Lawns

Well im new to the site so hello all.Me and my SO recently moved to a new property and finally have a garden for us to work on and make nice, unfortunately said garden is a mess. Attached are 2 pictures of what it is like all over, the grass is pretty thick in places but the soil is just...

Excellent thank you very much, I hall get stuck in

Living not that far from you, just take heart that this winter has been incredibly wet. I live near Newburgh and I've seen puddles on our ground and in neighbouring fields that I've never seen before in the 14 years we have lived here. The water table is extremely high and even if we have a dry...

Great advice from the other two members. what mix of seed are you going for. if your not planning on getting your bowls out on the lawn a good hard wearing seed mix would be perfect. your seed suppler would be able to give you advice on the best mix they sell. best to buy online line and then...

Id hire one of these ;Then take the turf and flip them upside down, placed onto a mound, and plant a palm or other plant that likes free draining .

Looks like the effects of animal wee to me, but your lawn looks good for the time of year. I regularly visit on of the rhs showcase gardens (harlow carr) and their lawns are looking worse than yours at the moment.

My lawn is in a terrible state too, combination of monsoon conditions, also when very wet I admit to encouraging my bitch to "wee", and she has her prefered spots, was hoping the rain would be enough to wash it through, and to save me getting a soaking, just hanging on in there till Sprng

@Hammer2001 - Your lawn looked spectacular with the stripes in the first pics but a lot of rain (it has been a very wet winter) which doesn't help and may overwhelm certain types of grass. If you have and dogs peeing on it or kids trampling on it, it will make it look rough at this time of...

Somebody mentioned cat arggghhhhh that is single-handedly the biggest bane of my job. I use at least 5 x more doggy bags picking up cat mess than my own dog's mess.Lawns or borders, they don't care where they do it and it's no laughing matter (yes you cat owners) as their filth can carry...

@SootylfcAkitas are expert lawn destroyers (I have one who when she was younger, used to dig the grass up, as it appears in your 2nd pic). She always used to pee in the same spots which was both a blessing and a curse.Dog urine (not just females will cause yellow patches if it's not washed...

Thanks very much for your replies.I've spoken to someone who is somewhat of an expert on scarification and the machine wasn't the right one for the job. If it had a rake attachment, it would've pulled the moss out much better than the machine I hired with the blade setup. He also recommended...

Before you spend money on soil improvers I would double check it really is clay that is causing the problem.A good way to see if your soil is clay is to take a handful from an area that is moist, not soggy or dry. Squeeze the soil in the palm of your hand; if it forms a sausage shape and stays...

Welcome to Gardeners Corner Craig. You can also stop watering it or it will rot. The roots will have established by now and and dew or rain will supply what it needs over the winter months.

Grass seed is unlikely to germinate under 12C so I agree with Clueless, leave it until next spring.

Yea Worm Casts. Nothing you can really do apart from wait for them to dry and brush them over (hard now the nights are drawing in and its wet).I had them this year but they soon disappear when the grass grows back.

Grass is very tough

Hang on just a minute Dan....What you have here is Annual Meadow Grass. it is a weed and I'm in exactly the same position as you now. My grass has been laid a couple of weeks and my turf from Rolawn is absolutely riddled with a AMG just like yoursI'm in the process of dealing with trading...

Welcome to GC Iain. Although it needs time to establish walking on it only if really necessary is not a problem but try and take a different route each time so that the grass has a chance to recover.New grass actually benefits from been trodden on as it breaks the stems and encourages further...

As long as you're still happy to play then age shouldn't be a problem, unless the team pension you off of course.

A lawn will drop over time so make sure the top soil is level with the path before laying the turf/seeding. This will ensure after settling the lawn is level with the path.