Saturday 4 June 2022

Lawn Edging From Logs - Part 2

 So after my first posts about the lawn edging I then needed to peg them in place and fill the bed with compost.

To do this I used some of the cleft sweet chestnut I had left from building my rose arch. Putting a point on with a side axe is a job that only takes a few seconds. 


I then knocked these in with a sledge hammer, after making a hole with an old buckrake tine. Should hold them in place and not rot out too quick. 


This year I have bought in some peat free compost/mulch. It seems to dry out quickly but is weed free and ideal for starting a new bed like this. I laid down some old paper feedbags first then put a 4" layer of compost on top. 

I then had to leave it until I got my palings in and fitted. As soon I had I got the plants I'd ordered in the ground. I want a lavender hedge. I think it will be attractive, provide a useful herbal plant and also attract pollinators. 

I spaced these out evenly and got them planted. 

Then, as these will take a few years to really come into their own I put some marigolds around them. Saves leaving the soil bare and should provide some real colour this summer. 
There are still lots of areas to tackle in my garden but I'm hoping this will be one small area that's a bit easier to manage. 

I'm tempted to treat the other side of this fence a bit like a veg bed and herb boarder. I've got lots of rosemary cuttings that are ready to be planted as well as about 20 perennial kale plants that could go in, they'd be easy to net against the fence and it would provide lots of spring greens next year. 

Anyone else grown a lavender hedge like this? Think it will work well in the context? 


12 comments:

  1. Lavender is a Mediterranean plant and needs lots of drainage. I would companion plant vegetables like lettuce and hardy perennials and nasturtiums, climbing roses. Looks good.

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    1. The compost I've planted the lavender in is really free draining and doesn't have much goodness in it. That said my garden is quite a wet hole so we'lll have to see how they do.

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  2. this is fantastic kev. i can't wit to see it when everything blooms.

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    1. I'm looking forward to seeing it established in a few year. One thing about gardening it's never done!

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  3. I love this idea! Perfect. AND, I have just the spot for something similar around my tarp garden. Thanks!

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    1. I think since I've been just splitting timber down and using it it's opened up lots of options I had thought of before.

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  4. You are ceryainly making some big (and longish term) changes to things this year. Great vision, we hope weather and soil support the plan.

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    1. The soil here is good and I add about 5 tons of cow muck each year to the beds to help keep fertility up. Next big project is the compost area as I want to produce so much more of my own to use.

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  5. Very nice. I'm sure it will be easier to manage work wise, but also visually because it's appealing to look at.

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    1. I think it's having edges that will really work for me, need something to work up to and say that's lawn and that's garden.

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  6. It looks brilliant! Such a simple design, but very effective.

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