greener! Or is it?
I am thinking about digging up the garden which is mainly laid to paving stones and replacing with a lawn. Well, a lawn of sorts, hardly big enough for the smallest of bijou mowers.
To many it might seem a
backward step!
What do you think?
My reasoning is these last few sweltering days have only
emphasised how much convected heat you get from stone, added to which the world is being paved over by man, who in his infinite wisdom thinks it is progress!
What do you think?
With a dog I can Oh so clearly see where this is going, and go she will! I have so many happy memories of sitting under a magnolia tree on my wildflower meadow of a lawn, well that is my romantic take on the unkempt turf!
With an area so small would all the effort be worth it?
What do you think?
With scissors in one hand, glass of wine in the other I could stretch out and chill...
Mindfulness personified.
Mindful first and foremost of the turds lying in wait, obv...
What do you think?
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Not brilliant photo, but you get the idea.
It has started already...
I can’t download my photo’s now...
so if I fart and fly out of the blogging window you will know I have been finally knobbled!
Good bye cruel blogging world...
Removing dog mess from soggy grass is a pig of a job, but I agree that stone does act as a very efficient radiator. Have you thought about removing some stones and planting things in the gaps if you have a yen for greenery? We had a tiny rectangle of grass in front of our house, which was shaded and never grew properly. We gravelled it, but planted plenty of things to soften it, so that it is now more plants than gravel. It pretty much looks after itself and the insects love it!
ReplyDeleteYes, there are already sections like that which I could plant with herbs. Your gravel garden sounds lovely, another idea to consider?
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Paving is good for cleaning, but grass soaks up rain better so less flooding....
ReplyDeleteNo problem here with pics. What browser are you on? That can affect it..I'm no computer specialist, but I know that has happened to some
I did look today Saturday and seem to still be on the old system so maybe I have slipped through the net, although not photo-wise. It is all too much for me at the mo!
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Do you have somewhere to store the lawnmower? I love a bit of grass but it depends on various things! I lifted all the grass in our front garden and made flower beds with gravel paths round them as it was north facing and really was more just a bed of moss rather than grass. Much easier to look after now - or not as the case may be! A bit overgrown but that suits me just fine. At the back we have lots of grass which I'm happy of a day to cut, but the daisies and buttercups take over at times again no problem to a garden slob like me! I think you should do what you want to do. It doesn't really matter what the world thinks does it, its your garden and you should do what you love with it!
ReplyDeleteAs for blogger, it may just be a glitch. It happens occasionally. I don't think they've changed very much so I wouldn't worry too much about it. As GZ said, you might need to change your browser. My husband likes Chrome but I prefer Firefox. He has all sorts of trouble with Firefox, I don't! If you need help changing don't hesitate to ask, I'll put the computer expert onto it! :D xx
Thanks for the card MG, a lovely surprise for me to open in the yurt on my birthday morning. I will have a go at the new blogger system when I have anything to say! I am on Firefox that was how the tech-whizz from the shop sorted out my troubles of not being able to answer my band of followers who were kind enough to comment. Lawnmower, it would have to be a small one? The jury is still out. Watch this space...
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I think you will be dreaming of green grass until Ellie won't be with you anymore. (Sorry for saying that.) Surely you thought all about the pros and cons. I like Tracy's idea about planting some other greens, maybe like a small seasonal plot?!
ReplyDeleteI seem to be strangely all at sixes and sevens about what to do in the garden. Not my usual MO, admittedly!
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Keep it as it is. Grass grows, needs attention, will be a nuisance; your garden is low maintenance and lovely. We age as you know, you have a birthday imminently, leave it.
ReplyDeleteYup, Rachel, the birthday has gone although a year older, certainly not a jot wiser! i will leave it until the ideal solution might pop into my empty head, then I will be on a roll to get it done.
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You will master it! Don't quit.
ReplyDeleteMe quit Joanne... never!
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I would say don't have real grass. We were visiting friends a couple of weeks ago ( in their garden) and they have a terraced garden. At the top, where the table is, they have got a small circle of artificial grass. I sat with my bare feet on it and it was so soft to the touch. There are apparently many different types of artificial these days and I think that you should look at that as an idea. No mowing, no mower to store, and you can " wash" it if necessary.
ReplyDeleteKnitted grass, now there’s a thought? More plastic though that’s the big problem!
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