Lawns

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.

Laura get them to exchange the turf -free of charge - just dump the old stuff , it will never grow . I bought a couple of "old rolls" from B n Q a few years ago , they just never grow correctly no matter what you do.

Many thanks for the detailed advice! The ground is too wet right not to do anything so have postponed my turf delivery and will wait till it dries out before treading and raking. Cheers!

if the 2nd photo is dog pee ... best take it to the vet as there is something wrong with the dog I agree that perhaps some chemical such as weedkiller was spilt

WIth all the advice above and taking into account of the amount of rain that falls here, I'm thinking of going for a ride on tractor that gives me the option to mulch. I know a dedicated mulching machine will do a better job then the tractor but I've come to the conclusion that I need to have...

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Thank you. It's a small patch (40 square metres). Yesterday I was told that a lot of soil needed to be removed and then replaced with topsoil before being raked, rolled and turfed etc. I was quoted £1600 for the job. My dad and I were thinking about hiring a rotavator and a skip to clear the top...

I am busy landscaping a pub .... front lawn had large patches of moss, so I aerated, and scarified .... added weedkiller for the moss an weeds and waited 2 1/2 weeks before I mowed again (we had good rains) weeds died, moss blackened and then raked the dead moss, and overseeded the bare...

thanks for that the gardener just been round and told me the same thing lol its cus the new lawn is seeded lawn he bought and we have had loads of rain the seed have come up, he said to leave it a week and give it a cut... glad thats ok i was really worried lol

I was, glad its sorted

Different fungal spores may require different treatments. In some cases, you may be able to remedy the problem with simple mowing and raking in conjunction with a specific watering pattern. More likely, you'll need to treat your lawn a fungicidal treatment. Unfortunately, many kinds of lawn...

That is an interesting idea & Zigs is the builder here.. Strangely enough I had this article come through in one of my educational newsletters which you might be interested in..

Simple error when typing.....30ft by 30ft [5 6ft fence panels down and 5 6ft panels across] the perfect square. Without setting up a line I can only guestimate the drop but if I stood at the bottom corner and looked at a 45° angle it would almost certainly be a parallelogram Oh, and I can't...

Thanks Kristen. That's exactly what I wanted to know. So it doesn't seem like I need to worry about creating a slope.The water tends to absorb fairly quickly after the rain stops, so it sounds like my main concern is just to get the grass growing, rather than heavy re-landscaping. Thanks very...

PS: Have you looked under the ballast? There might be some decent soil if you are lucky.

thanks Al , ive not been able to anything because of all the rain weve had ! so should i seed the bald spots or just do as you say , how will grass grow on bald patches without seeding , or am i mising something ? thanks again

I use builders sharp sand in my compost for potting on and for cuttings with no ill effects, it’s so much cheaper than horticultural sand. I’ve heard it say that builder’s sharp sand can contain excessive salts, but the horticultural sand is just the same except it’s been washed as far as I...