"Pete C" wrote in message
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Mary Fisher wrote:
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Mary Fisher;785775 Wrote:
"Hairball" wrote in message
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Hi, Everyone
I would be most grateful if any of you can offer me some advice. I
have
a small lawn in SE London that is being a real pain.-
Do you really want a lawn?
Mary
LOL..
That's a good point and sometimes I don't think I do, but it's so
nice to sit/lay on when the weather is nice.
Not if it has builder's rubble underneath.
Then there are the ants ... and various other insects which live in
grass.
We got rid of all our 'lawns'. You water and feed them to make them
grow and then cut down the growth .... only to provide a habitat for
stinging and biting Things :-(
We planted vegetables and eat and relax on the hard standing, in
safety. Any blade of grass which shoves through the Earth lasts
hardly any time once the hens find it :-)
Mary
Oh Mary..............grass is wonderful. Ants.yes, but a flick of the
finger and it's gone. My garden is half pond, half grass...........well,
green stuff, but I'd never go without it. It's part of the colour of the
garden........sets off the stonework round the pond, and wee patio.
Repent, and lay a lawn!! 
No room, we like the vegetables too much.
There are the hens, the veg plots, the fruit cage, the bomb hole with table
and chairs atop, the pond then the bank (with real flowers!).
Suits us :-)))))))
Oh, and the front garden has the caravan, bulbs and rhubarb as well as globe
artichoke and a couple of shrubs.
Mary