Lawns

Its the best time of year to scarify actually, as you are removing dead grass and roots in the growing season, so you are giving it chance to recover before the cold starts. I would recomend another feed though to help the grass thicken again and recover.good work though

Oooh! I always wanted a 'lawn' that was actually clover and daisies! That would be my havana!

do not spray your clover with any chemicals as this does not work, you need to fight it. clover loves nitrogen low soil as it produce its own making it survive easily, put a high nitrogenuos fertiliser on and watch it out grow itself. you need to cut the lawn more often for a while but will save...

As above. ( good advice)Personally I very rarely use landscape membrane, were a low maintance gravel look is desired (incidentally I hate it!!!) I excavate to 4" or so then compact 2" of mot followed by a 1.5-2" layer of chippings.The membranes arent actually weedproof and trap leaves...

Just had to read this because my mum has never forgiven my dog for leaving these patches all over her beautiful lawn when we visit ,:o. Some of them grow up lush and green but others have gone yellow and brown. Good job she's an animal lover and the dogs are good boys who never go on the flower...

My back garden is the same - full of rubble. My best find so far is a rock about 12"x12"x8" about 1/4" below the surface. You can get a fork in to a depth of 3" only in about 25% of the lawn. My plan is to dig the whole lot over and start again (as soon as I can convince the other half to let me!)

Looking good might have to try that for my lawn

Cricket picthes are also hollowcored in the autumn, seeded with very fine grades of ryegrass and regularly fed with soluble iron and other feeds. With profeshional qulity pitches the soil layers will also have been corected / desighned ie no clay pan.im afraid a cricket pitch or tennis...

As a contractor, I tend to seed using a similar method to that kristen describes albeit I spray, leave for 2 weeks then run a cultivator or digger over over, rake and roll, leave a week then lightly rake and seed.Personally I dont use the ladder method as I can get a bowling green flatness...

Sypmtamatic of the wet summer weve had.For a few really good lawns I look after I ocasionally spray with chipco green (turf fungicide) to gaurd against this sort of thing and red thred etc.

Yep at least this year the vans not filling with water to lol

"should i be aerating the lawn and if so what is the best way to do it??"I would hire a machine. But you could use a fork if your lawn is small." when should i next use weed and feed??"Not sure about using any more this year. A bit more feed might be OK, but weather is getting dry now....

Weeds and moss are signs of a lawn in poor condition. By all means scarify the lawn which pulls out dead grass and rubbish [thatch] from the grass base which allows air and water to penetrate. Sipe the lawn with a folk at about 4" spaces and give it a 'waggle' afterwards mix 1part peat 3...

I use liquid feed everytimesee for lawn feeder that clips to hose and dilutes as you spray about £10 mail order plus "Lawn Magic" corny name but amazing results. by from same website in 5 litre bottles of concentrate covers about 1000 sq m for about £18 I recall.

Hehe... very nearly.

Thanks Moyra for finding that out for me, considering the mouthing off I gave about supermarkets today I am suitably chastened lol

Morning Flinty! Yes, the silt is the grit which has been caught in the silt trap. The stream feeds the pond via a long, narrow silt trap. The silt gets caught in the trap and every year poor hubby has to dig it out, usually about a foot deep, running for 25m x 2ft wide ... back breaking! ...

hi nickp i think you have to wait untill autum to scarify i have been aereating my lawn for most of the yr with no probs

Years of chicken activity can produce a lot of chicken 'muck' which is high in amonia and can be very strong. It may be that the soil surface is high in this hot chicken muck and is burning the roots. Only suggest you water very regulaly to dilute the ammonia. I mentioned on a previous post...

And if she can, get her an agent, you could afford to have your garden re turfed every month!