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Llamatron | 19:03 Thu 24th Aug 2006 | Home & Garden
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I've inherited an overgrown garden from the previous tenant. Well it's not big enough to be called a garden as it's hardly 2m by 2m.
It's all foot long grass and, I think, dandilions.
I have no gardening tools of any kind and lack even the remotest hint of a green thumb.

Do I get a mower for this postage stamp of a lawn, but then it wont manage the length of the grass and it seems such a waste for what would normally be 30 seconds work. How about a strimmer?

Where should I start?
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Dig it over, put some black plasic bags down, cover with some nice slate from the garden centre, purple`s my favourite. A nice evergreen plant in a fancy pot in the middle. Sit back and forget about it.
Re the strimmer, if you decide to keep it grass, a small electric one ie B & D should be sufficient.
Hi Llamatron, I would nip to your nearest garden centre/Homebase and get enough black fabric ( approx �1.00 a mt). Lay it over and cover with some gravel, something like Yorkshire Gold, then plant up a reasonablly sized pot with either a green or red Cordyline. You could also have two smaller pots with some small grasses or even a couple of nice ornaments. Then as 'oldwomen' says you can sit back and relax - preferably with a glass of wine!!!
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To be honest I think I'd prefer to keep the grass.
Once it's short and if I manage to get rid of all the nasties it should be fairly simple to manage.

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