All done at the front. Instead of buying new edging I just raised and replaced the damaged bits of edging that I had from B&M, replaced dead lavender but new one looks tiny, replaced all bark with the Westland stuff which covers really well and the Lion poo.
Thanks only really this one from a while back. Hopefully the edging being higher will help so I can either strim against or use my scissors. Shame about the lavender but turns out the one we had was supposed to grow to 15", ours was 52" and partly dead
I agree with other comments here - gravel is great for heat loving plants, but with a membrane it will make your soil like concrete, and it'll be inhospitable for a lot of creatures. My last 2 gardens were gravelled, I cleared them both, the soil was a hell of a job to dig over, and the only living things in it were ants. Slugs love to sleep in gravel too.
Gravel gardens don't just have to be for heat loving plants. I'm not sure why people think that at all. Possibly because they only think of Beth Chatto's site. What matters is having the right plants, and then planting them accordingly. Gravel also doesn't need to have membrane under it. Certainly not ideal around the plants themselves. It's more of a problem with heavy clay as the gravel sinks into it. That's where another layer is useful, although cheap membrane breaks apart so it has to be more substantial than that.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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My last 2 gardens were gravelled, I cleared them both, the soil was a hell of a job to dig over, and the only living things in it were ants.
Slugs love to sleep in gravel too.
What matters is having the right plants, and then planting them accordingly.
Gravel also doesn't need to have membrane under it. Certainly not ideal around the plants themselves.
It's more of a problem with heavy clay as the gravel sinks into it. That's where another layer is useful, although cheap membrane breaks apart so it has to be more substantial than that.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...