So, some weeds have managed to poke their unwanted heads through my lovely new lawn! Mainly the beginnings of blackberries, but they are coming not only in the lawn, but also in the rockery. Not many though, to be honest, so I've bought some weed killer to get rid of them. The ones on the lawn are a pain, because I don't want to kill the grass, just the weeds.
I came up with a way to kill the weeds without killing of (hopefully) loads of grass too. I cut both ends of a plastic bottle to put over and contain the weed, and then spray into the bottle. Although some of the grass will undoubtably die off, it probably won't be too much. Hopefully anyway!
So I am very happy with the result! I've had a few weeds come up, mainly blackberries, but have been spraying them with weed killer so they just disappear! I read online that white vinegar is a good weed killer too, and also a lot nicer to the environment, so I'm going to give that a go. But for now, I'm going to leave the garden to settle for a few weeks, before thinking about some planting.
I've finally got to the last part of the garden (for now!) and all that's left is a square patch of earth at the top of the rockery and next to the path that I made. It's not very big so I don't want to lay turf as it will be a nightmare to cut it so I've decide to get a round decorative paving slab to go in the middle, and lay some of the stones around it to carry on the theme. After some online research of prices and sizes, I've opted for this Sun Stepping Stone. I only need one as it's a small area, and then I can put a pot there too with some flowers in, or maybe a little tree.
I had to order the stepping stone so it took a couple of weeks to arrive, so that gave me a chance to lay the newspaper and compost and let it settle in. When it arrived, it was a really simple job of just laying it on top of the compost, and scattering the stones around the outside.
And it feels really good to be done!
From day one of this project, I knew the biggest cost I would have would be the turf. I've used 17 turfs, and at approx £3.50 each, that's £60. Not a huge amount of money, but along with the cost of the compost, the stones etc, this is an expense that I could do without. What I noticed early on is that at garden centres and DIY places, if you wait until the day before the new stock is going to arrive, the price of the older turfs plummets!
I did this religiously, and as I have done the garden bit by bit, I had the luxury of buying a few turfs at a time, all of which I paid a fraction of the price for. They usually go down to about £1 - £1.50 per turf, but you have to be quick as they go really fast at this price! Initially, the turfs are not as green as they could be, but after a week or so and plenty of water, lush green grass!
So, some weeds have managed to poke their unwanted heads through my lovely new lawn! Mainly the beginnings of blackberries, but they are coming not only in the lawn, but also in the rockery. Not many though, to be honest, so I've bought some weed killer to get rid of them. The ones on the lawn are a pain, because I don't want to kill the grass, just the weeds.
