Lawns

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!

Yes, the new areas would probably look a bit greener and "shinier" but they'll all merge in together soon enough, certainly by next season. The weather would affect the speed of merging in - you should be doing your best raindance! You can stand there all day with a hosepipe but nothing beats...

I've just ordered a spear and jackson hollow tine aerator - one that pulls plugs of soil ou tthe lawn as they seem much preferred over one that just spikes the lawn - particularly for clay/compacted lawns. It was £20 delivered off ebay.

So your choices are either to dig down or build up!

I agree with Pro Gard - to just lift the block paving and put turf down would be unwise. I used to live in a house with a disused brick cesspit under the lawn, about 200-250mm down. By late July, the grass would die off over the cesspit and you could see its exact outline. The greater the...

I went to get some lawnfeed and weed yesterday and the asda brand stuff looked the same as Evergreen and was £2.98. I also got a spray insecticide for £2-3. When I went to the till it said £3 for the 2 as there is an offer on - bargain!