Not so distant future - walled garden

Gers

Gers wrote: »

There are some very small orangey/pinky flowers growing out the mass of plant over the left hand side wall - will take a pic this weekend and post it up. (see post #39 ) Every time I go there is something new or something dying back - can see why gardening is addictive!

Here are said flowers - they are very pretty. Can anyone tell me what it is please?

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DaftyDuck

Could be an Alyssum, from the way it's growing. I can't enlarge the photo much, so can't see too clearly. Google that, and see what you think. A close-up of flowers might help.

I_have_spoken

Can anyone tell me what it is please?

Possibly one of the Stonecrops (sedum)?

jodles16

I love your beautiful garden and shall be following you with interest! Moving to a new house soon which has a real garden,so excited!

Jodles:j

DaftyDuck

I_have_spoken wrote: »

Possibly one of the Stonecrops (sedum)?

The leaves look flat, and silver-grey to me - but I still can't enlarge the photo enough.... Close-up, please. Oh, and more photos generally!

REEN

Snow in Summer (cerastium tomentosum) and stonecrop mainly, with some spleenwort I reckon.

Gers

Hello again..

Things have moved on a bit since the summer and the garden is looking much less cluttered as all the huge ferns and hostas are now gone. The old-fashioned and very old rose climber loved having more space and began to blossom with a vengance. Seems like an endless stream of fabulous blousey orange flowers with a real scent. It's very woody and extremely thorny. I dead headed all through the summer and autumn and it's now ready for a hard pruning.

I've planted a selection of herbs, only ones I would use, lavender and winter flowering pansies in pots around the garden.

Really want some more advice now please. The grassed area appears to have black plastic bin bag-like material underneath it in most places. The soil is rather wet because of it and there are lots of places which seem to be very rocky/stony as it's difficult to find a place to put in stakes (for bird feeding cups for instance).

I'm contemplating have the lawn lifted, black plastic removed and some work done on the soil before having it turfed again. Is this the best thing to do? If not, what else can be done? And if it is, when is the best time to do it?

Hopefully by next spring/summer it will be in a great condition and ready for enjoying.

EDIT - just realised I asked about the lawn earlier this year....and was advised to have it lifted (sorry)- so now I need to know the best time to do it.

RAS

I once lived in a rented house with a small south facing garden. The "lawn" was baked dry in hot weather and flooded after rain.

I took a fork to it and started lifting, square metre after square metre of broken roof slates. It appears that when the roof was re-done, much of the slate was left on the ground and gradually covered by about 2cms of soil!

It took time, but made a major difference. We ended up with a proper patch of grass on which to sun bathe.

I would say lift as soon as possible, if you can get someone in to do it now?

moneyistooshorttomention

I shall watch this now after that "black plastic" comment, because part of the reason I have a marshy bit in my garden is some plastic is down there underneath the soil:eek::mad::eek: and its got to help to remove it...though I don't think, by any manner of means, that that will solve the problem...but may ameliorate it a bit whilst I try and scrape some funds together to get it fully sorted out. I'm rather waiting it out now till spring to start squelching around in the mudbath and trying to dig that plastic out myself if I can.

Do you have any idea why that plastic was put down in your garden? I shall be interested to see how much of an effect it has once its gone.

Gers

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

I shall watch this now after that "black plastic" comment, because part of the reason I have a marshy bit in my garden is some plastic is down there underneath the soil:eek::mad::eek: and its got to help to remove it...though I don't think, by any manner of means, that that will solve the problem...but may ameliorate it a bit whilst I try and scrape some funds together to get it fully sorted out. I'm rather waiting it out now till spring to start squelching around in the mudbath and trying to dig that plastic out myself if I can.

Do you have any idea why that plastic was put down in your garden? I shall be interested to see how much of an effect it has once its gone.

It was your thread which prompted me to ask again...

I have no idea why it's there and a friend, who is a gardener, was baffled by it too. We are in a very wet part of the world but the plastic can't be helping the drainage. Think I will have to bite the bullet and get a professional in to do the work. Won't be this side of Christmas - this time last year it rained every day for four months!