I see even Alan Titchmarsh is saying his bit about parking in front garden (August GW mag) yet, no-on so far seems to have a problem with "fake" grass! Trailing cables, me neither, Used to have a Mountfield, OH, wont let me have a petrol jobby again.
Our front garden is all heathers, winter/spring flowering as we are on limestone, summer flowering heathers don't like limey soil, so no parking there, front garden being concreted over means the rain water then goes down the drains instead of into the soil, which can under some circumstances cause flooding.
Coming back to the wild areas of our gardens... these are some pics of my German allotment garden (Kleingarten) with enough interest for the myriad of wildlife that shares it with me! ;-)
Whooooah....impressive Norwin. How much do you let nature take its course? Looks like a lot of work went into that wildlife area.
A friend of mine recently joked about my wild area that it was just an excuse not to do the mowing. Got to be joking! My wild patch takes up more time and effort than any other part of my garden! Takes a lot of care to make it look untouched by human hands.
You're right! Quite a lot of time as the soil is so furtile that given some extra rain and sun for a few days when I can't get to the garden, it explodes and I have to literally start pulling stuff out - especially the cornflowers and the alchemilla.
The tree trunks I have placed around for sitting on or putting cups of tea on have to be replaced every two years as they are the best insect "hotels" and consequently fall apart quite quickly!
The other thing I love to do is coppicing with the willows I have and I use the rods for weaving fences and plant supports. My main willow tree easily grows rods of up to 4 metres a season!
One thing that I seem not to have a lot of problems with and that is slugs. :-)
Just checked your profile The helpful herpatologist and I'm afraid that I have sacrificed my small pond in the garden for growing bullrushes and one very "stinky" plant that I brought home last year from an RHS garden!
I used to find newts in the garden but no longer. :-(
My Husband hates it, its never become invasive our any of our gardens, last year I bought an Acathus Mollis, he went into a frezy! It hasnt flowered yet, but have assured him its NOT alchemilia.
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I see even Alan Titchmarsh is saying his bit about parking in front garden (August GW mag) yet, no-on so far seems to have a problem with "fake" grass! Trailing cables, me neither, Used to have a Mountfield, OH, wont let me have a petrol jobby again.
Our front garden is all heathers, winter/spring flowering as we are on limestone, summer flowering heathers don't like limey soil, so no parking there, front garden being concreted over means the rain water then goes down the drains instead of into the soil, which can under some circumstances cause flooding.
Half our drive is shingle (porous) some paved, beds, rain goes into drain, slopes towards bungalow, or heavy rain, round the back into beds.
Coming back to the wild areas of our gardens... these are some pics of my German allotment garden (Kleingarten) with enough interest for the myriad of wildlife that shares it with me! ;-)
Whooooah....impressive Norwin. How much do you let nature take its course? Looks like a lot of work went into that wildlife area.
A friend of mine recently joked about my wild area that it was just an excuse not to do the mowing. Got to be joking! My wild patch takes up more time and effort than any other part of my garden! Takes a lot of care to make it look untouched by human hands.
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You're right! Quite a lot of time as the soil is so furtile that given some extra rain and sun for a few days when I can't get to the garden, it explodes and I have to literally start pulling stuff out - especially the cornflowers and the alchemilla.
The tree trunks I have placed around for sitting on or putting cups of tea on have to be replaced every two years as they are the best insect "hotels" and consequently fall apart quite quickly!
The other thing I love to do is coppicing with the willows I have and I use the rods for weaving fences and plant supports. My main willow tree easily grows rods of up to 4 metres a season!
One thing that I seem not to have a lot of problems with and that is slugs. :-)
Just checked your profile The helpful herpatologist and I'm afraid that I have sacrificed my small pond in the garden for growing bullrushes and one very "stinky" plant that I brought home last year from an RHS garden!
I used to find newts in the garden but no longer. :-(
We dont want to hear you dont have a problem with slugs Norwin!!!!!!
Alchemilla Mollis is banned from our garden, so invasive.
My Husband hates it, its never become invasive our any of our gardens, last year I bought an Acathus Mollis, he went into a frezy! It hasnt flowered yet, but have assured him its NOT alchemilia.