tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post655003854537661214..comments2024-01-17T20:44:37.660+00:00Comments on USEFUL or BEAUTIFUL: Greater DixterLucillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-69895866092447069052013-09-10T22:26:40.863+01:002013-09-10T22:26:40.863+01:00Lava rock also sucks. Sorry for the bad language, ...Lava rock also sucks. Sorry for the bad language, but we are fighting a losing battle with creeping, spreading, nasty fingered weeds. Rebecca S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16409572371302109142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-18578269992479218422013-08-29T21:22:43.880+01:002013-08-29T21:22:43.880+01:00It was a good idea at first, but I took my eye off...It was a good idea at first, but I took my eye off the thing and thought that violets and alchemilla mollis should be given free rein, not realising that they were sheltering less welcome plants, that I can't even name, and now my nails are shredded and my back is sore with trying to bring it back into order. Also 12 tonnes sounds like a much more weed defeating amount and you are younger than me and more vigilant I am sure. You also have more daylight time for dealing with it all.Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-68424841760396719262013-08-29T19:53:40.325+01:002013-08-29T19:53:40.325+01:00What? I went to huge effort this summer to shovel ...What? I went to huge effort this summer to shovel 12 tonnes of gravel and now I come here and find it was not a Good Idea. How my heart slumps. Misehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01784548726623938608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-85542031102557079012013-08-29T18:24:50.192+01:002013-08-29T18:24:50.192+01:00You are probably right about the slate chippings a...You are probably right about the slate chippings and gravel, they breed weeds.<br /><br />I should love to get to Great Dixter one day, I hope you enjoyed it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-84681867514939916492013-08-29T16:55:32.835+01:002013-08-29T16:55:32.835+01:00I have never been - you are obviously a fan and I ...I have never been - you are obviously a fan and I can see why from your pictures - I particularly like the lonely Japanese Anemone against the brick wall. I do have a book of Christopher Lloyds' on the bookshelf 'The Adventurous Gardener'- unread as yet - maybe I should combine reading it with a visit to Gt. Dixter at the same time.elaine https://www.blogger.com/profile/17075935631756457901noreply@blogger.com