Lawns

Haha, that's what I'll tell the neghbours if they see me! I live in an urban area in a terraced house and always see foxes roaming about, I've even had one lay down and block the middle of the road when I've been out in my car! They should hopefully stick more to rooting through bin bags than...

Sharp blades and a high cut, try to avoid running the wheels over the new areas, either that or mow around the new areas then tidy up after with shears.

Ah, good point. Thanks.

Perhaps an elderly person, with a large garden, would like to "share" it with someone who could do/help with the work?

What do people think about this:It's a rubber mulch made from old car tyres. Would it work?

I doubt over watering will be the probem, it sounds more like the brown areas need more consolidation, idd lift a corner and have a look.If needs lift them, put some extra soil under and consolidate.

Your lawn will be fine I'm sure. Grass is quite a tough thing, and will green up when the rain comes. The tree stumps will have to go, but make sure you know what you are letting yourself in for! I would water around the stump you are going to remove the night or a couple of nights before,...

I too would leave it- unless you are intending to give it a good drenching regularly, then a light sprinkle does more harm than good. The ( and I think it is the word-seen it bandied about so.......) roots are "adventitious"-in that they grow toward the water, and too little means they grow...

I agree with Natalie, if you rotovate you will chop up the horsetail roots and end up with even more. Its very difficult to get an effective spray because of the waxy surface of the plant, I've heard of people putting poly bags of roundup over the horsetails. But I think its going to be a tough...

Looks to me as it just needs a short cut and GOOD scarification by machine. Mine looked exactly like that.

Good tip. Will have a hunt around. How deep do i want to go with the screened topsoil and should i add sharp sand to it/compost ?As i mentioned i am laying onto hard clay.

Excellent explaination clueless, that sums it up perfectly. I have no moss on my lawn and it drains well so it's not something that I need to do by the sounds of it. Thanks for taking the time to post that, cheers. :thumb:

Nicksun,its called "washboarding" and is rectified by mowing in different directions, presumably after its been rolled flet. Well, according to The Lawn Expert.

Calcified seaweed is excellent, I aways used to use it in the past but our local farm suplier stopped selling it so I now rely on liquid feeds.

Wow, thanks for the replies. Really like the dog suggestion!Reckon I did not have the ground wet enough, which may help. I don't think standing on it would have helped as it seemed to be swaying around the cutting blade. On the bits where it worked, it was great, but when I look at how...

I laid new turf last Spring and got small fungi appearing soon after. They only appear at the edges, in the damp area of the garden and don't get big. I just brush them over with a brush to destroy the heads. They don't really seem that bad.

i am noticing alot of the grass strands are going a browny-yellow, can anyone help with ideas what this could be, was loving having such green grass but its a overall problem rather than a patch :(

Got any picks of yellowing. Don't cut too short and feed with some liquid iron.

Thanks Paul.:thmb: Just been on their site and ALS Premier Soluble Iron 4kg = £9.50+ £14.50 postage.

"I'd forgotten about that bit":DNail-scissors will take a little longer, eh?!