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Beginner Garden Help - Moss & Weeds
emmalcomp
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Hi all,
I’ve been living in my home for almost 3 years - the house was a new build when we bought it. I’m embarrassed to say we have done nothing with our garden except cut the grass! I am not a gardener at all but keen to learn.
We are hoping to get a dog within the next year so I’m really wanting to sort the garden out, and hopefully be able to spend a lot of time out here in the summer, especially as I am working from home.
It’s a fairly small garden, however with lots of weeds and a lot of moss. We do get a lot of sun in the garden when we have it of course, it is south facing. There are a few holes where I have dug up some weeds, and from digging these up I have found that the soil is clay soil.
We are wanting to extend the patio at the back and front to the full width of the garden, so up to the fence ideally, just so we have some space to put a bbq and some seating without it needing to go onto the grass. I was also looking at getting some raised flowerbeds put in down the length of the garden by the fence, just to give it a bit of colour. So with this being done, we will be left with practically a square of grass in the middle of the garden.
Do you think my lawn is salvageable without needing to start again completely? I’m assuming there isn’t much I can do now with the weather etc and waiting until March/April is probably the best thing to do? I understand I’ll need to scarify & aerate the lawn to get rid of moss and help with drainage, but any other tips would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I’ve been living in my home for almost 3 years - the house was a new build when we bought it. I’m embarrassed to say we have done nothing with our garden except cut the grass! I am not a gardener at all but keen to learn.
We are hoping to get a dog within the next year so I’m really wanting to sort the garden out, and hopefully be able to spend a lot of time out here in the summer, especially as I am working from home.
It’s a fairly small garden, however with lots of weeds and a lot of moss. We do get a lot of sun in the garden when we have it of course, it is south facing. There are a few holes where I have dug up some weeds, and from digging these up I have found that the soil is clay soil.
We are wanting to extend the patio at the back and front to the full width of the garden, so up to the fence ideally, just so we have some space to put a bbq and some seating without it needing to go onto the grass. I was also looking at getting some raised flowerbeds put in down the length of the garden by the fence, just to give it a bit of colour. So with this being done, we will be left with practically a square of grass in the middle of the garden.
Do you think my lawn is salvageable without needing to start again completely? I’m assuming there isn’t much I can do now with the weather etc and waiting until March/April is probably the best thing to do? I understand I’ll need to scarify & aerate the lawn to get rid of moss and help with drainage, but any other tips would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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