Lawns

To me even that amount of grass needs a decent mower to make it look good and as @CanadianLori says it needs doing once a week when growing well and a bit less in dry spells.I dont like corded mowers, not sure if you said how old she is but a good push mower would work well on that. Everyone...

Well, deep breath and first things first Either dig out the brambles (easier said than done!) or treat them with SBK. Then, drag or rake all the rubbish into the middle of the plot (are you allowed to have bonfires?) If you can safely burn it, with a hosepipe handy just in case, all well and...

Hi,Does any have recommendations for buying new turf online/high street? There are lots of retrailers out there with lot of different types.Would grately appriciate your inputs.Thanks

Are we talking like 3-5m evergreens, the kind with sort of feathery rubbery fronds, which are actually cypresses? Or actually firs where "mature" means 20m or more?For cypresses, you can write off the ground immediately under them, but outside that you're usually not too bad. You can also...

Hi there @Hobbitmum and

Thank you all! Tomorrow with warmer weather it will be the raking time!The lawn looked just fine last year before the yellowing set in :} With your helpful pieces of advice we'll surely bring it back to its former glory!

Dig over remove weeds as you go, plant shade loving ground cover plants and job done.

Hi all,First post and a problem we have been battling with for years.Last year the hot Summer weather didn’t help with the problem, and even after flushing the grass down with copious amounts of water the dreaded brown patch of doom appeared.We turned to the internet for advice and came...

Most of what i did was field work, so most of the time it was 20ton + loads of limestone, one field we did we ordered over a 100 tons, so times we didn't have enough and sometimes we had more but then that was put into the gate ways of the fieldsIt will depened on how wide/long/deep you dig...

Going by that description I would call it organic garden mulch, its certainly not top soil. If your on face book, type "top soil" in the search bar, in the filters put your location and distance, you might find someone local.

Tricky question! Skip the rye as you probably already have it, go for the slender bladed types often found in the 'luxury' mixes

The topsoil shouldn't really care if it sits in the bags for a few weeks. You might get a decline in microbiological activity and some of the worms (if there are any in it) might die because they are trapped in a non-ideal climate, but otherwise there won't be a lot of change in soil...

Being on chalk myself, I don't think you have too much of an issue with compaction or drainage, but the aeration will sort that out if you think there is. A quick summary would be Hollow tine Overseed heavily. You're feeding the birds as well A quick scarify top dress 50/50. Too much sand on...

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i will be using westland aftercut all in onebut first I will give it a light cut the next fine day as suggested then leave it 3 days as "flounder" recommends before applying. the job on the cards for this weekend is to core aerate.Thanks for all your help

To be honest probes are used for rough ideas, normally a soil sample test is best but on a site that can work out expensive as you are testing different areas. That way you can find out what’s best to apply but I only have a few customers that go to that degree. Soil pH Meter | Agronomy Tools |...

I've used nematodes in the past. They certainly worked - the crane flies weren't around in anything like the same numbers the year after.

Got around to laying the cardboard, making sure it was wet and laying the Woodchip.cannot wait to see what it looks like in 18-24 months.needs to sort of the flower boarders and make sure the Woodchip does not overflow to much.

Can't say I've used that model , maybe the Toro recycler maybe is a better fit slightly larger ? Can't go wrong with a honda engine and a few other manufactures have them on also mountfeild - stiga - rover , honda izy seem to be good for a while but if the budget would stretch a bit further a...

Thanks @noisette47 @DianneW , I guess its now waiting game.The waterlogging wasnt an issue until I dig it up last year. Or it may be it was an issue but it wasnt visible on the surfce. I think part of the problem is that there is a large chunk of earth missing from the garden area now which...