Lawns

I wouldn't plant a willow close to the house or other houses even if it is pollarded. If you have puddles arter it rains then you have a problem but lots of people manage with a clay soil and it suits a goodrange of plants.You could try obtaining some dogwood cuttings - but thats on another...

"Though the garden is on a bit of a slope bordering a public footpath so they offer a bit of privacy from the top you could see the bottom of the garden and the house without them."Perhaps consider replacing with a pleached hedge. You'll have to wait a few years for it to make a privacy-wall...

Hi Sherlock :hehe: You're right about no toys or bikes but the other bits are there but out of sight of the camera :thumb:. You can see that I left a stepladder out - should have moved that before taking the photo. You can see more of my garden in this thread:-

That looks like standard grade turf.Unless you are prepared to mow weekly with a cylinder mower and religiusly spray,water, feed and scarify then there is no point wasting money on fine grade turf.

Yep.

Roro, listen to Claire and Paul, don`t follow the " expert ".:gnthb:

Hi What you have is slime mold usually sandy soil and in a drip line of a tree becomes a hard crust when dry and a slime when wet.Yes Hollow tine aerate the whole lawn but first treat with lawn sand (sulphate of iron & sulphate of ammonia and sharp sand mixed) sold for under £10 in 20gk. Be...

Just about to cut my lawns now to make the most of the dry weather!

I've just fed my lawn with an autumn feed with moss killer in and then hopefully next week I can aerate and scarify and top dress and by next year it'll be a brilliant lawn. Well as long as it's better than my dad's I'll be happy :D

Shouldn't do any harm, but if its wet the soil, and grass seedlings, may stick to your boots ..... I suggest putting a board down, and working from that.

Like the sound of that Garden Master :thumb:

It wasn't so much the length of time or the activity, it was the realisation that I enjoyed it sooo much just sitting on the lawn doing it! Maybe it should be xx-something lawn obsessives! (but not xxx-something lawn obsessives lol)

Yeah your right, hope its a small patch of lot. But with the moving, and the toddler tending and someone working outside the home its still a lot. Maybe they could tell the prior owners to do it. Or have it done.

lol don't think your neighbours would thank u for making their gardens collapse

Stroudy: It does look like rather a co@rse grass you have, so I would try and cut it a bit shorter to encourage the finer grasses to come through. When you rake up the loose grass you should find that some of longer bits now stand up, give it another trim with the mower. You could sprinkle small...

I think I'm a bit too far east but I'll call them tomorrow to check. Failing that I'll go for this one:Looks dead easy in the picture.......!

Yes, there is a black hard rubber one, with a rounded top, and about 4 inches that you sink in the ground. Its in our stores here.

It happens mate, but in the horticultural business as well as many others, a lot of work comes from personal recommendation....the bad one's do not get that and eventually drop by the wayside. So chin up...onwards and upwards yea.:thumb:

Thanks chaps..appreciated.

I would still want to dig it (just once as it will be a raised bed)