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Will anything grow?
Hi All,
We sort of look after / use next doors 30' x 10' back 'garden'. The last time it was actually tended prior our interests there was a border (down just one side) with flowers and a lawn. For the last 3 years the border has been my runners plot (and they have done quite well), this year we fancied trying to do extra stuff. Daughter and I have just strimmed the 'lawn' (~1m high) back to the ground and much of it is either dead or very lumpy. It is also a bit high so we would be happy to take the whole top off and start again (but how?). For where the lawn was (is) *I* fancied black membrane and bark chippings / gravel but daughter would like to retain some grass. We agree half of the existing lawn could be lost to produce. But: the garden runs N/S with our house to the South (by about 30'), a 6' panel fence along the entire Eastern border and for 20' of the Western side at the North end of the plot, is my garage (8' high at the eaves). So, the most logical use of the space would be to re lawn (turf / seed) the Southern end and use the Northern end for produce but would much grow with such restricted light (although the weeds seem to be happy enough) :-( Alternatively, we could split the plot lengthways giving a long thin lawn to the East and widening the produce plot to the West but the lawn would then be less useful for putting up the odd tent to dry out or a rotary clothes line etc? The sort of produce we might like to grow (that we would all potentially eat) could include spuds, carrots, broccoli, brussels, and some cabbage of some sort. Toms seem a bit fussy (tried, not worth it), same with cucumbers etc. We also did some fancy smaller beans and whist they worked ok didn't produce the volume of 'food' runners seem to do. In fact, as a non gardener / engineering / utilitarian sort, runners seem to be my sorta vegetable (and at least they don't taste bitter (to me) like most other green stuff does). But Man cannot live by runners alone .. :-( We are in Nth London / Herts soil wise. All the best .. T i m p.s. I have just given Mum a seed tray of last years spring onions (that I'd sorta forgotten about) that are now each about 1" in diameter and it's packed solid with them! |
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Will anything grow?
In article , T i m
writes Alternatively, we could split the plot lengthways giving a long thin lawn to the East and widening the produce plot to the West but the lawn would then be less useful for putting up the odd tent to dry out or a rotary clothes line etc? Just an idea but what about a diagonal split so the gardener appears not so cut in half? -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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Just an idea but what about a diagonal split so the gardener appears not
so cut in half? Was going to suggest the same - this would also give you more growing space at the better end. If this not an option you could raise one side to give better access to light. |
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