Are you absolutely set on having lawn in the wet shady area? There are other plants that would be happier there (not anything I have personal experience of though - my soil tends to be too dry rather than too wet).
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Not sure. Wife has said give up because it's been about 5 attempts now, but I just think the other options would be decking, but I'm sure wood would look messy if it's gonna get damp in the winter or paving, but both would be expensive. Or we chuck down gravel, I dunno and have somewhere to sit and put a table out for a nice BBQ area
Not sure. Wife has said give up because it's been about 5 attempts now, but I just think the other options would be decking, but I'm sure wood would look messy if it's gonna get damp in the winter or paving, but both would be expensive. Or we chuck down gravel, I dunno and have somewhere to sit and put a table out for a nice BBQ area
Your wife is right... give up. You'll never have the lawn you want because of all the issues mentioned. I'm not a fan of too much hardstanding but in this case some nice paving and a few evergreen containers would be my favoured route.
We were just talking and liking the idea of some hard standing with some seating area but she's liking decking and the grey composite decking in the hope it will be longer lasting than wood although I'm thinking expensive
Decking just provides cosy homes for rats … and it’s lethal when it gets wet and grows algae and becomes really slippery … which is what happens when it’s in the shade.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Unless you particularly want your seating area in the most shady area next to the house (I'm guessing that's the most shady part because it's where the grass is worst) you could think about putting paving or somesuch at the far end of the path, and a bed of plants that like shade and moisture in the shadiest bit. No-one says you have to have your seating right next to the house, and it would be so much less work if you don't have any lawn at all.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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I'm not a fan of too much hardstanding but in this case some nice paving and a few evergreen containers would be my favoured route.
Decking would be lethal.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
(or there'salways the fake grass....)
We were just talking and liking the idea of some hard standing with some seating area but she's liking decking and the grey composite decking in the hope it will be longer lasting than wood although I'm thinking expensive
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.