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I have a average back garden around 30 foot by 30 foot,I would like to landscape around the sides bottom part and two sides.

What plants would you advise for all season,just overall any tips i would want to do it myself thanks xxxx
Its sunny i live in the city liverpool,and would like it to look nice and maybe hide my fencing xxx

I agree with above, don't bother with grass and especially if you had planned on a tiny border garden around the perimeter. Anything less than a meter deep is too narrow and actually 2 meters is better.

I know cheap is the first rule, so scrounge around for plants. Garden clubs often have plant sales, car boot sales sometimes have plants, ask around when people are working their garden and have extra plants. The trees and shrubs you can purchase in smaller sizes.....they grow.

Paving or stone might be from construction sites with broken concrete, some people are willing to "sell" you their stone or gravel if you'll haul it away.

I'd create a nice terrace/patio or some type sitting area in the "middle" either of stone or pavers and then plant the rest small ornamental tree or two, moderate size shrubs, some evergreen some flowering deciduous, some small plants around the sitting area...herbs were a lovely idea, maybe a trellis/pergola marking the entry to the garden with a wonderful rose or clematis growing over the top, and maybe a nice small water feature beside the sitting area. By focusing your attention to the middle of your garden, you won't notice that back wall.

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Some people like to include their work experience, titles or degrees as part of their answers. Some people even list this information as the source of their answer. Is this useful information that helps an asker to identify the best answer or just a vain attempt to influence the asker? What does the Garden & Landscape community think of this practice? Should this be practice be continued?

I think people have various reasons for doing this.
One of the people responding has given theirs.
I don't think it is something that needs to be controlled as most people will pick the answer that suits them best and provides the best information for them regardless, of any titles and degrees.
Some very detailed information from an expert may be too complicated for one person,another may want all the information availiable.
I've seen topics where the answerers gave obviously fake credentials and that only amuses me.
In my experience a useful answer stands on its own merit.
I wouldn't like to see too many rules on Yahoo answers.
As long as content is not offensive or abusive or spamming I don't mind because I've got freedom to choose what I like.
Interesting question.Thanks for posting it.

2007-10-14 06:19:47 by A Well Lit Garden

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I've been told that sprinkling a little cayenne pepper around the edges of landscaping helps keep cats out of it. However, my problem is the neighbor's dogs whom continue to urinate on my garden fencing and decorative landscaping. We live in duplex style housing, and have a common patio area. I like my neighbors and don't wish harm upon their dogs, but don't like my child playing on the things their dogs have "marked".

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2009-04-12 11:38:12 by luvinmyboys

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I have landscaping rocks which circle around the garden that we have with flowers/shrubs here in Milwaukee, WI. I put Round Up on the weeds and grass inside of the garden, but now the problem is that the Round Up is killing some of the lawn next to the landscaping rocks. What should I do now since the grass is turning a bit yellow outside all around the rocks which affected the lawn that is growing next to the rocks externally?

Round up is a great product but you gotta be kind of careful when using. It is basically a topical herbicide and affects only living tissue that it comes in direct contact with. There obviously was a bit of a wind when you sprayed the grass inside your garden, and the product drifted to the outside. I would pull the yellowing grass and re-seed the area where you want grass to grow. Once Round up hits the soil, it becomes inert after a day or two so you can plant in a few days and it should be ok. good luck. To avoid this in the future, use a piece of cardboard to block any product over spray.

2007-05-04 17:35:46 by Dinosaur

I moved into a house that had landscaped gardens and therefore didnt need any maintenance. However, I've been there for 3 years now and the bushes are getting untidy and need trimming. I have absolutely no idea when it comes to plants and usually kill every plant I lay my hands on.

Can you give me some tips on tidying my garden up to its original lovely landscaped condition.

If you've lived there for 3 years and are just thinking about getting started, there will be a lot to do! Please get a book about pruning, or look up the shrubs you have on Google, as otherwise you may make some mistakes about which ones you can prune in spring and which you need to leave until later (these are mainly the ones which flower early in the year, like forsythia or ribes, because pruning now would cut off the flower buds which have been forming for the past year.) When you know which ones you can do now, give them a good prune (usually it's best to get in low down and remove the oldest branches at the base, which will encourage new graceful arching growth, rather than to nibble away at the tips which will just make the branch go bushy at the end.) When you've cleared a bit of space round the bushes, get in there with a garden fork and dig over the ground, initially about 6 inches deep. Just lever up the soil halfway, do this in several places until you have a little patch loosened, and then get down to ground level and loosen out the weeds, with care for the roots of any plants you want to keep, using a small hand fork. At this time of year what you are digging up will be rubbish, not suitable for the compost heap, especially if it contains the running roots of any perennial weeds such as ground elder or bindweed. If you come to a patch where these are a problem you may need to go deeper in order to clear them. Bag it all up and take it to the green bin at the recycling centre, or have a bonfire. It will look lovely when you've got the ground clean and newly-dug and well worth the hard work, but it does take quite a while to do it properly. Then you can think about whether any of the plants need dividing and replanting because they've got too big for where they are living or are now woody in the centre. If there are any spaces, the really fun bit can happen, like my trip to the garden centre yesterday when I came back with a trayful of lovely new plants to put in today - this kind of retail therapy beats the High Street any day!
Most plants are very good -tempered if you choose hardy ones which are suitable for your soil and the situation where you intend to plant them. Have confidence in your own ideas and enjoy your garden, which sounds lovely. You can always ask more questions, or look things up, and like all gardeners you'll enjoy learning on the job!

2009-03-10 07:29:01 by Dingle-Dongle