Garden maintenance for a newbie :)

kellyshell

Hi All,

I have a huge garden and I am in the process of starting some work on it. it 70 x 15 foot long. I will have 16 sq foot of decking at the house end, few rows of patio and then grass.

The problem is the end part of the garden.........its covered in weeds and looks awful. I was wondering if I spray it with Roundup, put mesh down and then cover with decorative pebbles, would this stop the weeds coming through??

This is my first garden so any tips appreciated

Thanks

Sgt Pepper 64

kellyshell wrote: »

Hi All,

I have a huge garden and I am in the process of starting some work on it. it 70 x 15 foot long. I will have 16 sq foot of decking at the house end, few rows of patio and then grass.

The problem is the end part of the garden.........its covered in weeds and looks awful. I was wondering if I spray it with Roundup, put mesh down and then cover with decorative pebbles, would this stop the weeds coming through??

This is my first garden so any tips appreciated

Thanks

yep that would work, I would recommend a garden weed fabric. You can then cut holes in it and plant what you like.
Most garden centres and builders yard have it, woodies for example.
I used this without weedkiller as it kills the light and then just put stones on top of it

http://www.amazon.co.uk/weed-control-fabric-Garden-Outdoors/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A11052671%2Ck%3Aweed%20control%20fabric