{"id":42909,"date":"2017-02-04T18:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ask-alys-fowler-i-want-to-get-rid-of-concrete-slabs-and-create-a-garden\/"},"modified":"2017-02-04T18:04:35","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T11:04:35","slug":"ask-alys-fowler-i-want-to-get-rid-of-concrete-slabs-and-create-a-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ask-alys-fowler-i-want-to-get-rid-of-concrete-slabs-and-create-a-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Alys Fowler: I want to get rid of concrete slabs and create a garden"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOur gardening expert has some excellent adviceMy garden is paved with concrete slabs. I want to create a lawn and plant colourful bedding plants. I\u2019d also like to add privacy to both side boundaries with shrubs no more than 2m high. Any ideas?A pat on the back for liberating your outdoor space. Do not do your back in removing the concrete slabs, and don\u2019t use a spade to lift them \u2013 it will eventually snap. Wear steel toe-capped boots and gloves, too. Continue reading…
\n
\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…Ask Alys Fowler: I want to get rid of concrete slabs and create a garden<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our gardening expert has some excellent adviceMy garden is paved with concrete slabs. I want...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-ba5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48682,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ask-alys-fowler-why-are-there-holes-in-the-rhizomes-of-my-bearded-iris\/","url_meta":{"origin":42909,"position":0},"title":"Ask Alys Fowler: why are there holes in the rhizomes of my bearded iris?","date":"March 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Our gardening expert has the answerThe rhizomes of my bearded iris are pitted with small holes, and last summer I got only three blooms from the whole bed. Should I throw them away \u2013 and can I plant fresh ones in the same spot?The holes could be wireworm, but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":133028,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/my-shabby-shed-poses-a-planting-problem-the-answer-is-rhubarb-alys-fowler\/","url_meta":{"origin":42909,"position":1},"title":"My shabby shed poses a planting problem: the answer is rhubarb | Alys Fowler","date":"December 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A dry shady area around my tatty old shed needs a creative approachI own a shed. It is possibly the cheapest, most shoddily built shed going. I like it but it is not pretty enough to make me happy when I have to look at it every time I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":127916,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-to-plant-to-soften-and-hide-a-concrete-wall-alys-fowler\/","url_meta":{"origin":42909,"position":2},"title":"What to plant to soften and hide a concrete wall | Alys Fowler","date":"July 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r We can\u2019t keep ripping up and starting again just because something offends our aesthetic sensibilitiesI visit many beautiful, large gardens as part of my job, but on these trips I travel with an unwanted companion \u2013 the green-eyed monster. \u201cOh,\u201d he sighs, \u201cimagine owning that.\u201d Then I come home\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":52588,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-get-rid-of-weeds-alys-fowler\/","url_meta":{"origin":42909,"position":3},"title":"How to get rid of weeds | Alys Fowler","date":"April 22, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Annual weeds are a breeze to remove, says Alys Fowler, but for perennials you\u2019ll need to master a few tricks It is about now that you start to realise quite how fast weeds grow. What started out as a smattering across your garden is suddenly a thicket, and although\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13038,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ask-alys-fowler-i-have-a-very-wet-clay-garden-that-gets-full-sun-what-can-i-plant\/","url_meta":{"origin":42909,"position":4},"title":"Ask Alys Fowler: I have a very wet clay garden that gets full sun. What can I plant?","date":"May 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Alys Fowler has the answerI have a very heavy clay garden, the back corner of which is under water most of the year, even though it gets full sun. Is there anything I can plant there that will survive? This is my dream, a bog garden in full sun.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":46641,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ask-alys-fowler-should-i-make-space-for-my-strawberry-tree\/","url_meta":{"origin":42909,"position":5},"title":"Ask Alys Fowler: should I make space for my strawberry tree?","date":"March 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Our gardening expert has the answerWe planted a strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) in our small garden seven years ago. It is now just over 2m x 2m, and is touching a birch tree on the north side, and a\u00a0smaller pittosporum to the south. Should we consider getting rid of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42909"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42909\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}