{"id":59504,"date":"2017-07-01T17:00:11","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T10:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/front-garden-a-mess-heres-how-to-fix-it-alys-fowler\/"},"modified":"2017-07-01T17:08:52","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T10:08:52","slug":"front-garden-a-mess-heres-how-to-fix-it-alys-fowler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/front-garden-a-mess-heres-how-to-fix-it-alys-fowler\/","title":{"rendered":"Front garden a mess? Here\u2019s how to fix it | Alys Fowler"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOur gardening expert looked out one day and realised radical action was needed\u2026My friend Lucy came to give me some advice about my tired interiors. She has inherited her mother\u2019s good interiors genes and finessed them at the National Trust. When she visited, she took on an entirely professional, practical air. She drew back the net curtain, looked out on to my front garden and said something so blindingly obvious, I still can\u2019t quite understand how I missed it. \u201cYou\u00a0don\u2019t need net curtains if you have a leafy, tall front garden,\u201d she pointed out. \u201cPlus, your front garden is a mess \u2013 you should\u00a0redo it.\u201d To\u00a0hell with the interior: I have a\u00a0garden to design.My front garden is north-east-facing with good morning light. The soil is heavy clay, though thanks to the compost I\u2019ve added over the years there is a good top layer. There\u2019s a fine apple tree I\u00a0planted four years ago. The roof water drains straight into the garden, to slow down the amount of run-off into the wider system, so one side of the garden sometimes gets very wet, while the side nearest the front door remains rather dry. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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