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Grass in muddy garden
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I have a garden of 2 types, the top is fantastic - good top soil and well drained. The bottom is solid clay with about 4" of topsoil on it. I seeded last year and on the top have some lovely ornamental grass. However, the bottom is a mud bath, not surprising really, it develops 10' by 4' puddles that take about a week to drain. The grass did take initially, but unfortunately it tears up really easily under foot. I have improved the drainage on the bottom by digging a sump and pumping away the excess water, but although there is no standing water now, it still gets saturated. Can anyone recommend a grass mix for these wet conditions, that may survive and even flourish in these type of conditions? thanks Andy |
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Grass in muddy garden
In article .com, "AAJ" writes: | | However, the bottom is a mud bath, not surprising really, it develops | 10' by 4' puddles that take about a week to drain. The grass did take | initially, but unfortunately it tears up really easily under foot. I | have improved the drainage on the bottom by digging a sump and pumping | away the excess water, but although there is no standing water now, it | still gets saturated. | | Can anyone recommend a grass mix for these wet conditions, that may | survive and even flourish in these type of conditions? Not one that will take mowing. There are plenty of marsh grasses, but they are normally lush and don't do well if mown short. Why not turn that into a bog garden? Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Grass in muddy garden
Thanks for reply
unfortunately its right out side the back door, and the dog loves diving in head first. He'd enjoy a bog garden, but it probably wouldn't be practical 8-) cheers Andy |
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Grass in muddy garden
"AAJ" wrote in news:1144755426.402618.212690
@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com: Thanks for reply unfortunately its right out side the back door, and the dog loves diving in head first. He'd enjoy a bog garden, but it probably wouldn't be practical 8-) If it needs to stand up to not just wet but muddy dog too, unless you can dig it out and radically improve the drainage I fear you are stuck with a mud-pool If a bog garden is not possible, could you put down a membrane and cover in decorative bark or gravel and decorate with pots, rather than having it as a lawn? Victoria -- gardening on a north-facing hill in South-East Cornwall -- |
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"AAJ" wrote in message oups.com... Thanks for reply unfortunately its right out side the back door, and the dog loves diving in head first. He'd enjoy a bog garden, but it probably wouldn't be practical 8-) cheers Andy how big is the muddy section of the garden? rob |
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Grass in muddy garden
Its not too big, I'd guess 100m2. It has a 3m2 fish pond in the middle
and about another 12m2 is flagged for a sunny area, plus a couple of gravel paths running through it, so there isn't a huge amount. I don't want to flag or gravel it though, I'm thinking of digging some new french drains to my sump, however, If there was a more hardy type of grass, I would try that first. cheers Andy |
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"AAJ" wrote in message oups.com... Its not too big, I'd guess 100m2. It has a 3m2 fish pond in the middle and about another 12m2 is flagged for a sunny area, plus a couple of gravel paths running through it, so there isn't a huge amount. I don't want to flag or gravel it though, I'm thinking of digging some new french drains to my sump, however, If there was a more hardy type of grass, I would try that first. cheers Andy maybe too big for what I was thinking, essentially, some form of raised wooden terracing/decking across the worst part of the bog that you could somehow link up with the better part of the garden. If the garden slopes down it might make a nice feature to terrace from the door out across the boggy parts and grade it back into ground level of the 'good' garden. The deck would only need to be a few inchs off the earth and you could incorporate the fish pond into it. It would take some building and cost a bit in timber. It is one way of retiring really boggy areas of garden though and could make a nice outdoor area for entertaining/recreation etc. rob |
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