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Has anybody put anything under their trampoline...
Has anybody put anything under their trampoline to hide where its killed the grass to make it look nicer?
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Apr 27, 2020
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Has anybody put anything under their trampoline to hide where its killed the grass to make it look nicer? Pics please
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Apr 27, 2020
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nucleotide
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Mine makes the grass grow more x
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Apr 27, 2020
by
radioisotope81
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nucleotide
mine too. I move the trampoline about to get the grass to grow better
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Apr 27, 2020
by
einhorn4239
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We move it around but doesnt help
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Apr 27, 2020
by
nucleotide
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radioisotope81
I do otherwise I cant get mower through it lol
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Apr 27, 2020
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nucleotide
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einhorn4239
maybe its the soil under x
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Apr 27, 2020
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einhorn4239
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We have to move to to cut the grass but weve leave it for a bit but nothing
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Apr 27, 2020
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nucleotide
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einhorn4239
like I say maybe different soil types x
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Apr 27, 2020
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fare5
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Mine grows of trampoline is over it xx
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Apr 27, 2020
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verst9
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I haven't yet but I am thinking of planting succulents
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Apr 27, 2020
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ronald492
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succulents still need light to survive
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Apr 27, 2020
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Fake grass?
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Apr 27, 2020
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einhorn4239
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it will look odd to my real grass that is still there around it
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Apr 27, 2020
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fiorin
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I bought a skirt for mine from asda that attaches to it and covers the whole underneath
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Apr 27, 2020
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einhorn4239
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fiorin
really! Thanks will have a look
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Apr 27, 2020
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vasomotor5
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einhorn4239
if you attach a long colourful strip of waterproof material, it will double up as a tent!
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Apr 27, 2020
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pedalfer
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Sink it into the ground.
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Apr 27, 2020
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einhorn4239
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cant do that as house is rented
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Apr 27, 2020
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aluin
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We had bark under ours when the children were young
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Apr 27, 2020
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einhorn4239
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aluin
cant do bark as we put bark in other parts of the garden and the cats keep using it
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Apr 27, 2020
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aluin
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Could you put a cat repellent in the bark?
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Apr 27, 2020
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aluin
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einhorn4239
they always love to poop in other people’s gardens, our neighbours cat used to climb our safety net to get the birds ♀️
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Apr 27, 2020
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we have a cat ourself and theres loads in the street, nightmare
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Apr 27, 2020
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I was thinking mulch. cept i can't get any atm lol
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Apr 27, 2020
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Have you got space to keep moving it slightly? We move ours about, especially when cutting grass and it's fine xx
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Apr 27, 2020
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I’ve put chicken wire around it and then planted climbers
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Apr 27, 2020
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einhorn4239
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karr9748
we have a cat so wouldn't be any good
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Apr 27, 2020
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karr9748
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That was one of the reasons I put the chicken wire around as cats were using under there as a toilet
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Apr 27, 2020
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einhorn4239
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Ours is a nightmare so prob wouldn't be safe for her she will do anything go get in
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Apr 27, 2020
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I built decking out of pallets to put our trampoline on. Drove me nuts seeing the soil all time x
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Apr 27, 2020
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Camt see it very well and needxre painting looked really nice last year one painted it xx
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Apr 27, 2020
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devon9952
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I have the same problem with ours, I was thinking of putting membrane down then gravel on top
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Apr 27, 2020
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einhorn4239
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we have been thinking about that and maybe putting something around to stop them going on the grass
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Apr 27, 2020
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einhorn4239
I’ve bought some of these which might be a good idea
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Apr 27, 2020
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warder932
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Try to make it something that won’t hurt in case you/your kids happen to be one of the unfortunate ones that rip through the fabric mid bounce! so don’t put any cactus there for the love of god
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Apr 27, 2020
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Wee have stones under ours
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Apr 27, 2020
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We are going to do gravel under ours as wanted rubber chipping but thought the cats would use that
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Apr 27, 2020
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You can get a surround that goes round the underneath on eBay was thinking of getting one the stop my dog going under there!
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Apr 27, 2020
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Mesh all around makes a great rabbit run
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Apr 27, 2020
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Try some small ferns. they like shady areas xxx
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