The front Garden!

This is what I have to work with out the front I need a quick way to clear all the grass and weeds from the grown area without damaging the ground incase of wanting to plant in future. It has been covered in stones a lot of which I have removed it also had some big shrubs and a large pampas grass which we dug out when we moved in. There was also a large overgrown hedge in between properties which I dug out a few weeks ago and a fence will be put up asap. The hedge along the front will be trimmed down at the weekend. The roots from the tree have a large spread and every time I have tried to dig over the area I hit a root making life very difficult. The concrete posts mark the boundary line
Ideas and advice greatly received:



Stacy

 

I agree with Loofah. A bit of glyphosate, a weed and a hedge trim would have everything looking neat without too much effort. The slabs look well laid - you could easily leave those for a while, maybe group a few large pots on them. I wouldn't be in a hurry to remove any until you have clear plans and time for their replacement.

The area under the tree could be weeded then covered with bark chippings while you decide what to put there. It's going to be shady, so ferns for dry shade might be what I'd pick, along with stuff like epimediums, euphorbia robbiae. Where the slabs form right-angled bays along the edge I'd consider small evergreen shrubs, maybe hebes, or even perennials such as geranium macrorhizum. They would look good all year, tolerate shade and suppress weed growth.

Small detail - I would resite the bird feeder (if it's staying) a bit further away from the tree. Looks more harmonious, not sure what the birds would prefer.

Any plans for the wheelie bins?

 

Never mind the front garden, get that back garden sorted first! I find, that it's much easier to just take on manageable chunks of work, before moving on. Try to do it all, and you may end up doing nothing, because of the apparent enormity of it all.

Cheers...Freddy

 

The front is the one people see lol. So it just needs neatening up for now. The slabs will be removed eventually but that won't be this year. They will be taken to the top of back garden for a patio area. So I shall glyphosphate it all. OH will get fence up, trim hedge. No plans for bins this year. We will also have the kids bikes on a rack out the front. I have some bark chippings in the shed. The bird feeder will eventually be in the back garden near the pond. I shall bring the troughs down from back garden to put out front this year as they need to be moved so i can continue with digging the flower bed out back.

Thanx

 

Hey, you're well-organised! Good plan.

 

Don't forget Glyphosate kills just about anything it touches!

 

I totally agree, and this is the approach I took when I moved in here. However sooner or later you realise that the fronts the bit that greets you every time you leave the house in the morning, and come back in the evening, so its important that you're reasonably happy with it.