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To mow or not to mow.

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  Posted by onlygreenway (U8118211) on Friday, 13th August 2010

  I removed our small oval lawn [surrounded by flower borders] about 6yrs ago,replacing it with an island bed surrounded by gravel.This was partly because as a plantaholic I needed more space, partly because I have a dog it [a bitch] and was constantly patching it and I also hoped for less work.My quandry is I now find I miss the green contrast that a lawn gives,would I as an older gardener be mad to put the lawn back,would love to here your opinions.

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  Posted by Joe_the_Gardener (U3478064) on Friday, 13th August 2010

  What sort of gravel did you use, greenway?
  
  Joe

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  Posted by peonymad (U10815255) on Friday, 13th August 2010

  Be Happy, grow and mow, or scruch on gravel! there is stuff you can put in dogs water that is supposed to prevent patching on lawns. worth trying if you have nice grass, ours is awful, more weeds than grass, but at least its sort of green.

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  Posted by onlygreenway (U8118211) on Friday, 13th August 2010

  Not really gravel, more ornamental brown/beige small half inch pebbles!

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  Posted by Miss-polly (U14402803) on Friday, 13th August 2010

  I must admit I love my grass, when its mowed it always makes the garden look neater, its is getting a bit smaller though as i'm expanding my flower and veg beds, we have a dog so don't have the patches but I do get a few dead plants at the edge of my boarders,some plants cope better with dog pee than others.
  
  grass is an amazing plant don't you think - you can stomp all over it and it still comes up looking good. I think its very english to have a lawn.

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  Posted by punpun (U14553477) on Friday, 13th August 2010

  Hi onlygreenway,
  I do understand your first choice to do away with the lawn, but that was then and today your a little older a lot wiser and lifes clocks ticking away so why not please yourself?
  
  If you would like that calm green in your gardens picture then so be it,
  
  to me gardening as far as the flower side of gardening goes is like a living painting and the lawn?
  
  Well the lawns the background and every other bit fits in around the lawn.
  
  Im no painter "with oils or water colour" but im a wizard when it comes to the garden live painting and its all around the back ground (grass)
  
  go on you know you want your grass back?.

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  Posted by Joe_the_Gardener (U3478064) on Saturday, 14th August 2010

  greenway,
  
  I was wondering if the choice of pebbles wasn't quite right. Perhaps a more deinite colour, like dark blue slate chippings, would set off the borders more effectively.
  
  Joe

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  Posted by onlygreenway (U8118211) on Saturday, 14th August 2010

  Have decided, lifes too short to dither, lawn is going back in. Many thanks everyone.

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  Posted by punpun (U14553477) on Saturday, 14th August 2010

  Good for you,
  it's your garden and for your enjoyment first and everyone else second.

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  Posted by bookertoo (U3655866) on Wednesday, 18th August 2010

  Good for you, will you get it turfed or start from seed?
  
  Some years ago I wanted to get rid of our smallish patch of lawn as I too am a plantaholic, and cutting grass and maintaining it was just not my bag at all. My nearest & dearest however suggested that the patch of green did indeed make a god contrast to the flower beds, and it was good to have somewhere to sit on those few days we can be out of doors. I heeded the words, and decided to keep the grass, although it does shrink in from the edges now and again with a new pot or two, or something that overflows the border. Am I glad we left it? Yes, most of the time, as someone else said, once newly cut it does makes everything look neater and tidier, and also gives a place from which to see the rest of the show, and rests the eyes from the borders - and occasionally allows a place upon which to munch a sandwich or drink something nice.

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  Posted by onlygreenway (U8118211) on Wednesday, 18th August 2010

  As its quite a small area, I may go for turf [because of the dog I even considered artificial turf but decided it just wasn,t for me] Looking forward to sitting out on nice green grass as opposed to the patio.

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