Wykeham - Somewhere in the south!

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Re: Wykeham - Somewhere in the south!

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Thanks David for your "twopence" worth - advice always happily received. I will add a few bits and pieces, which should improve the scene. Barry
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Barry,

I think it looks great by picking up on Glencairn comment, I would lightly sprinkle some finely sieved garden soil, as I find this brings a more natural tone and creates patches where the grass appears perhaps to have not taken as well.

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Have been sowing a bit more grass today. Will get the soil out tomorrow.

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Re: Wykeham - Somewhere in the south!

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Barry, you need to think in reverse for bare patches. Put ‘soil’ down as a base layer, then add the static grass. Either ‘sow’ the grass sparingly or scratch some off when the glue dries.
This is my take on thin grass over soil.......

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That is really good, Steve. Seeing what you see and not what you thought you saw.

Mother Nature has her own take on ''perfect''.


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I've pulled some of the grass off of the hillside - it did have a dark surface before the grass was applied. I will have a bit more of a play with it.

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Rabbits.
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Nah.... Sheep! Or Goats if they are sold? :o
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I think your grass looks realistic and perfect BB. And as everybody says, what looks righht is right. :)
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Exquisite. My eyes are drawn into the scene of the retaining wall. If suggests a larger enterprise.
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