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Is it worth it?

Kathy43Kathy43 Posts: 116
in Wildlife gardening
Hi all. 
I have a very useless piece of grass, inbetween veg patch and forsythia. I would like to sprinkle seeds, and have a wild patch. But... It will be walked on, as the composer and bin are around there. Any suggestions on what flowers would stomach a bit of trauma by my hooves and dogs?
Best ideas on flowers that would bloom at various times, to keep the colour as long as possible. I was thinking of going up to the pole. Is it best to sow direct, or start in trays? 

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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    You could put a path or stepping stones so you can get to your shed and compost. Not ideal to walk on wild flowers. You could try camomile.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
    Mow a path down the centre, wide enough for a mower or wheelbarrow. We mow the path around the wild flower patch once or twice a month - just enough to keep the grass shortish. As Busy-Lizzie has suggested you could try camomile which is a low growing plant and smells divine when crushed by feet/barrow etc.
  • Kathy43Kathy43 Posts: 116
    thank you
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    If it was me, I would pull the veg path all the way across, and make a narrow brick path down the middle. Interplant the veg with bee-friendly annuals and wildlflowers like Red Campion. I think this would be easier to manage and still very wildlife friendly.
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • office641office641 Posts: 4
    We have lawn prob 1 acre.  The dandelions have been "allowed" to grow (that sounds so heavy-handed) and we're now getting self-heal and bellis perennis setting up home there and a tiny pink-purple geranium-type creeping plant.  Constant walking on them doesn't seem to damage the last two at all.
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