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Old Posted: 17-02-2010 , 03:37 PM #24
Eibhlin ni Sheambrai
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Default Garden walls

Hi Jennifer, A good plant to get is a cultivated briar. This is basically blackberries without thorns. You train it up the wall, trellis etc and grow your own fruit. Wall camouflage and home-made jam or berries and ice-cream with no scratches.
Another idea is to use mirrors in the garden. Attach a piece to the end wall but put a piece of wood under one side so mirror is not flat and facing you. It reflects plants off side wall and gives the impression of depth or there being something more than what you see.
We used mirrors in a couple of places where we didn't want to be looking at a blank wall--worked quite well. Put mirror behind an old window we weren't using, attached to the side wall of the shed, put window boxes underneath and everyone is fooled! At night when the lights are on in my kitchen it reflects in the mirrors and looks like a light on over there(if you know what I mean) Pics included, Eibh.
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