Lawns

"Don't give your lawn too much water, or the seed will rot rather than germinate! I would imagine that there is enough moisture in the soil to get the grass seed to start growing"I agree, don't water unless we get a prolonged dry spell - you will have to water a spring-sown lawn once we get to...

I'm too mean to have any edging material - I bought some plastic once and the mower chewed it up in no time at all ...... every couple of years I cut the "turf" at the edge, move it forwards a couple of inches (i.e. OVER the path), then use a board to re-cut a dead-straight edge, and all the...

Just a question,when you airate the lawn how many holes do you put it in in say a square meter?

Many thanks for your words of advice and encouragement Aaron! I have got the mantra ready for my brother, and will chant it down the phone at him, via his facebook, and through regular text messaging. 'water it, water it, water it all the time..... or it will die, water, water, water..........!...

Here's a Link for laying Turf.

Hi, we have a cat and lawn feed & weed control is dangerous if it is digested. Evergreen do an organic version but it doesn't kill the weeds. Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions? Kind regards

Farmers use cd's, which they hang from branches of trees, perhaps a washing line could be an improvisation.When sowing grass seed, I tend to leave extra seed on top so that if the birds get to it, they ain't pinching what needs to be growing.Hope this Helps!

Thanks for the replies everyone. I bought a new house last year with a good size garden the builder fenced the boundary off, but at the bottom of the garden over the fence is the bit of land mentioned, that also belongs to me. The first job I did when I move in was to plant a 20m privet to...

Newly seeded patches do look different the first year - sort of shiney - it looks more like normal grass thereafter.

There is no benefit in doubling up ANY herbicide, the dose rate stated by the manufactures is the optimum if a higher dose was beneficial they would use this. With roundup doubling the dose decreases the efficiency.If you have anything persistent then spray twice, once with a two week gap...

Feed the grass well and if you see bare patches dig them up and physically kill the little blighter. then reseed the patch.no point reseeding if the grub is still there.From memory the grass is more attractive to the chafer if there is lots of organic material in the soil.

If the bricks are like a wall under the soil then you really have no choice but to remove them I'm afraid. They will prevent the grass from growing properly and affect drainage. Can you use the bricks for anything? If they are in reasonable condition then think twice about throwing them away -...

I'd go along with that, though maybe a lesser cut. I've a sneaking thought at the back of my mind that I was told once for the first cut to go no shorter than 1/3, as the shock of a harsher cut can stunt the growth of some of the grass.Mind you, no lawn at the moment, so can't put it to the...

Good news, glad it worked out for you.

im gutted that my pea pod idea was a none starter, how easy would that be!:dh:

We put in raised beds a couple years ago, and i love them :gnthb::gnthb: Here are a couple pics of mine And one more The big one across the back measure 40 feet long, by 4 feet wide, by 3 1/2 high :thmb: And the smaller one is about 1/2 the size.

cyrmo,If the area is shaded by the trees, use a grass seed mix for shady areas and keep the grass fairly high..You probably only need to aerate if the lawn was growing poorly before.Quickest way to get up the leaves is to run the lawn mwer over them. It also provides a good mix for...

Blimey - spelt it correctly!

He's gone back home now, and I have to say that while it was fun, I'm glad to have some peace again.After we'd coated the whole lawn in sand, the neighbour came out. He is very knowledgeable about all things garden related. I told him what we done and what the plan was, and he immediately...

Now is a good time to prick your compacted Lawns. on clay soil this is important to increase drainage and help the air circulate. I normally rake as much moss off as I can, prick the lawn mix grass seed in with sharp sand and rake the lot in. I do not use a moss killer prefering to broadcast...