Lawns

Ah thought maybe you had sown last year, give them a chance, they might germinate next spring when the soil warms up.

You want a nice little blower but the grass needs a little cut too. Not only will the leaves damage the turf they also promote worms. There are only a few worms that produce casts but casts are a messy affair and they tend to make the turf messy.

not at the golf club I’m at. Everything is done by the book and every record is kept. If a club does practice that then everything else will be of poor standard. If you have concerns about safety then HSE are the ones to contact.personally on a public forum it’s not my job to criticise or...

To merit such an accolade from “Liz” is the equivalent of receiving a knighthood!A Law(n) Knight now, I am honoured and will endeavour to remain worthy, come what May 2023, when the dreaded PA returns.

Always hard with turf as we get good and bad years. Was it a local supplier?

I cut it shorter as it was flopping over a lot. Maybe the issue is the grass is wetter at the front as there is less sun. my mower tear at the grass more. i get a clean cut in the back. Also i watered the the same. the back looks better than it did before, apart from the hundreds of worm casts...

Lots of surface water drainage goes into the sewers. Which is why Southern Water is always being fined for pouring thousands of tons of sewage straight into the sea. And then they say we have a water shortage. Sorry slightly off topic.

Sorry, I'm no expert on lawns but have a number of my own that need looking after.They always look good with nice stripes on them but they are more than 50% weeds (clover, daisies, buttercups, celandine, hawks beard) and with large patches of moss.It's the mower that makes mine look good...

There’s no chemical available for domestic use for grubs and while covering the ground works to a degree it’s not a cure. There are some experimental treatments but as yet not fully approved for leatherjackets but these are designed to not to kill but to get the larvae up to the surface. I...

Unfortunately to get rid of weeds you will need to hit it with a chemical. I know mowing and good fertiliser program may help but if it’s a good coverage of weed then the only way to hit it is by a good herbicide application which as the temps are dropping leaves little choice as the better ones...

Knotweed is prostrate

If its dollar spot baking soda works pretty well

It looks to have a lightweight plastic roller so probably a bit useless. It depends if you buy it with batteries it comes with a roller, without batteries no roller, an odd way to market it.

Thanks for this Janet. I have started to try this. Your reply has been really helpful and hopefully will save many time, energy and money that I have devoted to preventing the lawn from being destroyed.

Very nice mate.

I had given the pot of seeds I planted out a couple of trims with the kitchen scissors before planting it. And the roots were through the bottom of the pot.

Great to hear they have helped.Don’t think any grass type that’s here in the U.K. can withstand drought. Nature of the beast really.

Like many people, we bought a puppy during lockdown after wanting a dog for such a long time. When he was young he used to potty on the patio, which was easy to hose down afterwards, now he uses the lawn and unfortunately we have brown patches as a result.Does anybody have any advice on how...

That's what I thought, so the compressed stones along with the fines make an impenetrable layer, great for a driveway but bad for a lawn. I've used Type 3 (no fines) on my driveway to allow it to be permeable and have a 4 or 5" layer of topsoil, I have Thyme on mine but grass would do just as...

If it's a sand and grit mix down to 3 inches then soil, I'd just seed it. Yeah I know the 'official' advice, but I've seen it work well. As long as you can keep it moist and fed, grass will thrive in that environment. It's free draining so it won't fill up with moss and it won't form a 'pan' (an...