I posted a while ago asking for some ideas about our front yard. Some people were unnecessarily rude. I think "polishing a turd" was one phrase, another was to cover the whole thing with gravel necause it's as good as it would ever get. Someone was even arguing that it was too small to be a yard and I should use the phrase "property boundary line". 🙄
It seems my yard offended people on a personal level!
I was under no illusions that it would ever be beautiful but I thought it could be nice and those comments showed a lack of imagination (and decency).
I thought I'd post what we did. I know the brick work isn't great so let's ignore that. The soil isnt as deep as we'd hoped so we cant do what we'd planned. I've just thrown a load of wildflower seeds down for this year and will figure it out when the budget allows.
Ignore the dirt on the tiles/door. It's about to rain so I didnt clean them before the photos. We had to glue the gravel down because despite it only being a few inches wide and about an inch deep, cats were still using it. You can see where I've had to clean up after a cat found a tiny gap between the anti cat mats I've put on the soil.
My cat is indoors/supervised garden only before anyone says anything!🤣
Anyway, it wont win any awards but I thought I'd post as a bit of encouragement for anyone else with a 2 up 2 down terrace front yard. There are bits that could be improved (like the brick work!) and it looks very grey and dull without any plants but that will be rectified.