Lawns

Its a lovely hose and I did manage to spot it - An Armature is the central winding of an electric motor , thought it was a play on words .

Whilst no need a fertiliser higher in Phosphate will help to establish root growth which will help if there is dry weather later, and will create and establish a stronger / healthier lawn which will be better able to fend of disease etc. Personally I wouldn't leave it until year 2 before...

Rather than putting soil on top (which will require seeding and/or the grass growing through) you could cut H-shaped slits in the lawn, where the dip is (or a hump for that matter), peel back the turf on either side of the cross-slit, put some soil underneath, then roll the turf back and press...

Thanks for your replies. Well i've given it a good soaking and a rake, so i'll see how it is tomorrow and try out kristens idea to see if I can break down the lumps some more once its dried a bit.

I think I must be rakifying it then Kris, haha!

Small amounts, go to Wilkos. They have sacks of it and a set of scales for you to weigh it out

Do they have a shade variety? My local sheds just have a pallet of one-size-fits-all (which will, no doubt!, be the full-sun hard-wearing variety) outside them ... I bought mine on eBay and drove to the Fens to collect it. Very depressing, 20 acres of dead flat, weed free, beautifully mown...

That's the sort of thing my other half would say Al n and mean it!

Too much fencing required, honeybunny

What sort of meter are you using and how are you taking the soil sample? I wonder if it would be worth using one of the cheap test-tube tests just to double check it. It may be that alkaline, but I think its very high, and unless you know that the area where you are is indeed that alkaline I...

Dont' worry about the birds Lantana, they'll fly off the extra weight. Perhaps now that the ants are reeling around with huge stomachs you can re-sow more grass seed and hope it will sprout before they are hungry again.

Hi Eric. Not to worry. I wouldn't be concerned at all. Your new grass will only have started to get going before the winter cold temperatures slowed down the its growth. It will now have been putting down lots of healthy roots over the winter and is ready to spring into life any day now. In a...

just mow them every week they will soon disappear , but by the sounds of it really bad drainage. Bog garden would be ideal have you thought of that, lots of plants would love it Hi as well nearly forgot Spruce

I did my first cut two weeks ago and until yesterday we'd had three weeks of dry weather. The rain was needed, as everything was looking a bit parched on my sandy soil. Like Grannie Annie my front garden is choked with moss, so that will need a lot of work this year.

Cut mine about an hour ago, much neater and better!

Shiney - Regarding the second picture, yep this is what we are thinking too. I'm looking forward to being able to take time out from the heavy duty stuff to be honest and focus more on the flowers etc. As soon as the snow has gone we'll get rid of the dead leaves. I'll definitely keep you all...

No chance of mowing here,my lawn would make for a cracking game of Rugby right now

Yah, that would be most people I reckon - if the lawn needs creating then ... it needs creating! For a "repair", or a "round the back", job it might be possible to wait until next Autumn, and if its possible to wait then I think that is best. But 99% of the "I need a new lawn" jobs are going to...

I'm on a couple of techies forums. Its almost a shame I can't remember which ones. I once spent about 10 minutes getting wound up because a forum was denying my login attempts even though I was definitely 100% certain I'd put the right credentials in. I was right, they were the right...