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Gardening;First tools you need? Your eyes! part 2 |
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Gardening;First tools you need? Your eyes!
In part one I spoke of how to start a garden from scratch with removing the grass, now lets see how to keep it Out of the Flower garden.
Grass! I will grow back if you allow it to send roots back into your nice newgrass and weed free garden. So you need to seperate it from the lawn with a barrier and delineate it nicely. True you can go more natural with no edging but you will have more weeding and an edger will have to be used every so often to keep a sharp crisp edge.
If you prefer to not fight the fight than you should surround it with a border of some sort. Lots to chose from; wood, polyethlen (not the most earth friendly idea), aluminum or steel. These are the most common types of lawn edgers but not the nicest to look at. If you think a bit out of the box you will be suprised what you can use. However what every chose it must do deep enough to stop the grass roots. If your garden egde is not hhigh enough you can use the steel edge and push it in deep and then add your more decrotive on just behind.
Old plates give a nice casual affect with a tough of wimsy. Shells and other natural material like small branches, bamboo, stones or river bed stone look nice to. If you like of your garden blending with the lawn a bit you could try mulch this way there is nothing to draw attention to the edge really.
In part three I will write about colour choice and depth of field. Till then…Happy Gardening!
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