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member88 Rank attained: Hazel Tree

Joined: 10 Mar 2016 Posts: 10
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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 2:44 pm Post subject: Creeping Wild Thyme Lawn |
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Im thinking of using a sod cutter to remove my front lawn and sewing creeping wild thyme on it instead.
The lawn was laid in the 70s and is the thickest grass with the bumpiest finish I've seen - or rather I've never seen anyone else with a lawn like mine! ha! I don't think it's what people usually have for a lawn grass anyway! It's a very large lawn. I get bad hayfever&asthma when the grass is cut and nobody plays on it as such so it gets little to no traffic anyway.
Has anyone replaced their lawn with thyme or similar?
Any warnings/tips for me?
How much seed per square meter did you find you used (regardless of packet suggestion)?
Did the thyme/other grow quick enough so that weeding wasn't a major problem starting off?
Pleased or regretted doing it?
Any info would be great thanks! |
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tagwex Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 5188 Location: Co. Wexford
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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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Have a look at Camomile. _________________ “It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”
This boy can really sing http://youtu.be/Dgv78D2duBE |
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member88 Rank attained: Hazel Tree

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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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tagwex wrote: | Have a look at Camomile. | .
Was looking at that, thought the thyme looked a bit shorter and compact lawn look, is there advantages to the chamomile over the thyme? |
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tagwex Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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Grows horizontally, never needs cutting. lovely smell.... what is not to like?
Sow both. _________________ “It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”
This boy can really sing http://youtu.be/Dgv78D2duBE |
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Black&Amber Rank attained: Hazel Tree

Joined: 11 May 2017 Posts: 17 Location: Kilkenny,Ireland
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Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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How did it turn out. I am thinking of doing something similar with part of my lawn.
I have some tall trees and was thinking of creeping phlox. |
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