On Tue, 24 May 2011 18:25:13 +0100, "'Mike'"
wrote:



To the OP. Please take no notice of this paranoid female whose main object
of using urg is to promote her husband's business and will, as you have no
doubt observed, will reply to as many postings as possible with her
husband's business in her signature. You will have noticed over a period,
that not only the plants sold in her husband's garden centre/nursery have
been "advertised", but even the 'menu' of the cafe on site when there is the
requirement to 'go shopping for ******* the cafe"


To the OP - please get into Google Groups, search on "Mike Crowe" and
form your own conclusions. Failing that, just wait for the reply to
this post.

To the person suggesting the use of "false turf", please take a minute
or six to actually read the OP's question properly. Whilst AstroTurf
may be green coloured, it is most certainly not green in the sense
that the OP means - it won't attract wildlife (though if badly laid,
will soon become infested with moss!), has to be laid on a
free-draining substrate, NOT solid concrete, and at over £25 a square
metre with delivery is probably the most expensive, inappropriate and,
indeed, stupid suggestion that I have seen in this group for ages.

A large pot of green masonry paint would be a cheaper solution to
making the garden more green coloured but other posters have made
sensible suggestions as to how it might be made more naturally green
using plants.