Instant Lawn + The Garden

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Instant Lawn + The Garden

Postby mal » Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:28 am

Im lazy
I would rather watch Sports on TV than Gardening
So I need an extremely low maintenance lawn
Advice needed on more or less drought resistant lawn and garden additions

QUESTIONS
Best lawn type for Adelaide climate
Best place to purchase Instant lawn close enough to the North East Suburbs
Best shrubs, bushes, plants, creepers and sMALl trees to buy and plant
Best Mulch
Best automatice sprinkling system
Best Garden Centres to peruse any or all of the above

When I think of the amount of work to transform my yard , I think , Oh the pain the pain of it all


Been driving around the neighborhoods looking for ideas on what sort of front yard make overs to do
I would say 90 % of all front gardens look tired , messy , untidy, and generally in poor condition in the proximity of my residence
My front yard is one of the 90%
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Re: Instant Lawn + The Garden

Postby heater31 » Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:35 am

I wouldn't even bother putting in lawn if you wanted low maintenance....
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Re: Instant Lawn + The Garden

Postby Zorro » Mon Jan 14, 2013 9:29 am

I'm hearing ya Mal. I'm even looking at artificial lawn but costs more than the real thing!

I'm thinking of just concreting it and painting it green. Kids can get new helmets and knee pads for birthdays this year...
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Re: Instant Lawn + The Garden

Postby MightyEagles » Mon Jan 14, 2013 9:36 am

But in the long term artifial lawn will pay for itself as you don't have to mow or water it.
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Re: Instant Lawn + The Garden

Postby mighty_tiger_79 » Mon Jan 14, 2013 9:41 am

just put bark in
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Re: Instant Lawn + The Garden

Postby mal » Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:34 am

Zorro wrote:I'm hearing ya Mal. I'm even looking at artificial lawn but costs more than the real thing!

I'm thinking of just concreting it and painting it green. Kids can get new helmets and knee pads for birthdays this year...


If I had a pay packet like Guy Williams used to earn, I might able able to afford artificial lawn

Yes , concreting a circular driveway is an option as well
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Re: Instant Lawn + The Garden

Postby Sheik Yerbouti » Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:54 pm

Zorro wrote:I'm hearing ya Mal. I'm even looking at artificial lawn but costs more than the real thing!

I'm thinking of just concreting it and painting it green. Kids can get new helmets and knee pads for birthdays this year...


Still need them with Artificial Turf.
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Re: Instant Lawn + The Garden

Postby Booney » Mon Jan 14, 2013 3:03 pm

How big an area mal? 12m*6m? Bigger, smaller?
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Re: Instant Lawn + The Garden

Postby Psyber » Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:41 pm

I'm toying with a small area of fake lawn, but after a couple of quotes I don't think I'll do it unless I buy from Bunnings or Mitre 10 and lay it myself, perhaps with a little hired help.

I was quoted $4700 for a strip about 8 metres by 1.2 metres, but the price dropped every time I said "No".
By the time they were under $2000 I was too cheesed of with the manipulative b's to let them do it free!
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