Tag: nature
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A Little Patch of Lawn: Seed, Water and Dog-Proofing
The ground in front of the new raised bed gets levelled, seeded and watered using rainwater from our water butt. There’s just one final challenge: keeping the dogs out until the grass has a chance to grow!
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The raised beds are getting a makeover
We already have two raised beds in the garden. We bought them a few years ago, during the Pandemic, when growing our own vegetables seemed like a very sensible thing to do. They’re both six feet long by four feet wide and were positioned on the lawn beside the garage, with enough space between the…
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From a sketch to an actual garden design
I’ve already established that I have a garden, and that I have rather a lot of ideas about what I’d like to do with it. The problem is that ideas are easy. Getting them all to fit into an actual garden, with its awkward corners, existing buildings, access routes and rather unhelpful dimensions, is considerably…
