Lawns

Thanks again. I tried the ladder thing (weighted with large rocks) and it worked well. So far birds haven't shown any interest. Watering shouldn't be a problem given the rain, hail, snow combination we've just had. Hosepipe ban also not a worry as I'm in Scotland. Now we wait...

I have four dogs and a small lawn, and on the front a shaded lawn which attracts moss, so they always need a bit of tlc in spring and autumn.First I scarify the lawn, then aerate it with a fork. Following that I top dress it with compost and then scatter lawn seed, rake it lightly and then...

hi there thanks for the reply the garden is not on a huge slope just slightly I have tried to include a photo and as for size I think it has an area of about 50 meters give or take I am just wanting it for the larger lawn hope this gives u a better idea of my plans.

Oh it is good to know they are no longer banned. I will get my sprayer out Jack McH

Loads of water up here . Well we aint going to bathe in it

What type of soil do you have? If it's clay then I think the best thing you can do is start again. Rotovate and dig in something that will lighten the soil, compost maybe. If you can stop the children and dog from using it for some while, it may be better to grass seed it instead with a general...

Thanks Kristen for the quick reply and good advice. I should have mentioned i plan on moving next year,this sound like a big job, i guess i will just have to make do for now and hope we get some good weather noth of the border this year.

OK, I'll not worry about it too uch then, thanks. Yeah, right! My seeder is pathetic. It takes about 12 passes to deliver the requisite amount of seed. I did 6 passes on the Autumn sown and it looks OK, a bit thin, but with some Nitrogen it will be OK. I've done a 50% seeding rate before...

So long as there isn't standing water, and your boots aren't squelching into the surface, I would have thought anytime, rain or shine, is good with a fork. If you were using a hollow-tined tool to aerate them then sticky soil, when wet, would probably be more inclined to clog it up

I try not to because it all sticks to the mower and the shoot to the collecting bag, so tends to "block" more. But it won;t hurt the grass (but best not to cutr the grass when frost is forecast, as the newly cut tips may get "burnt" by the frost which will make the lawn look a bit brown - but...

personally I'd give it a year, more if you are not in a rush. (Provided you didn't use selective weedkiller on it in the last year)

Who is laying the lawn? They can advise on the type, mostly it depends on how much shade the lawn gets - that might be the problem with the old one getting full of moss. The main thing with a new turf lawn is to water it a lot, your chalky soil will dry out very quickly so you need to keep...

The rubble might be from previous buildings I guess. Our last house built in the 1930s, I found a crazy paved path a couple of inches under the lawn that had just been grown over.

If you see plenty of healthy earthworms, the soil is good, but will almost certainly still benefit from some compost or well rotted manure. Or, you can always cheat, and just grow plants that don't care this year (I like nasturtium for that purpose, but there are many very pretty 'green manure'...

Not a real problem for me as I did a last cut when it stopped growing, and at about 1.5" Now it is starting to grow again bright green shoots, so I it gets to 2.5" I will do a cut down to 1.5" if there is no fear of frost Jack McHammocklashing

The other sites probably know what they are taking about though You can't. If I'm putting on something that will kill the plants I don't use the spreader/chucker, I use the Seeder instead (when using the "seeder" the "stuff" just drops out of holes in the bottom of the hopper as the...

This is the stuff I'm thinking of getting to separate my border from the lawn ...Mow Over Lawn Edging

Me speak Binary. No I haven't got beyond roman numerals yet.

That is just what I have been doing this week with my Lawn (meadow) ready for my Veg plot, only 12' x 12' but it is hard graft at my age, and rain has stopped play, what was nice light loam, is becoming compacted mud with me standing on it, So I have forked it all over, and awaiting it to frost...

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