Posted by Alex H on March 21, 2011, 3:49 am
One of the boundaries of our garden is a steep slope, about 40 degrees,
2m high bordering a path to a neighbours house. The slope is south
facing and quite loose, I guess because of the dryness of the soil. At
the moment it is held together with weeds and the odd bit of grass.
Here, the climate is such that in the summer the heat is enough to kill
most of the vegetation and the erosion starts. Its not helped by the
fact that some neighbours use it to come and say hello, when we are
working in the garden! At the top of the slope is a large lime tree,
which won't help with the moisture content of the soil!
What I'm looking for is low growing, drought resistant planting that
will put the neighbours off walking on it. So far we've come up with
lavender and rosemary, but these both become woody with age and need to
be replaced, which I'd rather not do.
Any other suggestions please?
Regards
Alex
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Alex H
Posted by Brooklyn1 on March 21, 2011, 8:54 am
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 07:49:40 +0000, Alex H
>One of the boundaries of our garden is a steep slope, about 40 degrees,
>2m high bordering a path to a neighbours house. The slope is south
>facing and quite loose, I guess because of the dryness of the soil. At
>the moment it is held together with weeds and the odd bit of grass.
>Here, the climate is such that in the summer the heat is enough to kill
>most of the vegetation and the erosion starts. Its not helped by the
>fact that some neighbours use it to come and say hello, when we are
>working in the garden! At the top of the slope is a large lime tree,
>which won't help with the moisture content of the soil!
>What I'm looking for is low growing, drought resistant planting that
>will put the neighbours off walking on it. So far we've come up with
>lavender and rosemary, but these both become woody with age and need to
>be replaced, which I'd rather not do.
>Any other suggestions please?
Terrace.
Posted by Alex H on March 21, 2011, 11:30 am
Brooklyn1;915513 Wrote:
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> Terrace.
That's not really appropriate. This is rural France :-) and the less
construction I do the better - I have enough work in the house.
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Alex H
Posted by Brooklyn1 on March 21, 2011, 5:26 pm
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:30:20 +0000, Alex H
>Brooklyn1 Wrote:
>>
>> Terrace.
>That's not really appropriate. This is rural France :-) and the less
>construction I do the better - I have enough work in the house.
Oh darn... you should have said so... it's common knowlege that the
freedom frogs are lazy.
Posted by David Hare-Scott on March 21, 2011, 6:16 pm
Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:30:20 +0000, Alex H
>>
>> Brooklyn1 Wrote:
>>>
>>> Terrace.
>>
>> That's not really appropriate. This is rural France :-) and the less
>> construction I do the better - I have enough work in the house.
> Oh darn... you should have said so... it's common knowlege that the
> freedom frogs are lazy.
Alex don't mind him, he makes the rest of us look better by acting ignorant,
rude and inconsiderate. If you ever want to study up on being insulting for
no reason here is the master.
David
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>2m high bordering a path to a neighbours house. The slope is south
>facing and quite loose, I guess because of the dryness of the soil. At
>the moment it is held together with weeds and the odd bit of grass.
>Here, the climate is such that in the summer the heat is enough to kill
>most of the vegetation and the erosion starts. Its not helped by the
>fact that some neighbours use it to come and say hello, when we are
>working in the garden! At the top of the slope is a large lime tree,
>which won't help with the moisture content of the soil!
>What I'm looking for is low growing, drought resistant planting that
>will put the neighbours off walking on it. So far we've come up with
>lavender and rosemary, but these both become woody with age and need to
>be replaced, which I'd rather not do.
>Any other suggestions please?