Lawns

will pop to get some from garden centre now, as it has been raining and looks like it may rain again today, just have to try and avoid looking around as i go mad and want to buy everything

Thanks for this answer: haven't been on this site for a while but on checking now I realised you had posted this very informative answer to my question quite a while ago. So - thanks!

Mmmm... with hindsight i would have done this but it's a little too late now...... Will this be safe to use near the leylandii? They are only babies (12" to 18" tall and only planted at beginning of summer last year) Any particular brand of weedkiller work best?

In addition to the above-answer (whose user I thank), I try to self-answer my questions. This subject goes on the topic: "Plant nutrition". Probably has been talked about in other threads in this forum. Threads about "FERTILIZERS". I report some meaningful excerpts from wikipedia on the topic...

Im assuming you had the clay dug out and the turf laid on fresh topsoil.

i take it u take the broom handle out??:hehe:

I would go with bean counter on this but with a slight differance, personally I'd scarify what you have, weed and feed it. Then I would seeds it all over and topdress it with a washed sand and top soil mix 20/100 (20 sand 100 soil). You can also use the top dressing to take out any hollows etc....

We had a small lawn professionally turfed a few weeks ago by a friend. He removed the top few inches of the old lawn and soil below. What was below that is as the OP described - we live in a clay area. Basically top soil was laid over the subsoil and the turf laid on top of that. We weren't...

Hi Apprentice.. I have Rolawn Medalion.. 14yrs since I laid it I think & I am very pleased with it always have been.. Takes the grand children's games no problem.... I feed several times in Spring & again in Autumn & have a lovely lawn.. It was recommended to me & I do not hesitate in...

Last year (autumn) I killed, dug, levelled and re-seeded my lawn with good quality shade tolerant grass. Success! It looks good. Its could do with being a bit denser, I get wheel tracks (flattened grass) after mowing that last a few days, and a few weeds are appearing but I'm happy. What...

Thanks, I've done it and it does look a bit shocking but the lawns been neglected for over 2 years so that was expected. It's certainly done what it's supposed to.

Good evening Alex and welcome to the site. Any chance of a couple of pics of the clumps?:thumb:

Actually, not too bad. I had to break up a lot of old surplus small pieces of York stone to make the hard core. Then mix five bags of concrete mix (expensive way of doing it, but more convenient) with more cement and sand added to make it more workable. The breaking up of the stone with a lump...

As daitheplant mentioned its really important to get a decent tilth going to allow for good root penetration once the lawn has settled a bit and started to push its roots through. Otherwise you will have the existing lawn warring with the new lawn, and once the lawn underneath starts to rot that...

More likely to be mining bees than anything else. As such they are very useful and should not be discouraged. The holes will soon disappear. We have lots of them in our grass areas and they make little difference to it. Even mowing closely does not seem to bother them.

Hi, I'm new here and I know this is an old thread but have been looking around the web for some info regarding artificial grass. I've been thinking of buying from here: Artificial Grass Anyone else installed an artificial lawn?

i got it from my local garden centre, it actually does work, have to re put it down after 4 wks thou, but it definately is keeping the cats away cost me about 8 quid for a box of it but thought worth a try as hate seeing my grass ruined due to cat poop :P

NewbieGreenThe soil from the stack contains a lot of visible fibrous roots which you have to judge are dead. If they're not, it would be like sowing grass everywhere when you mix it with other soil. Some roots may look dead but possibly aren't. They could revive when exposed to the right...

buy a lawn book at under £10, it will save you a fortune in time and money.Lawn preparation is best done in the autumn and its too late in the year to sow a lawn from seed, unless you are on unmetered water and are prepared to flout the regulations..Best bet is to apply lawn weed, feed...

a good silty loam should do it.raising it by 4cm will be about 1 cubic meter of soil - shop around