On 19/6/07 11:38, in article , "Space"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
On 19/6/07 10:55, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:

None at all to the advice requested but a somewhat churlish reaction, IMO.
When I first posted here a lot of people thought I was male, possibly
because of the way I spell my name.


I made a comment, not a scathing attack. Why churlish? I think you have all
gotten a little over excited. But never mind.

It's the peril of the written word, as opposed to those spoken, face to
face. Meaning and intention can be lost!

Starting over......

I'm Sue in Liverpool. A messy front and back garden and little idea of
where to start. Although when watching these garden makeover programmes I
realise mine is no-where near as bad as some of the "before" gardens.

I'm extremely wary of the 'return visit a year later' with regard to those
gardens. There really are no instant gardens in the 'bung plants in and
leave them alone' sense. Every kind of garden - even pots and a bit of
grass - need some attention, watering, tidying, pruning, deadheading etc.

I seem to have a habit of buying plants, leaving them in their pots until I
decide on where they go, and then find they are dead!


I'm sure we've all done that, especially when time is pressing in other
directions, too. Perhaps the answer to your garden is 'eating the elephant'
i.e. a little at a time. Prepare as much as you can do in one day or half
day and plant that up and so on. And if you appear to have good gardening
neighbours, ask their advice if you're not sure and most people just love to
give it! One thing that seems to create instant tidiness is a cut lawn with
clipped edges!

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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)