18-04-2005, 09:23 PM
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(DIY Novice) expounded:
The garden is rectangular approx 29 feet by 19 feet.
Should I put the bricks length ways or width ways?
I'm worried if I put them width ways that it'll look like a 9 inch
path around the lawn and may dominate such a small garden but my
girlfriend says the flowers and grass will grow over the edges and
they won't be so obvious. Any suggestions?
I've got brick borders around my 3' wide gardens, widthwise, and it
looks fine. Makes a great mowing border, too.
What do I bed the bricks on , simply lay them on the soil or should I
create a sand or mortar base?
I've got stonedust beneath them, but the grass still invades, at least
once every two years I lift the bricks, pull the grass and resettle
them with more stone dust (I have a never-ending supply of stone
dust).
Also for a small garden of this size what width should the flower beds
be? We were thinking about 3 feet wide which should be enough for some
shrubs 3-6 feet high and climbers close to the fence with some bedding
plants at the front.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
If you can go wider, then do. Four feet is better than three, three
is a bare minimum.
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Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
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