ᐅ Natural-style garden with hedge instead of fence (boundary hedge instead of fence)
Created on: 14 Apr 2019 17:52
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Müllerin
I still owe you some garden photos...
As I’ve mentioned a few times before, we’re getting an “eco garden.”
After the excavation spoil from both halves of the house, which was just lying around here, was finally removed in September, nothing happened for a while.
At the end of March, it looked like this
Then I planted the hedge (with the gardeners).
On the outside there is a lot of hawthorn, then 2 holly bushes (we’ll see if they don’t dry out too much in summer), 2 firethorns, a witch hazel, a butterfly bush, 2 copper mountain ashes, spireas, a viburnum, and a mock orange. Up front, separately, a maple.
Eventually, there will be a rose arch with a gate at the end of the path.
The lawn is growing rather slowly; it’s just too cold right now.
In the raised bed there are herbs and a few flowers, and in the mulched bed only blue/white/pink flowers will bloom. A privet hedge will be planted along the border this week. Luckily, I was able to convince our neighbors not to go for anything like thuja or cherry laurel or anything similarly horrible. (Actually, it was pretty simple: I would have refused to plant that stuff in our garden. That would have meant installing a fence, and they would have had to pay for the hedge themselves.)
If you don’t prune privet to a blocky shape, it flowers beautifully.
Here’s a lilac; over Easter, vegetables will go into the raised bed, and on the right side towards the neighbors there will be a large bed in orange/yellow/red.
Yes.
Eventually, there will be an apple tree, once we find a tasty variety that the child isn’t allergic to.
I’d also like to add some kind of water feature, but we’ll see how that works without a fence with so many children around. Probably not at all.
We’ll see how it all turns out, but a gardener needs patience.
And here we’ll have the only nature-friendly garden; all around us there are golf-course lawns, gabions, dull uniform beech hedges, and hardly any flower beds.
As I’ve mentioned a few times before, we’re getting an “eco garden.”
After the excavation spoil from both halves of the house, which was just lying around here, was finally removed in September, nothing happened for a while.
At the end of March, it looked like this
Then I planted the hedge (with the gardeners).
On the outside there is a lot of hawthorn, then 2 holly bushes (we’ll see if they don’t dry out too much in summer), 2 firethorns, a witch hazel, a butterfly bush, 2 copper mountain ashes, spireas, a viburnum, and a mock orange. Up front, separately, a maple.
Eventually, there will be a rose arch with a gate at the end of the path.
The lawn is growing rather slowly; it’s just too cold right now.
In the raised bed there are herbs and a few flowers, and in the mulched bed only blue/white/pink flowers will bloom. A privet hedge will be planted along the border this week. Luckily, I was able to convince our neighbors not to go for anything like thuja or cherry laurel or anything similarly horrible. (Actually, it was pretty simple: I would have refused to plant that stuff in our garden. That would have meant installing a fence, and they would have had to pay for the hedge themselves.)
If you don’t prune privet to a blocky shape, it flowers beautifully.
Here’s a lilac; over Easter, vegetables will go into the raised bed, and on the right side towards the neighbors there will be a large bed in orange/yellow/red.
Yes.
Eventually, there will be an apple tree, once we find a tasty variety that the child isn’t allergic to.
I’d also like to add some kind of water feature, but we’ll see how that works without a fence with so many children around. Probably not at all.
We’ll see how it all turns out, but a gardener needs patience.
And here we’ll have the only nature-friendly garden; all around us there are golf-course lawns, gabions, dull uniform beech hedges, and hardly any flower beds.
Pinkiponk schrieb:
What is wrong with golf course grass exactly? I don’t know much about golf turf, even though my dad played golf. What I want is a patch of lawn where I can lie down, stretch out completely, and watch the clouds in the sky without anything poking, pricking, or pressing against me. Would that be considered golf course grass? See the picture. If you constantly cut grass to lawn height, it becomes a rather lifeless golf course turf.
If you have a natural garden, of course there’s nothing wrong with keeping a few square meters (square yards) short for a lounge or something similar…
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Pinkiponk18 Aug 2020 08:59Müllerin schrieb:
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see the picture. If you always cut grass to lawn height, it becomes a rather lifeless golf course lawn.
If you have a natural-style garden, of course, there is nothing against keeping a few square meters short for a lounge chair or similar... Great illustration, thanks for that. Now I understand the golf course lawn concept. A golf course lawn isn’t a particularly soft, well-maintained lawn, but simply any lawn that is regularly mowed.
The drawing is really nice.
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Pinkiponk18 Aug 2020 09:01haydee schrieb:
@Pinkiponk
Here in the village, an elderly woman is happy that someone is finally using old plant varieties.
Golf greens are grass areas without any invasive plants, kept short and watered by Robi.Thank you. I plan to explore the topic of old or nearly extinct plants in detail and prioritize cultivating them here. The fruit trees should also be "heritage varieties."P
Pinkiponk18 Aug 2020 09:08What I never get tired of in spring is our dandelions. We currently have about 750 sqm (8,073 sq ft) of undeveloped/unsealed land, and in spring, dandelions bloom almost everywhere there without gaps—a yellow sea. It’s a beautiful sight. However, every year it has been a "tough battle" to prevent others, I won’t name names, from mowing the lawn before the dandelions bloom.
I believe that if dandelions were less common, they would surely be a very expensive and popular plant to give as gifts (instead of roses?). Because of their lovely yellow color and their transformation into fluffy seed heads. That is fascinating. It’s only because they are so widespread that few appreciate them and remove them.
I believe that if dandelions were less common, they would surely be a very expensive and popular plant to give as gifts (instead of roses?). Because of their lovely yellow color and their transformation into fluffy seed heads. That is fascinating. It’s only because they are so widespread that few appreciate them and remove them.
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Pinkiponk18 Aug 2020 09:13Pinkiponk schrieb:
...Addendum: On our new property, I will definitely create small circular flower beds with dandelions. I will probably need to ensure a sufficient distance from the neighbors, as there aren’t many people who share my fondness for dandelions.Pinkiponk schrieb:
Thank you. I plan to study old or nearly extinct plant varieties in depth and will prioritize growing them on our property. The fruit trees will also be "heritage varieties."This year, I am sending apples to have the variety of an old tree identified. I also want to propagate it through grafting.
I want heritage varieties, but I prefer keeping the trees as small bushes. More varieties, less yield per tree. What would I do with a few hundred kilograms (a few hundred pounds) of apples or pears? I don’t plan to do a lot of canning. Of course, a few jars of pie filling, chutney, and similar preserves, but not large quantities or hauling them to a cider mill. The orchard will not be established until next year anyway.
My only concern with these old varieties is whether they are really suitable for the current prevailing climate.