Before june 25
I didn’t know you lived in Australia?
@Spidey was talking about feeding his lawn
By what as there’s been no rain?
My garden is very soft at the moment. They’re plenty of moisture in the ground. They’re no drying at all.
I don’t know what’s going on in Thurles with the jump racing. Surely they could water at the fences if that’s the problem. Perhaps @BruidheanChaorthainn might comment.
Open to correction but I’m fairly sure thurles is privately owned and they don’t own a watering system.
I heard before said owners are notoriously tight and don’t invest much money into the place.
The only reason it gets so many prominent cards in the winter it is invariably raceable when every other place is flooded.
I guess climate change is going to change everything. In twenty years time the leopardstown Christmas festival will probably be held in Galway.
2 Likes
Yeah privately owned by the Moloney family rather than IHRB. It drains incredibly well which as you say it gets a lot of winter fixtures but ground is goosed without the rain.
First tomatoes of the season today. Had these with the cucumber and a pile of turkey and Swiss cheese on sourdough for lunch. Up yours Kemi Badenoch.
7 Likes
The cucumber?
You dirty bastard
I get regular emails from this crowd. They deal mostly in fruit (apples especially) and vegetables. But you might pick up other stuff.
Be careful with those wildflower seeds. I picked up a nasty one and it’s spreading like wildfire. It’s going to be a devil to get rid of.
1 Like
Any landscapers here
Iv about a third of an acre to the back of my house. Currently about a quarter of this is enclosed from the back door with about 600 sq ft of decking and rest in stone and fenced in. We fenced it when kids were young to keep them contained and now helpful for keeping dog in even though he’d jump it at his ease if he wanted to
Decking is in rag order and is 20 years old it came with the house. It needs to be replaced asap.
So couple of options in my head
-
Replace the decking with composite decking. Prob v expensive but will last
-
Replace floor of decking with composite and open the place out to the lawn and take down all other fencing…will need to fence place off properly at perimeter to keep the dog in
-
Take decking our completely and put down a patio area in concrete …would still need to fence the perimeter for the dog
Any thoughts
Decking has had its day. A nice sandstone flag patio with a few of planters and an awning would be my choice, I’ll be doing something similar when I get a few bob together.
Budget, sunlight and ‘will we get the use out of it’ are the big considerations at this stage… where are you on them?
3 Likes
South facing back so ideal. Yea we will get used out of it live on the decking most of the summer as it is. Budget is a factor but I’d spend more to get the best long term solution
Is the patio the cheaper of the options?
Twould depend on how much you’ve to clear out to put a base down and drain it effectively. Is access an issue?
I’d say there wouldn’t be much in the difference of materials, that composite stuff is pricey.
Access no issue. Drainage prob might be. The decking is sitting off the ground. My back lawn gets very wet during the winter there is a road running behind the hedge which is higher than the level of the garden so would get a drain dug as well if I got landscapers in.
Composite v expensive alright. I’d say looking at 7 or 8k to replace the existing decking with composite minimum. The base is fine and can be reused
Got a decent size patio put down last year. Around 9 thousand with labour, rental of mini digger, groundworks and materials.
Stone was a granite from Manor Stone. We didn’t bother with walls and planters just planted low growing plants around it.
2 Likes