"Mark Baigent" wrote in message
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Hi all

Absolute novice here.

At the tender age of 50yrs I finally decided to try gardening and do
something with my garden.

My garden is 150ft long by 22ft wide. About 40ft of the end of my garden
is brambles and stinging nettles. 18 years ago I promised my wife that I
would sort it out.

Today I started (must not rush things) by using a borrowed hedge trimmer
to cut all the jungle down to earth level, I need to level a mound of
earth to make a sitting area under a big oak tree. I guess that I will
turf it as well.

But do I need to do anything to stop all the nettles, brambles etc
coming back up?

To be honest it looks like a huge task which has held me back from
starting before.

All the best
Mark




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Mark Baigent


Spray the area with a weed killer/suppressant. Cover with a membrane. Cover
that with 20mm stones. Place pots of shrubs/flowers etc and your seat.

Later if you want to plant anything, go through the stones, cross cut the
membrane and plant. Later, not straight away because of the weed killer..

Don't bother with grass under the Oak Tree, it won't grow.

Mike



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