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Should I replace my lawn with raised beds?

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WannabeMathematician · 23/01/2024 14:44

My husband and I like to garden and want to get rid of the last patch our lawn (about 25m^2) and put in raised beds. I'm trying to see if there is a reason, we shouldn't that we haven't thought of.

We care for the raised beds we have and enjoy growing our own food (so twee I
know!) and don't bother to even mow the lawn as we hate it doing it. But we do
have a young son who might want to play on that patch of grass when he's older. To counter that we live within a 15 minute walk of five playgrounds of which four
have enough space to kick a ball around with friends and three of those don't
require crossing a main road. We have a good-sized patio which we can put a BBQon and sit out there and eat.

Am
I missing something blindingly obvious which would stop these plans?

OP posts:
toomuch90 · 24/01/2024 17:02

I'd pull up some of the patio (neither good for small DS to fall on nor growing space), and put raised beds in there, and maybe keep a small grassy patch of lawn for DS.

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