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Pebbles?
My Dad lives next door to me and has a beautiful garden. I have just done mine. New patio. new tree at the bottom and some turf layed yesterday. He cut a border in for me and I am currently adding plants that I had in pots from last year....however.... I am pebble mad started by my children collecting them for me and now I have millions which I saved from my old garden in order to put in my new garden. I don`t like soil, to look at anyway and had planned on covering the border after planting so that the soil was covered as I have done in my front garden.
Problem being...Dad says no! Will it harm my plants? Why not, it will look pretty. Yes I am an amateur, but I do enjoy my garden so and had it all mapped out it my head...any advice would be grately received. |
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In article , Cherry Cherry.1skqvz@gar
denbanter.co.uk writes My Dad lives next door to me and has a beautiful garden. I have just done mine. New patio. new tree at the bottom and some turf layed yesterday. He cut a border in for me and I am currently adding plants that I had in pots from last year....however.... I am pebble mad started by my children collecting them for me and now I have millions which I saved from my old garden in order to put in my new garden. I don`t like soil, to look at anyway and had planned on covering the border after planting so that the soil was covered as I have done in my front garden. Problem being...Dad says no! Why does he say no? It's your garden, so he needs to convince you ;-) Will it harm my plants? No Why not, it will look pretty. The pebbles will gradually get covered by accumulations of dead plants, soil, etc. You may therefore feel the need to pick them all up every year and shake and perhaps wash off the detritus. Look up on Google Down House - Darwin's place. One of the famous experiments he did - and it is still there - was put a large stone on top of the garden and measure each year how much it had sunk into the soil from earthworm activity - in other words, over time, pebbles will get gradually buried unless you now and again do something about it. Whether this matters or not is entirely up to you. If your pebble border is up against the lawn, the grass will spread in amongst them and it'll be less easy to weed than if it was just soil. But laying a 'mowing strip' of bricks, slabs or whatever just slightly lower than the lawn and along the lawn edge will make keeping the edges neat a lot easier. If you want to spread compost over your border, you'll have to lift up the pebbles before you do that. Oh, and it might increase the number of slugs. They like damp places to hide out during the day. Those are all the negatives I can think of. The positives are the ability to enjoy your pebbles, and they will keep weeds down to come extent. And I imagine they'll keep the ground underneath a bit moister in the summer. My advice would be to use them. You can always remove them later, whereas if you end up throwing them out now, there's no going back. Yes I am an amateur, but I do enjoy my garden so and had it all mapped out it my head...any advice would be grately received. Best bit of advice I can give is never accept advice unless the person advising you can explain that advice, and you are convinced by their reasoning ;-) -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
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Kay what fantastic advice...I am going to print it out and show my Dad...don`t worry he wont find you lol Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question and look forward to bumping into you again when I have another question, which i`m sure I will. Take care Cherry x |
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Many thanks for your help. Take care Cherry. x |
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"Cherry" wrote in message ... My Dad lives next door to me and has a beautiful garden. I have just done mine. New patio. new tree at the bottom and some turf layed yesterday. He cut a border in for me and I am currently adding plants that I had in pots from last year....however.... I am pebble mad started by my children collecting them for me and now I have millions which I saved from my old garden in order to put in my new garden. I don`t like soil, to look at anyway and had planned on covering the border after planting so that the soil was covered as I have done in my front garden. Problem being...Dad says no! Will it harm my plants? Why not, it will look pretty. Yes I am an amateur, but I do enjoy my garden so and had it all mapped out it my head...any advice would be grately received. Hi, before laying out pebbles place a weed proof membrane down this will let water through but keep weeds down and will keep pebbles cleaner. This will act as a mulch and reduce need for watering so you are becoming ecologically aware, ( and saving time and effort but dont tell any one about that) regards Cineman -- Cherry |
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