Kürzlich in mein erstes Zuhause gezogen und der Garten musste wegen Renovierungskosten in den Hintergrund stehen! Es wurde von Vorbesitzer schlecht gewartet, da ich bereits ein paar Wochenenden damit verbracht habe, das Schlimmste davon auszuziehen! Ich kämpfe nur darum, es unter irgendeiner Kontrolle zu bekommen! Ich habe versucht, alles zu töten, aber es scheint nicht wirklich zu berühren. Ich versuche nur, die Kosten für die Einstellung von jemandem zu vermeiden, aber es zu kämpfen, es selbst mit wenig Gartenwissen zu tun! Vielen Dank im Voraus
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If that were me, I’d start by just tidying what’s there. Mow the lawn and edge it neatly along the paths. Strim / weed kill all the patio and path. Just those two simple things as starters will make it seem significantly neater and smarter straight away. Once you’ve got it all neatened up, you can then sit back and work out where the sun hits at what time of day and use that to work out where / if you want additional seating areas (eg. If the 6pm sun hits a particular corner of the garden, you may want to consider a seating area there so you can enjoy the sun after work with a glass of something). Once you’ve got the seating areas decided (if any additional to the patio) then work out where you want the flower beds.
It may seem like an uphill struggle at the minute but in fact you’ve a blank canvas to start with and the garden can become anything you imagine over the next few years. Just remember it doesn’t all have to be done immediately. Take your time and enjoy it.
Edit: once you’ve strimmed and cleared the paths and patio, if you have access to a jet wash, it’d make a huge difference to clean up all the stone.
In photos 4 & 5 you show a paved area, get some large packs of salt, scrape the top of the weeds off with a spade and pour the salt on top, just along the join, then leave it don’t touch it nature will dissolve it with rain, it will keep that are weed free for months you could apply this to gravel paths as well but it would be applied to each weed,
Don’t overwhelm yourself with the enormity of the job. Little & often is the way to tackle the task. We’re coming into autumn so the plants will soon take a rest & there’ll be little activity over the winter months.
Now everything as low as possible. Apply grass seed, water consistently. You don’t want a lot of water next to your foundation, and if it gets scorching hot there I’d advise against putting any flowers there. Maybe consider a tree farther way for shade. My experience with pavers is pull them up and do the labour. Over time earth naturally consumes what’s laying on top of it. Removing the weed doesn’t stop the paver from sinking, eventually the grass and raised earth will create a ridge, once it does that you’ll never get rid of the weeds. You could try scraping it with an edger tool. I like to use a carpet knife. Refill the cracks with a polymer sand. Good luck and congrats
Glyphosate…
Take your time. Pulling weeds in a heat wave if you’ve got clay soil is pointless as the ground is rock hard. Cut off any seed heads to prevent spread.
Don’t clear anything to bare earth until you’re ready to do something with it or more weeds will appear.
You can sort the lawn in autumn when there’s more rain for overseeding, feeding etc.
For the patio weeds I’d cut them out with a knife and fill any cracks with sand to try to keep it clearer. Try not to use weedkiller if you can. If you want to go nuts, you can get a weed burner and fry them then brush them out.
Work out where the sun is at different times of day. Think about how you want to use the garden to plan what to do with it. If you’re still focused on sorting inside the house, just mow periodically and keep weeds down. The grass is barely growing right now from the lack of rain.