Comments for Sunil's Garden

Comment on The Terrible, Terrible Mistake by Casa Mariposa

Casa Mariposa — Fri, 24 May 2013 01:24:15 +0000

Are you going to overseed it with wildflower seeds? That would be beautiful! I have plenty of lawn, too, that we also use regularly. It’s a nice resting spot for the eyes and is a cooling neutral tone in the garden.

Comment on The Terrible, Terrible Mistake by Sunil

Sunil — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:40:08 +0000

Hi Tammy, I can’t take it all out I’m afraid, we do actually use it, mainly to reach the washing lines and to sit and lounge on when the patio slabs are too hard. I’m also under orders not to get rid of it all too, so I’ll just have to try and get the grass looking the way I want it – full of flowers.

Comment on The Terrible, Terrible Mistake by Sunil Patel

Sunil Patel — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:36:59 +0000

Hello Jason, violets are lovely and clover would be good to have back. It’s daffodils that I will have to keep under control I think, they’re just so prolific!

Comment on The Terrible, Terrible Mistake by Casa Mariposa

Casa Mariposa — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:24:29 +0000

Why don’t you just rip it out completely? If you want a patch of green over the winter you could put in a ground cover that would meander around a patch of perennials or low growing shrubs. Then you sell the mower and use the money to buy more plants.

Comment on The Terrible, Terrible Mistake by gardeninacity

gardeninacity — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:52:15 +0000

A certain number of weeds should be to.erated, I think. Violets and white clover are basically benign. Plantain and dandelions are a little harder to tolerate in large numbers.

Comment on The Terrible, Terrible Mistake by Sunil

Sunil — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:54:09 +0000

Hi Claire, to help the grass and anything else that might settle in it, I’ve got the lawn mower on the highest/longest setting, so it always looks as though it could do with a cut. Hopefully this will lend a bit more strength and robustness to what’s left of the grass so it will thicken out and grow stronger.

Comment on The Terrible, Terrible Mistake by Sunil

Sunil — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:51:47 +0000

Hello Steph, they’ve already made a come back and I have a go at those that become too large and get noticed, but otherwise there’s an uneasy and tentative alliance between us. I’m not sure I can trust them to behave though, we’ll see.

Comment on The Terrible, Terrible Mistake by Claire

Claire — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:37:22 +0000

My Dad is normally relaxes by mowing the lawn so it is usually pretty trim but this month he says he is just enjoying letting it grow dandelions so it looks really wild and nice. Dandelions and daisies are the new in!

Comment on The Terrible, Terrible Mistake by Steph

Steph — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:32:10 +0000

Hmmmm, I seem to recall Gareth moaning about me weeding out the nice bright yellow dandelions when we lived in Stockmore street. Are you going to welcome those back too?!

Comment on Water Pearls by Sunil

Sunil — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:14:54 +0000

Hi Jayne, thanks, though that wont be me in NY they’re referring to, I’m in the back reaches of the Fens, a far less glamorous and altogether more rural location.