On 09/08/2015 16:46, Simon T wrote:
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
I cant enlarge your second pic up enough to see if it is "Mind your own
business", if it is then it's not growing all that well either.
I suspect that your Lawn is in shade most of the time which is why you
have problems.
I would forget about trying to grow a lawn and would use artificial
turf; if it's good enough for the Women's world cup" then it should be
OK for you.
I wouldn't bother with the local builders merchant, google Artificial
turf and you will find a lot of suppliers such as
http://www.evergreensuk.com/
Contact them for samples and if needs be phone them for advice.
Beware of going for the cheapest, find out if you can see it used
locally to you before buying, You can even have it put down for you
though on such a small area the cost may be steep.