In article , darkangel5
@REMOVETHISBITlineone.net says...

I have a VERY small lawn at the bottom of my back yard/garden (patch of
grass might be a better description), measuring approximately 2.8m x 3.3m.

Trouble is its very patchy and course. Tried overseeing, new grass looked
fine at first, but didn't really take hold and died off over winter. One
corner appears to be over run with what looks like a type of clover (see
pics in links below).

Main problems appears to be the bottom of the garden is predominantly shady
(see pics in links below). The garden is West facing, Its overshadowed by an
oak tree in the bottom right corner, bounded either side by a 6ft fence and
there's a conifer to the left of the photo which doesn't help, not to
mention the garden shed in front of it and some large shrub in the field
behind that backs onto my place, so direct light is a major problem. Plus it
seems part of this "lawn" covers what may have been a gravel path .

Having battled in vain for several years for a nice green space at the
bottom of my garden/yard, I'm thinking maybe I should just ditch the idea of
grass and put something else down instead?

Don't really want gravel or slabs, was thinking maybe decking?


Bad idea in damp shade under a tree; it will soon get slippery. Why not
use the coarsest-possible bark instead. Cheap, easy to handle, safe for
children and pets, easily topped up.

Janet