I'll see if I can get some pictures of my friend's garden to post here. You might get some inspiration from what she has done. I can remember she had just a plain lawn at first. She then started by extending her patio width ways (ie to give more walking space between the wall and the house) and then converting the lowest part of the lawn into raised beds. It's certainly seems a good way to soak up the excess water as it drains down.
Take things slowly, mistakes are expensive in a garden. Walk around the neighbourhood and see what goes well. Have you access to rural areas? This is a good time of year to get manure lots of horsey places will be glad to sell it cheap dig as much in as you can, and then some more! keep us posted with your progress. Good luck
Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” A A Milne
Well, so far we have cut the lawn which makes it look a million times better. We have also raked out the mossy grass, dug out the weeds and put some animal friendly grass seed down and watered. The good news is its taken already and I can see new grass coming up through or it was already there being covered by the moss.
As it was sunny, spending most of the day in the garden was helpful as we managed to track the sun all day. I have already decided that the area I wanted the decking isnt actaully that good of an idea afterall so one good thing has come from it.
Ive been eyeing up the neighbours @Lily Pilly and there are some good moden ideas and more traditional ideas. I guess its trying to find something suitable for us really.
I think I have worked one out as I opened them both up at the weekend.
The one by the fence is at exactly the right angle to be able to link the downpipe on my garage and the downpipe on the back of the house so I imagine this one is for transporting rainwater from the garage downpipe to the main sewers. Its also fairly shallow so cant be of any significance.
The one in the middle of the lawn also appears to be a drain pipe but I cant work out what thats for if Im honest. It appears to head to the downpipe on the house as well so I imagine that this is also for surface water, but its a lot deeper and I am a corner plot so not sure what its purpose is unless its from a drain on the road maybe?
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make use of the existing features such as the wall.
To me, but I may be wrong, your measurements still seem a little out. Looking at the paving stones it looks just about square.
Being a new build gou you will probably have all sorts of builders crud under the lawn hampering drainage.
Keep us updated.
I can remember she had just a plain lawn at first. She then started by extending her patio width ways (ie to give more walking space between the wall and the house) and then converting the lowest part of the lawn into raised beds. It's certainly seems a good way to soak up the excess water as it drains down.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
keep us posted with your progress. Good luck
A A Milne
As it was sunny, spending most of the day in the garden was helpful as we managed to track the sun all day. I have already decided that the area I wanted the decking isnt actaully that good of an idea afterall so one good thing has come from it.
Ive been eyeing up the neighbours @Lily Pilly and there are some good moden ideas and more traditional ideas. I guess its trying to find something suitable for us really.
The one by the fence is at exactly the right angle to be able to link the downpipe on my garage and the downpipe on the back of the house so I imagine this one is for transporting rainwater from the garage downpipe to the main sewers. Its also fairly shallow so cant be of any significance.
The one in the middle of the lawn also appears to be a drain pipe but I cant work out what thats for if Im honest. It appears to head to the downpipe on the house as well so I imagine that this is also for surface water, but its a lot deeper and I am a corner plot so not sure what its purpose is unless its from a drain on the road maybe?