Not very exciting, but we’ve started breaking down and raking the bed where the lawn will go. This has been harder than the digging…
And, I have to confess, that I have had a bit of a change of heart. I didn’t want to use any chemicals on the land – hence all the digging etc. But I have come to the conclusion that if we are going to be able to grow a lawn from seed then we will need to spray it first – the number of roots and shoots in there is large and so I think it will be too much competition for the grass seed. This is a problem for me because the spray will unavoidably wash into the rest of the soil, end up in the lawn shavings and ultimately end up in our food which wasn’t what I intended to achieve… I feel a bit sad about that, but I think it’s probably a sacrifice that will need to be made.
