keep your lawn green,lush and healthy.
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