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eileen
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Location: Scotland (Map)
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Oh I don't know Murray the garden BBQ looks fine to me - much better than a lot I've seen.  Loved all you other piccies too. 
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mbwest
On The Way Up
Joined: 13 Jun 2005
Location: Maida Vale, Central London, England
Posts: 87
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| Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks again - Got a few weed pictures for you if anyone fancies helping my identify a few..
Edit: Images no longer exist
my guesses are:
Weeda = some sort of thistle that I don't want.
Weedb = not sure.
Weedc = is this a dandelion?
Weedd = not sure - maybe it is still too young to tell??
Weede = gros larger and has a sort of pink/purple lining and small flowering has grown lage in rocks and areas with poor light (will get a better pic soon).
WeedF = This is where I really need help - these are growing all over the garden, they look like some sort of clover. They aren't a great problem as they aren't that bad looking but i'd prefer to try and get a pristine looking lawn to start with. -Any idea what it is? Suggestions?
Eileen - Have you any pictures of your 'wild area' in your garden. It sounds great. I'd love to have a wild area but im not sure my garden is quite big enough for it. I suppose we will wait and see. - I seem to remember you having a MASSIVE garden, is that correct?
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dooley
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Location: Texas (Map)
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| Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know about your weeds. You do build a nice bar beque though. Want to build one for me? Dooley
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mbwest
On The Way Up
Joined: 13 Jun 2005
Location: Maida Vale, Central London, England
Posts: 87
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| Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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I didn't think it was that great too be honest. I kinda just started piling up bricks. They all fell over at one point so i started again with more bricks at the bottom and found that the bricks needed to overlap and interlock to be stable (this would have been pretty clear if I took a second to think about it).
Dooley, I'm sure you would do a great job yourself  have you tried one yet.
p.s. if you don't cement it you can try, try and try again!
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mbwest
On The Way Up
Joined: 13 Jun 2005
Location: Maida Vale, Central London, England
Posts: 87
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| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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Hi guys/girls.
My Garden is looking much better however I raked up all the patches yesterday and put down some more grass seed. - will get more photos soon.
Just a few things I'd like your help and opinions on...
To cut or not to cut.
I have 2 apple trees in my garden and they are quite low and over-grown. They are not producing the best apples which I suspect is partly because of the growth. The only thing stopping me cutting it is I like the way the tree droops down and you have to move around it. It looks natural. Also If I do cut it the garden as a whole will get quite a bit more sun.
Grass and Weed cuttings.
After my first 'mowing' i have about 100ltrs+ of grass and tops of weeds and wondered what was the best thing to do with this? At the moment it is all lumped at the back of my garden in a pile. It seems a waste to put it in a plastic bag and end up in some land-fill site. - What do you guys do with your cuttings?
Compost bins.
I was looking for a compost bin mainly so I have somewhere to throw all my left-over bits and pieces and to possible save myself a few £ on future compost however I have seen a few sites dedicated to 'making compost' and the 'layers' you should put in. I wanted to simply use it as a 'eco-friendly bin' if you know what I mean. Would that work? (i know there are certain things you cant put in it).
Thanks in advance
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