Lawns

Thanks, will try again with the photo's. On one patch, there are thick, oily black patches on/mixed up in the grass. Then next to and on top, there are these flat, round coils/spirals which then go white on top as if going mouldy. Will try again with pics!

Thank you "M"

Red Clover?

Thankyou so much for your replies and confirming what I thought was right

That makes sense. From what I read so far, I make the conclusion that the lawn aeration tools one should use depend a lot on the type of soil they have and its condition. The more the soil is compacted, the bigger the hollow tines or spikes should be.

It's good to hear you're happy there BG. Yes, I'm prepared to wait but it's so frustrating and I'm losing interest in maintaining my present gardens. There's no point in doing anything other than keeping it tidy.

Hi luiza.Welcome to the forum. I used seed for my back lawn, it is about 80 ft by 15 ft and I had no problems, apart from the birds, but I just over seeded it at a later date. I got a 20kg sack from B&Q for about £30. Much more cost effective and as already posted by others now is the time to...

A lot of Fungi are symbiotic with tree roots, they use them as their internet to warn each other of pest attacks.

Right I've had a lawn care company out and done what you've suggest by asking their recommendations and of course price!It looks to be about £300 per year to get treatment. This includes: moss killer now. Solid tine aerating in Jan/Feb. and then every 9 weeks a fertiliser.I also live in an...

Elliseum, please ignore the attached file on my post above, I hit a key by mistake and that came up. I've no idea how to get rid of it.

The conifers are in next doors garden and around 4 ft away from the edge of my lawn and on a lower level so I'm confident they won't cause a problem that way...just shade around this time of year. During the summer the lawn will get plenty of sun all over...if we get any :-)

I gave up on grass completely. I put some paths down from the house outwards and planted up the rest. My dogs actually really enjoy going in and out of the shrubs etc. Fortunately they enjoy going in and out of the polytunnel too. One of them is a great ratter/mouser in there.

It's a toss up between the leaves shading the grass or the damage you do by walking. To be honest walking won't do much harm normally provided it's not frosty. Personally I'd leave the leaves, at the moment on my lawn the worms are doing a great job of aerating. They are pulling some of the...

Thanks guys, Appreciated

Thanks Sheal, that's a good idea, i'll try that

Thanks JWK - it's looking good

Are they digging up chafer grubs? If so, get rid of those grubs and the badgers will lose interest.

pics please............

Indeed. I did towards the back of last year. It really deserves a larger lawn to work on. Get,s mine done in no time at all!

Quote A few thoughts:-You could contact Hayters (they're two miles from me)You may find that it's an engine that runs on four star and not unleaded.I don't know whether Hayters used Villiers engines before they went over to Briggs and Stratton but you could investigate on line. If so,...