Lawns

Hi Keith we have just laid a lawn 3 weeks ago, We used a wacker first then top soil and ive just gave it its first cut...Hope this helps..

Thanks plantstar, ill try that, at the minute she's eating anything i give her and im gonna persevere with the sauce...

How bigs the lawn, how often will you mow, and is it level and easily mown - not lots of small curvy edges. How will you get rid of the clippings. Do you want nice stripes

they could be worm casts at this time of year. ona dry day brush them away before mowing, and whatever you do...DON'T KILL THE WORMS. They are great for your lawn!!

Thank you I will moniter the soil. I will back off with the watering a bit.

Hello and welcome to GC. Turf it is my advice, the dog will destroy any thing you put in, but at least turf has a chance.

Good for hair that has turned green swimming often too ... Pouring water on the spot (just after the dogs wees) is good, but not much help if the dog is out there unattended / unwatched of course.My lawn gets patches like that in the Spring, from Winter peeing, but they clear up as the grass...

A good feed to get it growing and then a good rake/scarify, but I would wait until we have some rain as the ground (round here anyway) is very dryWorm casts are a pain aand if squashed-in they form a nice bare bit of earth for the weeds to grow. Remove them before mowing. It could be that...

"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 -...