Does anyone know anything about gardening?

That's a great lawn to play on, tx!!!

No! Not yet!!! Get Orff me lawn!!!

Looks great, I can understand they want to use it but yeah it's too soon.

This week's house evictions:
Tree Bumblebee
Small tortoise shell x5
Herald moth
Peacock butterfly
Common mosquito (the good with the bad...)

Spring has sprung

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Lovely shot. Kids found a peacock flitting round the garden in early February this year, which seemed rather early.

Tx :)

Yeah they were all out very early this year, a warmer week must have woken them up and then it got cold and they all sneaked back in.

We found them hanging from rafters and in corners.

Their caterpillars love nettles so the nettle patch will have to stay.

Would anyone be keen on this? Trying to gauge interest: https://www.lfgss.com/comments/16449709/

My lawn (about 4mx4m) is bumpy as feck. I don't really care about it being super smooth but it's bumpy enough that cutting it is harder than it should be.

It's also pretty patchy at the moment so I'll be putting some new seed down when things warm up.

What is the easiest way to level it? I've read about digging up turf and putting soil underneath and relaying which sounds like more hassle that I want. Any other suggestions?

I'd image the lazy way is to fill the low parts with compost, chuck the lawn seeds of the type you need on it (hard wearing, dry resistant, whatever...) and then let that take root. Keep an eye on it to ensure the compost stays moist so it doesn't get blown away and that the seeds take.

But I am no lawn expert, so see what others say, this is more the "levelling a floor" approach to lawns ;)

I hate my lawn. I love gardening but lawns and lawn care can get absolutely fucked.

what are the good low maintenance lawn options:

• wildflower meadow
  
• thyme lawn
  
• ???
  

Same - because of shady areas/low sun in winter I pretty much have to regrow half of it every year.

Burning it down and salting the earth?

State of play at the moment in my back garden. To do list for this year:

• plant out bed on right side (have removed a chicken run the former owners left there). It’s pretty shady so looking for some shade loving plants.
  
• Finish removing the remnants of raised bed in middle at back. Going to seed with grass and wildflowers.
  
• Sort bed to back left, where there’s a conspicuous bald area underneath the lilac tree
  
• reseed patchy fucking lawn
  
• Install compost heap in back right corner
  
  

For next year:

• knock down pizza oven and create second wildflower patch
  

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gravel thread >>>>>>>>

Gravel thread = nuke from orbit

It’s the only way to be sure

Have you considered artificial grass ?

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• wildflower meadow
  
• thyme lawn
  
• #SFAB
  

It depends on what you need the lawn for.

A play area? Has to be soft and durable plantlife.
A green area that is low and you can walk through?
Or a wild area with stones?
How tidy should it be?
Will landscaping plastic with decorative stones and low maintenance plants work?

My "lawn" is 100% unkilleable wild grass and buttercups but it cannot take constant walking, which is fine by me. I'll lay stones. (Edit for walking the green stays. It's full of big life)

As a play area it would die soonish.

Did a bit of fencing for @nobrows last week. When you're hitting large numbers of nails there's plenty of time for the mind (such as it is) to wander. Mental arithmetic suggested that I'd hit enough nails to put up the son of a deity of your choice 543 times, 725 if he crossed his legs.

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Not in garden, rescued this one from a canal path last week.

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That small tortoiseshell is so immaculate it has clearly just emerged, I hope it survives the next couple of days of crap weather.

Yeah it was basking in the sun but in a squashable spot. I moved it up high and hope it survived, pic was from last Weds so hope can find a warm shelter for a few days.

Nobody should consider artificial grass. Putting plastic down in a garden is a horrendous thing to do for local wildlife. Please don’t do this, and if you have it, consider removing and replacing as soon as possible.

Aw! :)

Well done it's completely undamaged hopefully it found a few flowers.

It also looks shit.