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SnowbelleSnowbelle Posts: 6
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 Hi 

im looking for some ideas on transforming this patch of patio. Its quite uneven and in a slope it also attracts the weeds and looks an eyesore. I dont have too much money to spend as we rent.

ive thought about putting some membrane down and then gravel but i would have to think about retaining the gravel? 

i would love to have a pergola and use it as an additional seating area but costings are too much at the moment.

can anyone give me some ideas please?

many thanks 

 

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,269

    You could put some of that astroturf stuff on, and then when you move, roll it up like a carpet and take it with you.

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 22,644

    Shame it's so uneven, I like it better than the drain and the concrete path.

    Couldn't you tidy it up, spray the weeds with glyphosate and put some pots of flowers on it?

    I'm not that keen on gravel, except on drives, or gravel beds around lavender or rock plants etc., as it gets everywhere, isn't comfy to push wheelbarrows on and grazes children's knees when the fall on it. A pergola and a seating area would be lovely. If you have a handy husband you could get cheaper wood from somewhere like a sawmill.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • SwissSueSwissSue Posts: 1,447

    How about taking up the odd slabs, filling the holes with soil/compost and planting some shrubs or flowers in them. Kill the weeds with glyphosate first though.

  • SnowbelleSnowbelle Posts: 6

    Thanks for the ideas! 

    Astro turf is lovely, but too much money at the moment. 

    I agree that the paving does break up the grey concrete! I have been in a cycle of tidying it up, clearing the weeds then leaving it for a couple of months ... only to be back to square one! I really must finish off this project. 

    Ive never used chemicals so far and have just cleared them by hand, may give it a try to get rid of them in the long term. 

    Thanks again!

  • Stacey DochertyStacey Docherty Posts: 1,759

    deckpall deck over it?.

  • Stacey DochertyStacey Docherty Posts: 1,759

    sorry auto correct deck over it! 

  • SnowbelleSnowbelle Posts: 6

    SwissSue - i was just thinking of that idea! Must be telepathic! 

    Im out to going to buy sone glyphosate. I'll post a pic of the finished article if i ever get it finished! 

    Thanks

  • SnowbelleSnowbelle Posts: 6

    I'd love to deck evenually, but money is an issue at the momentimage

    thanks stacey

  • addictaddict Posts: 659

    Once you've killed off the weeds how about planting creeping Thyme in the gaps?

    http://brownsbackyard.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/creeping-thyme-noble-experiment.html

  • SnowbelleSnowbelle Posts: 6

    It looks beautiful Addict.. I may use this idea! Thanks

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