Garden help

Ganga

Would be nice if they could pick up at the right price a ride on mower ,will save a lot of walking up and down.

Indigo_and_Violet

lky2k23 said:

The two tree's are TPO on them, so they're staying, but what can I do cheaply, that could make this space not need hours of work at the weekends / get overrun. Longer-term we'd look to do something more creative and fun.

If you hadn't said the last bit I'd have said, depending on light, turn the bottom bit into a bit of an orchard. You've got another half for sitting in, you're going to have to have trees anyway so I'd stick a couple of apples, a pear and a couple of plum trees in. They don't need masses of maintenance (and what they do is more a big weekend of pruning rather than regular drip drip drip), look nice and are useful. But, there's no point planting them if you'll want to dig them up again in the future.

kazwookie

Wild flower garden at bottom end.

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Get rid of all the rubbish first.

Logs cut up if you want them, if not as they are photo / stick on FB for £20 they will soon go.

Any rubble off FOC on FB

Any old metal FOC on FB

What ever rubbish is left either to local tip or get a skip.

kdotdotdotdot

ka7e said:

Turn it into a wild-life friendly garden - clear the grass and sow wildflower mix. It only needs mowing once or twice a year and should self-seed each year.  Make piles of rubble/stones and wood separately as wild-life habitats.It would be labour-intensive to start with, but then could give you a few years breathing space until you decided on it's future use.

Exactly this.   If you've a bit of spare cash (hah!), then pay some people to remove the rubble and clear the brambles etc.  Then scatter wildflower mix seed across it.  You'll only need to mow about once a year.  

LeaLea89

What an amazing space! Definitely room for a wildflower area without encroaching on social areas etc. Look through Pinterest etc for inspiration and also keep an eye on fab marketplace etc for people giving away plants and garden bits ☺️