It's brilliant! A bit of a shame to take the bed down now as it looked so good. Loads of people on the forum are asking what to do with left over turf. Inspired!
I think the top tip about covering it with black plastic was my saving grace @Thankthecat. Stopped any sprouting in it's tracks.
I guess that heat from the bricks warming up in the summer sun combined with a regular soaking when I watered the plants on top helped too. I may be wrong about that though, just speculating.
Kitty - I remember you talking about that last year and my how good it looks now. All your hard work is paying off in spades - see what I did there? I'll get my coat
Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
@Fire. Well.... it was a bit of a hit with the locals 😉 so I am in the process of re-jigging it a bit smaller to properly plant up for this summer. That way I can reach to the back of it for weeding. Have already recycled some of the bricks for a narrow path, I love making something out of rubbish 😆
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I guess that heat from the bricks warming up in the summer sun combined with a regular soaking when I watered the plants on top helped too. I may be wrong about that though, just speculating.
Have already recycled some of the bricks for a narrow path, I love making something out of rubbish 😆
So you just stacked them, soaked them, covered in black plastic and left them?