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Originally Posted by
Brundog
hiya, no we had the turf laid so i suppose a fair chunk of that was labour, and they had to prepare the ground etc... it just with the extension we had to dig alot of it up, and then we werent able to get to the lawn to mow it or treat it as it was surrounded by an open drainage/sewer pipes trench for nearly 2 years !!! thats why its in suc a mess, as Bruno doesnt dig etc so its only his poop and pee thats wrecked it from his point of view.
will look into turf prices again.
we also have a balcony as you can see so I planned to grow strawberries on the balcony as its lovely and sunny up there and luca adores them and could eat a whole punnet in one go ( and has !!)
I wanted to plant within the decking, some herbs and maybe wild rocket as i use them for cooking alot.
we also have a brick wall which runs right along the right hand side which I planned to take a section of and paint it white and do a nice mural on it, smiley sun etc for luca's area with climbing frame. We have some bark already that bruno hasnt eaten... he prefers actual wood blocks ( he will probably end up chewing the decking
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anyway going to get on with this plan !!
Oooo loving the sound of it already!
The only thing you're missing is the water thing. This person said (she'd been to a Garden Festival and been talking to far too many people I think) said some wort of water feature is important, even if it is really shallow. Just to attract in birds and wildlfe if nothing else, she was told even an upset down binlid would do (she didn't have dogs though
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We put in a small pond/puddle a few years ago that needs redoing but my son and his friends LOVE it....don't know what the attraction is.
It is less than a foot deep!
Cosmo loves it too...so it is being redesigned this year!
Maybe a bird bath?!
ETA: I have planted sunflower seeds a lot in the last few years, I start them off with my son and we pop them on the window ledge, when they are dog proof (tall and strong enough) we put them in the garden, with canes for support. Biff and MO used to always pee on them, but I have to say, they seemed to thrive on it. The only plants their urine didn't kill off!!!!!
Beans are good, striking and off the ground!!!!!
I am loving this thread, can't wait to see lots of summer pics of your garden!