chelsea Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Ideas please The girls have eaten every last morsel of anything green and our lawn is now a brown mud patch which isn't doing well in this wet weather....they still like to dig for worms on there but I would prefer to cover it with something. Was thinking of Bark chips? Wood chips? Play bark? But cannot decide - I would like something that looks nice and also doesn't go all "mulchy" in the wet . It's only a temporary measure for the winter as we will re-turf in Spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beulah59 Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 See if there's a tree surgeon in your area that will bring you a load of woodchip ... water runs off the chips whereas it tends to soak into bark. I paid £5 for my last load ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Failing that - close the curtains for the next few months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted November 22, 2009 Author Share Posted November 22, 2009 lol Even though I can't see if I will still know it's there And we are chicken sitting over Christmas so want it spik & span before our feathered guests arrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 let the chickens do their work! they will churn and furtlize the mud then fence off half when ready and seed you will have the best ever lawn!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beulah59 Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 That's sort of what I'm planning to do ... the door to the run (a netting fruit cage) can be latched open in such a way that with a bit of fencing, I can keep the hens in one part of the garden in summer and spring when I'm working on the veg patch, and the other part of the garden in autumn and winter .... to let their summer grazing recover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 That's sort of what I'm planning to do ... the door to the run (a netting fruit cage) can be latched open in such a way that with a bit of fencing, I can keep the hens in one part of the garden in summer and spring when I'm working on the veg patch, and the other part of the garden in autumn and winter .... to let their summer grazing recover. Sounds perfect and that's what works for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 plant lawn seeds now if you want a good lawn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 grass protection mesh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutti Frutti Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 astroturf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted November 24, 2009 Author Share Posted November 24, 2009 astroturf I did suggest this to hubby but was frowned upon! Maybe I should just paint the mud green?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 new tirf with grass protection mesh. brilliant. Mine recovered in spring... last year I didn't think it would but it did. BUT I only had 4 then , not 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 b&q sell wood chip , much better than bark too we have spread it over their fenced off part of the garden to fill in the holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted November 28, 2009 Author Share Posted November 28, 2009 Well, sent OH to Homebase today (10% off this weekend) and he has bought bark. We priced woodchip and although it would look better it would have cost £100 to do it, the bark was only £30 with money off and my mud patch looks much better and smells like a damp pine forest The girls are going to love scratching through that tomorrow and now I won't have muddy footprints inside everytime the dog comes in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
