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Ideas for Low Maintenance Garden

Yasmin02
Yasmin02 Posts: 240 Forumite
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Hi All,

I live in a one bed flat with a 50ft garden. Half of the garden near the kitchen has decking and the other half is grass. I want to make it as low maintenance as posisble. Does anyone have any low maintenace garden ideas. I was thinking of maybe paving it and doing something with pebbles but i am not to sure. Any ideas/expereinces most welcome.
KInd Regards
Yasmin
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  • Tom_Jones
    Tom_Jones Posts: 1,562 Forumite
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    concrete :)
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  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
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    edited 1 January 2011 at 9:42PM
    Paving is being frowned upon more and more by authorities (its increasing flood risk taking away areas for rain to naturally soak away through). Lawn chamomile is expensive to lay in turf, but needs next to nothing done t it I understand...no mowing or anything.
  • Ken68
    Ken68 Posts: 6,825 Forumite
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    Grow vegetables. Tis the MSE way.
  • cootambear
    cootambear Posts: 1,474 Forumite
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    a lawn mower?
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  • Tulip09
    Tulip09 Posts: 344 Forumite
    Extend the decking? Lay a patio and fill with hundreds of pots grow veggies etc :)
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  • Yasmin02
    Yasmin02 Posts: 240 Forumite
    Hi All,
    Thanks for your feedback. I know this sounds really lazy i am just not green fingered at all!! I hate lawn mowers i did not relasie that paving is been frowned upon now by many local authorites. I like the idea of extending the decking but then i guess i would need to kill the grass somehow before i actually lay new decking? (sorry i know nothing about garderning). Anyone have any other ideas for low maintenace?
    Thanks so much in advnace
    Yasmin
  • cootambear
    cootambear Posts: 1,474 Forumite
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    The boom in paving has caused rain that would normally be soaked up by the ground to run off to the drains increasing the chances of overloading them. All paving now has to have regular holes in it.
    Freedom is the freedom to say that 2+2 = 4 (George Orwell, 1984).

    (I desire) ‘a great production that will supply all, and more than all the people can consume’,

    (Sylvia Pankhurst).
  • cootambear
    cootambear Posts: 1,474 Forumite
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    Yasmin02 wrote: »
    Hi All,
    Thanks for your feedback. I know this sounds really lazy i am just not green fingered at all!! I hate lawn mowers i did not relasie that paving is been frowned upon now by many local authorites. I like the idea of extending the decking but then i guess i would need to kill the grass somehow before i actually lay new decking? (sorry i know nothing about garderning). Anyone have any other ideas for low maintenace?
    Thanks so much in advnace
    Yasmin


    Weedkiller plus covering with a waterproof membrane should do the job

    http://www.channel4.com/4homes/diy-self-build/diy-build-advice/a-z-of-diy-building-guides/how-to-lay-garden-decking-09-05-20_p_1.html

    Its slightly ironic that you are posting on this forum, many here would kill for extra growing space lol. I think I`ll go on a veggie forum and ask for a recipe for the perfect sirloin steak :)
    Freedom is the freedom to say that 2+2 = 4 (George Orwell, 1984).

    (I desire) ‘a great production that will supply all, and more than all the people can consume’,

    (Sylvia Pankhurst).
  • FreebieJeebies
    FreebieJeebies Posts: 4 Newbie
    hire out the garden to your neighbours - instant profit and good looking garden:rotfl:
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