Lawns

John Yep that has to be the best yet so far this year & £5 a head too..!!!! Will he have to pay tax on that..??? :WINK1:

Thanks for the replies!The picture looks exactly like the problem I am having, but with two differences, the picture looks like a blister and is rasied with the water, mine is still flat. And of course mine problem is not nearly as bad as the picture heheJenny, i'll give deep folking a go,...

No I wouldn't do that, the grass will not benefit and may even get its young roots scorched.I like clover in the lawn, it's not everyones taste, but as you know it's roots convert nitrogen in air into a form that benefits grass, hence your lawn will be greener without needing to use...

Yeay! New sprouts coming up (grass not brussels) Glad my hard work wasn't for nought. Might need a top up though.D

B & Q not having skilled people who know about plants enough to keep them going is perhaps one thing.Our local "specialist" garden centre are just as bad, and it makes me angry - or maybe it should be a clear sign to the customers. If Wyevale can't keep their Tomato plants alive in their Shed...

Thanks for the advice - looks like I'll have to wait until April now

Astro turf, less messing about.:hehe: Don't let your rabbit or sheep onto a clover lawn, they will explode.

These monthes that have gone by since I started this thread, have been - for me - monthes of "meditation" (about the focus of this thread). Well, over these monthes of "meditation", I have developed the belief that having such a fine "velvet-carpet alike lawn" as the one of the photos is, IS NOT...

I noticed your entry regarding mowing the grass during the winter and thought it may be worthwhile pointing you towards a brief article I have just written about lawn maintenance throughout the gardening year. It may be of some interest to you and simply outlines the basics of caring for your...

Might be a bit late to contribute to this, but our local council did some work on the grounds of offices very recently and sowed some grass seed on the bare ground. I walked past it thinking, no way will that grow now. But I walked past it yesterday and it's growing, even with all the rain we've...

Hadn't thought of turf. That a good idea. Probably best to avoid that too in frosty weather, but if you can get it prep'd soon / before the bad weather comes that would be a good answer. Bit more expensive than seed, but you won't be fighting the weeds next year, and grass seed isn't cheap, so...

Yes, that hell of a plant introduced from the Far East I believe which now is the bane of many gardeners including me! The roots go down about 5 ft and I've yet to manage to rid myself of the horror altho did have some success with crushing the stems and then painting on Roundup mixed with...

Not tried it on dogs, but it works with chickens, who I consider to cause a lot more damage, able to turn a lawn to a mud bath within a week or so. It allows the grass to grow through the gaps, but the root system remains unharmed from digging and scratching.

We put up with moss in our 'lawn', it quite nice and soft for the kids to play on and the best thing is it suppresses the grass, meaning I don't have to mow very often.

Yeah, we had a spectacularly wet September. It looked a bit like a lake after a downpour, but there is no vegetation on it, and after an hour or so the surface water had gone. Good to be reminded of that, thanks John. I don't think the drainage is too bad after all now I think about it. Its...

hello all can anyone reccomend a good soluble lawn treatment for using in the autumn. thanks

Anyone got one of these? I've been considering it recently...

As far as I could have experienced, winter in our latidudes in western Europe is not much a threat for the "health" of a lawn. However it might be "cold" a winter in western Europe, it is hardly colder than 10 celsius degrees below freezing point. We live not in such continental Europe countries...

Thanks for the replies. Think I'll go back to the turf supplier as a first step

Picking up the stones, as best you can, would be good enough I think.