Our garden is a swamp

Before we got Ludo, I knew that the hormones in dog wee (especially female dog wee) could damage lawns. I didn't really care much about our lawn, so I wasn't that worried.

However, I rather underestimated just how much damage it would do. We moved into our new house on 25th May 2007.

14 June 2007
Telltale brown patches are appearing on the left hand side, but generally quite a pleasant garden.

30 July 2007
Hmm, some of those brown patches seem to be getting quite big. But I'm sure they'll grow back, right? It's natural selection - only the strongest grass survives, then it will spread its seed around and it will all grow back. Right?

23 November 2007
Hmm, things are not looking so good. Those picnics in the garden I was thinking of having next summer... so not happening. It IS starting to resemble a rugby pitch rather than a garden. Nevermind, maybe we can just plant a bit of grass seed in the gaps, it's sure to grow back then... right?

15 January 2008
It's a swamp.
Just straight up, a swamp. It taps for black mana. You can't quite tell from the photo, but there are actual puddles, in the middle of what used to be our lawn. Ludo sometimes drinks from them just to mock us.

Pea shingle is the only way forward now.