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Gardening novice trying to rescue em...garden.

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WanMairChoon · 05/06/2014 20:35

My garden is quite shady and east facing, v mossy lawn in fact it's almost all moss.

I'm trying to fix the edges which are thin stony soil but being scotland, well irrigated.

A couple of months ago I put down 4 in 1 by evergreen. It repaired holes in the lawn by making them ultra lush with moss.

I thoroughly weeded the edges, sifted the soil to remove stones, scarified it. And today after quite a bit of rain I put down grass seed.

Is thus enough or do I need topsoil?

Ultimately I want to plant some widlflowers really for my son to learn as he loves the outdoors, but as he's only four, needs a quick in result before he gets bored!

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agnesgrey · 06/06/2014 00:40

Do you have enough sun to plant sunflowers in any of your borders. IME experience children love them because they grow so big and are impressive .
Otherwise I would recommend herbs. DS loved growing things we could use for cooking - and he liked the smell.

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