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Turning A Lawn into a Large Planting Border

BenDover · 2023-08-28 15:41:36

I've got a plan to turn my lawn into a large planting border with paths running thru' it. I think the simplest way of killing off the lawn is using the no dig method of covering with cardboard and then spread loads of compost over the top. Anybody done this and confirm the sort of depth I need to go to make sure the grass…

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August 2023 edited August 2023

Last year I turned a large section of my lawn into a border for pollinating plants..

However I stripped the turf and dug it over..

Planted it up..

Photo taken a few weeks ago..

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