ᐅ Ideas for Outdoor Spaces, Gardens, and Landscaping – Suggestions and Tips?
Created on: 24 Nov 2018 01:34
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zizzi
Hello,
I am slowly starting to plan the outdoor area and would appreciate any advice from you. We want to focus first on thorough and essential tasks, such as:
1. Connecting the wastewater system + inspection chamber
2. Pipes for rainwater + infiltration system + inspection and flushing chamber
3. Transporting the topsoil as excess excavated soil
4. Dimpled membrane (dimpled sheet membrane?). Here I have a question about this topic.
I want to do the rest myself. Only for the paving work will I hire an experienced professional.
5. Gravel for paved areas
6. Paving work
7. Garden soil, leveling, lawn, flower beds
8. Enclosure, fence, gate…
The photos show the current status of the house, and on the floor plan I’ve drawn my initial ideas for the garden and paved areas.
Around the house I plan to have 1.5 m (5 feet) of paving. On the right side (behind the storage room) and the left side of the house, I have planned slightly larger paved areas for storage, e.g., for bicycles, trash bins, etc. In front of the main entrance, I want to use grid paving or paving stones as an additional parking option.
What is your opinion on this plan? Suggestions or improvements? Of course, some things like a sandbox, raised herb beds, etc., will be figured out over time to find the best locations.
Best regards
I am slowly starting to plan the outdoor area and would appreciate any advice from you. We want to focus first on thorough and essential tasks, such as:
1. Connecting the wastewater system + inspection chamber
2. Pipes for rainwater + infiltration system + inspection and flushing chamber
3. Transporting the topsoil as excess excavated soil
4. Dimpled membrane (dimpled sheet membrane?). Here I have a question about this topic.
I want to do the rest myself. Only for the paving work will I hire an experienced professional.
5. Gravel for paved areas
6. Paving work
7. Garden soil, leveling, lawn, flower beds
8. Enclosure, fence, gate…
The photos show the current status of the house, and on the floor plan I’ve drawn my initial ideas for the garden and paved areas.
Around the house I plan to have 1.5 m (5 feet) of paving. On the right side (behind the storage room) and the left side of the house, I have planned slightly larger paved areas for storage, e.g., for bicycles, trash bins, etc. In front of the main entrance, I want to use grid paving or paving stones as an additional parking option.
What is your opinion on this plan? Suggestions or improvements? Of course, some things like a sandbox, raised herb beds, etc., will be figured out over time to find the best locations.
Best regards
ypg schrieb:
You won't keep cats out with a fence Electric fence?!
It’s not that bad. He loves animals and enjoys petting them. He has a great time with them when we stay at the farm holiday apartment. Of course, you can’t keep all animals away, and you shouldn’t isolate yourself completely. Partly, it’s also about a feeling of security.
zizzi schrieb:
Electric fence?!
It’s not that bad – he loves the animals and enjoys petting them. He has a lot of fun with them when we vacation at the farm (holiday apartment). Of course, you can’t keep all animals away, and you don’t want to be completely isolated either. Partly, it’s also about the feeling of security.fach1werk schrieb:
I can only share positive experiences with the prairie garden:
Our basic conditions:
Clayey but untouched soil, rectangular plot, on two sides a prairiebed strip about 1 m (3 ft) wide.
- Only in the first year did I have to weed more frequently. In the second year, the plants largely suppressed weeds on their own.
- After three weeks without any work, the beds don’t show any signs of neglect at all.
- We rarely water the beds now, maybe once every three weeks during last summer. The lawn required much more water.
- Already in the first year, the prairie beds looked great, not half empty or weak. In the second spring, we had to prune some plants quite a bit.
- I had planned a dry lawn. It grows slowly and only needs to be mowed 2-3 times in summer. It tends to look a bit patchy. During garden installation, this was replaced with conventional sports turf. Now 90% of the garden work is lawn maintenance. It looks good, but that could have saved time and effort.
Enjoy your garden
GabrieleI’m interested in your prairie garden and lawn. Could you please share some photos? I’m currently designing the garden on the computer to scale and will show you later. How wide should the space be at minimum for the hedge or prairiebeds as a property border?
Should edging stones be placed between the bed and lawn, or is a lawn edging strip enough?
What do you recommend placing between the bed and the neighbor’s property?
The space required for the hedge depends on the type of plants you choose. Thuja may need somewhat less space, but if you want flowering shrubs, they can sometimes grow up to 5 m (16 feet) tall and 3-4 m (10-13 feet) wide. Our planting strip ended up a bit narrow because we chose the strip first and then the plants. It is curved, with a width varying from 1.2 m (4 feet) to 0.5 m (1.5 feet), and the narrower sections now have smaller shrubs.
There was already a fence everywhere next to the neighbors; we built the one facing the street ourselves. Of course, this depends on personal preference.
In theory, you can also skip using stones between the lawn and shrub bed. A weed barrier fabric under the shrubs and bark mulch should keep weeds reasonably under control if you don’t want to have grass growing beneath the shrubs.
There was already a fence everywhere next to the neighbors; we built the one facing the street ourselves. Of course, this depends on personal preference.
In theory, you can also skip using stones between the lawn and shrub bed. A weed barrier fabric under the shrubs and bark mulch should keep weeds reasonably under control if you don’t want to have grass growing beneath the shrubs.
haydee schrieb:
Use stones between the garden bed and the lawn. The stones should be somewhat wider and flat. Set them flush into the ground. This way, you can mow over them without needing to do any manual trimming.
Just like we have our oak beams recessed Gravel or crushed stone under the stones – is that necessary or not?
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