r/GardeningUK

We have been in our house over a year and have just been mowing the back garden to stay on top of it, we put the shed at the bottom in for the mower and planted the fruit trees also had to replace the fence on the right with our neighbour.

Previously it was left wild for 4 years while the house sat empty so there are alot of weeds mixed in but i just mow over them.

I would like to incorporate more wild flowers and more of the natural countryside we live in rather than purely just turf but i need something minimal maintenance due to being on with other jobs.

My mrs wants to make sure there is stil plenty of turf for the dog but other than that any advice on what you would do with the space and how best i can go about transforming it, for reference we are north west and on clay soil. Thank you!

Think it might have been the half a box of chicken manure I accidentally spilled on it

I’m just curious to know what everyone else uses to suppress weeds in their flower beds.

This is our first house where we’ve had a proper garden so it’s all new to me. I’ve used ‘Landscaping Garden Bark Mulch’ from Dandy’s. I bought a 1000ltr bulk bag which I’ve just gotten though but I’m not really keen on the size of it, there are a lot of big chunks of bark & I don’t think it looks nice. I’d like to find something finer.

Not really "showing off"! Just always utterly amazed at how the nasturtiums take over my mum's garden this time of year. I've been doing their gardening since January but these are her favourites to let self seed.

I have spent a few afternoons secretly pulling some back so the other plants aren't smothered😅....but wow they do look rather pretty dotted amongst everything.

edit: they have a cat rescue, which is why there are little houses and scratch posts everywhere 😺 🐈

About 18 months ago we had a new lawn laid, however a combination of this very pleased with himself Spaniel and the heatwave has turned it into a dust bowl.

My partner wants to scarify and seed maybe with clover, while I think if we do this we'll be back in the same place next autumn.

Any and all suggestions are very welcome please (except for astro turf)!

Finished this at the weekend. Hopefully some creatures come and make it their home soon. Was debating getting a motion sensor wildlife camera.

Haven't got a filtration system or anything to keep the water moving. Not sure if this is needed with plants to hopefully keep the water clean.

Any tips welcome 🙂

Glorious blooms at this time of year!

Getting wistful over the summer already:D

I planted a bare root mix of native hedging in Feb of this year. It was around 60cm, and I did a double row. It has really shot up over the summer and is now above 6ft. My question is: what should I be doing with it and when? I would like it to end up really bushy, and it doesn't need to be much above ~7ft. Should I be trimming it down to around 3ft now so that it bushes out next year and then grows up wards? Thanks for the advice!

None of its neighbours seem to be having a similar issue. Is it getting into autumn early? Or is something more sinister going on perhaps?

Is it weird that some of my strawberry plants are still flowering in October? Is there much chance of them ripening or will they more likely die off as the weather gets colder?

When everything else got scorched in the summer and hose pipe bans came into force I did not hold out much hope for my new planter but it's still booming! It is time for a little buddleia chopping though 🌻🌻