Lawns

If the pavers were laid level i would remove half the sand and airiate the clay for drainage with a fork and lay my turf. make sure the ground is still firmed enough that you don't get foot print impressions when you walk on the new grass.

This is an extremely helpful and well laid out guide. I'm sure even lawn masters could learn a thing or two from its contents! Thanks for sharing.

I do lots of gardens like that .... I often get calls from people who's lawns are knee high this is what I do and suggest: mow the lawn for 3 weeks (once a week), then, scarify and aerate, and seed the bare patches, or if the client approves, overseed the whole lawn and cover with a thin 2mm...

Did not think lawn was compacted. Only compaction, is me cutting it for 30 years, plus kids growing up, playing on it. Re closely shorne - I have always cut it at 350 mm. Hungry - maybe yes - I only give it one dose of 7-6-17 per year, is this OK/sufficient. Sure, it is continuously damp in...

I just dont have weeds or moss in my lawn but i do love my lawn, i guess thats the reason why. Top Tip, Feed, weed, mosskillers need to be watered in, if rainfall does not occur within 48hours of application. Spring & summers NEED watering after application. if you get patches, its either to...

Also when the hosepipe ban is on for all you people in the south, just take your back box off your mower and let your clippings lay all over your lawn. Stop any scorch marks and saves money for people on water metres. Also for your beds and borders, chuck your clipping all around, not only does...

I compacted it a little with a cement trowel, with the plan to add a little top up when needed. Rain of course penetrates the grass, and drains in to the sand. Ideally slope your sand so water runs off if there's a heavy downpour.

If you do want more 'weeds' in the lawn, it's a good idea to reduce the fertility as much as possible over time i.e. no fertiliser and remove all the cuttings. Seeds will also germinate better in (small) bare patches rather than amongst dense grass. Personally, I much prefer grass with a...

Last time I used weed and feed I had a lawn of dandelions

Bit like Chard Girls then?

Hi Dean, you said the grass grew well on the original soil you pinched then died back, but it was fine where it was on the prom. Then the 'gardener' put top soil and fetiliser on top of that with the same result. If the soil wasn't suitable I doubt the grass would have grown much at all, from...

Calm down everyone, peace be upon you!!!...it sounds like we've all got ants in our pants. If you didn't get a reply straight away, golfjunky, there are reasons for that. Members work, not all members are on GC every day, some won't answer because they think they don't know, and some like me...

I was just going to ask the question about this horsetail weed. Luckily I saw it here. Nightmare as others have said and will try this stuff. Thanks Kristen. Fortunately it`s only in the chips surrounding my back lawn but I guess will get to the grass soon enough.

you could try a liquid mosskiller such as this: research it a bit further .... I have never had to remove moss when overseeding .... so find out if the moss killer will harm the lawn seed (it may need some extra time before seeding?) ... the guys at BSH will advise if you email them the...

I wouldn't bother scarifying until after you've treated the lawn Mr. Grinch. If you're going to use a weed/feed/mosskiller it will kill everything off anyway. Mow first, remembering to leave for 2/3 days before treating. Just a pointer, with all the rain we are having at the moment it's not a...

Thank you guys. I was contemplating the idea of making my own, but then thought it would be a) a little risky and b) i cant be bothered with it I only have a slightly patchy lawn so will be using a fork for the time being on the patches but will order some of the shoes for when the ground...

Looks like soil compaction on the left. When walking about the garden do you walk up the path on the right and back down the grass on the left? Scarify it (rake), stick a fork in all over, lifting and giving a wiggle (the fork not anything else) and water in a light feed.

Lol yeah I do! Or at least a 'managed' natural/left to nature look rather than the 'out of control' look I had before! Like to the right of the shed (that you can see in the second pic) I have planted a kinda cottage flowers assortment to break things up a bit and stop it looking too clinical. ...

I would collect the clippings if you can. My neighbour uses a mulcher on her John Deere ride-on, and she has to drive relatively slowly for it to work, so probably not much difference timewise to collecting and stacking to compost down.

I recently installed galvanised metal lawn edging, looks really smart and the polished finish gives it an architectural look, only been down 3 months so can't comment on the durability but it seems to be holding up fine so far.