"Simon T" wrote in message
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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? Unless of
course there's some miracle grass that can grow through stony soil and
loves the shade?
Any suggestions?
First pic showing how shady it is (the patio stone in the middle was put
there by the previous occupant, I use it for standing a barbeque bucket
on)
http://tinyurl.com/nd84bou
Second pic showing the somewhat invasive clover type of plant that covers
a large chunk of the corner
http://tinyurl.com/o8gvart
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Best Wishes
Simon Taylor
Some of the modern fake grass lawns are very convincing if you still fancy
green, be prepared to pay good money if you don't want it to look naff
though! Bark as already suggested is a good cheap solution, but if you have
mind your own business why not just spread that across the area.
What ever you do don't use stone chippings!!
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Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk