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need garden advice please ?
christopher_h
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in Gardening
Hi,
Just bought a new flat with a nice big garden that's a bit overgrown and needs a lot of work.
For starters though it seems really uneven and I thought of hiring a 'Rotavator' ?
Any better/other suggestions appreciated pls.
Thanks.
Chris
Just bought a new flat with a nice big garden that's a bit overgrown and needs a lot of work.
For starters though it seems really uneven and I thought of hiring a 'Rotavator' ?
Any better/other suggestions appreciated pls.
Thanks.
Chris
you know when you're getting older - the wife says, "let's go upstairs and make love" and you reply, "I can't do both" !!
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You may get a better response to this in the Greenfingered money saving board.0
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thanks Alan - where is the greenfingered board pls ?you know when you're getting older - the wife says, "let's go upstairs and make love" and you reply, "I can't do both" !!0
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Hello christopher_h
I'll move your thread to the 'Greenfingered' board, where it should get more responses.
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Hi, Chris! What sort of area of ground have you? I'd say a rotovator's not worth it for much less than 1/4 acre. My reason being, that if your garden is overgrown, you'll need to remove perennial weeds (dock, dandelion, couch grass, ground elder, etc) anyway, which on a small area you might aswell do by digging. You'll then need to break up the soil, and level it by raking.
Just my opinion - that's how we did it on our 1/3 acre garden over the last 10 years. Lot of work, but worth it.
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Hi Chris, welcome to greenfingered moneysaving.
The other benefit of not using a rotovator is that if you tackle one section at a time, you can keep an eye on the garden and see if there is anything worth saving in the garden. I actually left my garden for the first year to grow (I just kept it mowed back, etc) this was to see what items were growing in the garden that I wanted to keep, and what could go.
I inherited a few bushes that were definitely worth keeping and a lawn that I hated mowing!
So now, the lawn is gone and I have two patio areas, bigger flower borders and a veg border.
Thanks to MSE, I am mortgage free!0
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