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I don't know when it happened exactly, but something strange happened in my garden recently...
This weekend I spent a large part of my time outdoors.
Saturday was spent clearing out the shed which involved turfing everything out onto the lawn.
Well, that is to say where my lawn used to be.
It would appear that someone thought it funny to replace my lawn with hay.
I think I know what's happened in reality.
The garden is North facing, and during the winter it doesn't get much in the way of sunshine at all.
To the West of the garden is an embankment and large trees that shade the garden from any sunshine which may sneak past the house later in the day.
The trees, as is their way, shed their leaves en masse and dump large quantities in our garden which cover significant portions of the lawn and garden for considerable periods of time (especially if I don't get the time/weather to clear them.
Add to all that the fact that we've had more snow than usual this year and I guess it's no surprise that the lawn's in the state it is.
Looks like I'll be spending some time soon raking, scarifying, sowing and top dressing.
I know lawns aren't everyone's cup of tea, and that they don't serve the wildlife as well as a meadow, but there's something about a nice, thick green lawn that lightens my heart and provides me with a certain sense of satisfaction.
Here's to Spring.
This weekend I spent a large part of my time outdoors.
Saturday was spent clearing out the shed which involved turfing everything out onto the lawn.
Well, that is to say where my lawn used to be.
It would appear that someone thought it funny to replace my lawn with hay.
I think I know what's happened in reality.
The garden is North facing, and during the winter it doesn't get much in the way of sunshine at all.
To the West of the garden is an embankment and large trees that shade the garden from any sunshine which may sneak past the house later in the day.
The trees, as is their way, shed their leaves en masse and dump large quantities in our garden which cover significant portions of the lawn and garden for considerable periods of time (especially if I don't get the time/weather to clear them.
Add to all that the fact that we've had more snow than usual this year and I guess it's no surprise that the lawn's in the state it is.
Looks like I'll be spending some time soon raking, scarifying, sowing and top dressing.
I know lawns aren't everyone's cup of tea, and that they don't serve the wildlife as well as a meadow, but there's something about a nice, thick green lawn that lightens my heart and provides me with a certain sense of satisfaction.
Here's to Spring.
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