[Casa] Certainly not horticulture ...

[dancefloorlandmine]

Oops - maybe I left it a bit long before mowing my lawn - I've got one of those Qualcast Mow'N'Trim things - like a strimmer with a replaceable plastic "blade", on wheels. The strain of dealing with the somewhat luxuriant growth melted the blade (ok, in the interests of accuracy, it's more like a coffee stirrer), and it spanged off as I was just about done. Still, a pyrrhic victory for the lawn, as while the edges are still a little ragged, the remainder looks a lot better. (I say lawn because it has grass - it's only about six by ten, so no visions of expansive striped acres, please.)

And in a horticultural tip ... should one wish to acquire a nice, leaf-covered wall, there is a simple solution. Simply mix in with the sand used to make the render a handful of bindweed roots. This will ensure that the next occupant of your flat will discover leafy tendrils appearing out of the front garden wall at random locations ... [grin]

Comments

[aellia.livejournal.com]

Don't mention the bindweed,'tis the bane of my garden...hoe it up and every single broken piece will reproduce itself tenfold!
But I like the idea of the wall :-)
Maybe that should have been (evil grin)!

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

I absolutely love bindweed for its flowers, but it's so damn invasive in the garden.

[redcountess]

eep, bindweed! kill eeeeeeet!

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

[grin]

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

I believe that may be the understatement of the day!

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

It would have been an [evil grin], but it would appear that the previous occupants came up with the idea first. It also grows rather well in sand, especially sand used to bed in pebbles when shingling a front yard. Mutter mutter

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

Time to break out the evil herbicides?

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

It's looking that way - although not sure how to get to the ones embedded in the render ... [grin]

And also need to wipe out the incipient sapling in the drop ...