Lawns

I love my moss in my lawn, the marbling effect. some here and there. I just cut the lawn as normal with my big ridding mower. with shade one expects some. finding the right shade grass seed is important also.

Nicholas, use a lawn weed killer on them ...that’s my advice Digging them out is difficult.....dandelions have a long, long taproot. Left behind, only a small piece, will result in it growing back. Here, I now have no need to use a lawn weed killer wholesale across the lawn ....I need only to...

Hi Faye, thanks for posting back. Last summer was hot and I saw many a lawn damaged with feeds due to the heat and lack of water. If you fancy trying yourself to seed it’s fairly easy but do you mind posting a pic showing the lawn and it’s surrounding area as it might be a case of being too...

Hiya Mohsin Welcome Hmmm! I love my lawns and always suggest folks have an area of grass if possible in their gardens but even a shade mixture could struggle there. Perhaps others will suggest shade mixtures and you could try them but have you thought of an alternative to grass? Not keen on...

I looked into having our lawn looked after by one of the franchised lawn maintenance companies and the cost was more than I was prepared to pay (think it was around £70 a month five or so years ago). Having dogs, our lawn will never be perfect but a twice yearly feed, regular mowing and scarify...

Yes! I have to agree with Verdun regarding a general purpose seed mix, thanks to horticultural science. Much of my time caring for grass related to sports areas etc. At that time a good knowledge of various grass seed was a must. Usually for a hardwearing turf, a mix of rye, yorkshire fog and...

Hi Nicholas , what about low shrub roses which would cascade down ?

As Sandy stated you should be able to get a basic ph tester at a local garden centre and then you do a plotted test and record the results. Iron is great at controlling moss but you can alter the soil levels if too much is applied but you would have to apply a lot over time for this. Moss is a...

That would be best, saves using a herbicide and would allow a nice fresh application of top soil.

Hello,I've spent the last few days reseeding the lawn around my carport. This was planted late last summer however due to the extreme heat northern Italy went through most of it wilted or got stunted. I took the opportunity to also get rid of the soil inside the driveways (one hell of a pain...

We had the whole front of the house dug up because we had to lay a new underground drainage system to try and counter rising damp inside the house (my house is located in the bottom of a wide river valley, thus ground humidity is an issue). When everything was ready we ordered new soil to go...

Hi snorky i leave every year some weeds in the grass like dasiys for bumble bees i also grow borage up a corner and they have little blue flowers and smell like cucumber but the bees love it and butterflies, they tend to stay in that corner I did have an hedge at the front garden which...

Would that not be classed as compressing? :P

No dogs have access - I do occasionally see foxes.I removed and levelled ground, imported 26 T of screened topsoil, applied a pre-turf establishment fertilizer .. and turfed with quality turf. No treatment since ... and yellow circles appeared after about 3 weeks - before my first cut - so...

Another angle view to the lawn.

Yes unfortunately there is an awful lot of things which go on "behind closed doors" in the farming industry just like pretty much all other industries. Who'd have thought VW would have been up to their necks fiddling their emissions statistics! For some years I worked closely with the r and d of...

There will be the tree roots beneath your lawn that's what they are growing on. Honey fungus grows on the roots of trees too so can emerge in lawns/open space up to 100ft from the trees.

Great thread with gems of instruction how to edge lawns with excellent photos. Much appreciated. Thanks.

Im in Essex. I may rake and spread few seeds and see how it goes.