Lawns

Nothing wrong with doing it by hand if its a small area, but you still need to let the weedkiller work. Digging or rotovating alone will not kill the grass and weeds off.

beachleafs advice is sound, Id add that top dressing and watering will help.

Kathyit does sound very wet if the water table is 6 inches downyou may have to think about how to improve drainageif you can't get grass to grow, try shady grass or failing that sedge, rushes or ferns, all of which like some moisture in the soil John

Where is the best place to buy this feed?Thanks, Nick

Thanks Jarbax. Sound advice. Have a good day

We must have the worse North facing lawn in Yorkshireâ?¦â?¦â?¦â?¦ When it rains the lawn is just like a big sponge /ice rinkâ?¦â?¦â?¦â?¦nothing grows much.I will admit we have 7 hens but they donâ??t go on the lawn very often except for maybe the last 20 mins before bed.I would like to...

I didnt say to turf over the existing. i said spray off whats there then run a cultivator over to give a good tilth, rake over THEN seed or turf.

Thanks! a mint.

thats sort of what i planned to do. is it worth soaking so wet and rolling it?

Spray with roundup leave 2 weeks then rotovate. if needs be add a small amount of topsoil. Rake off stones and seed. Keep watered.

Part P does not apply and the moulded on plugs are hardly moisture proof as the motor industry discovered years ago. In fact moulding on unless there is actual fusing of the two materials (PVC cable to whatever material the plug is made of) make it probable that moisture will be drawn in by the...

Hi David and thank you,yes we do have a very large German Shepard,and to explain last year when we moved to this address we had the lawn turfed and our big foot turned it into a quaqmire in no time at all along with the urine stains it was a right mess,anyway we have bought some more land now...

Call me Mr Organic, but Ive always found a dose of 6 inches of ROUNDUP soon solves that problem. If you put paving etc down you just have a new edge to manage. good luck

keep it cut short or the weeds will set seed and you will have even more weeds

Laurel contains some cyanide, but it dissipates once the wood and leaves are dead. I regularly put laurel prunings through the shredder. The product has a strong almondy smell, which I think is the cyanide. Once it has been composted for a few weeks the smell goes, and it rots down normally. So,...

Thanks both of you for the info on ALS. Looks useful

Shiney: With such a large amount of grass cuttings, any tips on how to compost it quickly and neatly?

I used some 'shady area' seed from B&Q autumn 2006 to fill in a patch where a stump had been removed. The seed took ages to germinate. There was little to see after 2 weeks, but it did eventually come through quite well.

Loofah, how have you got on? We moved into our house in January and I'm now looking at sorting out our garden. I've cut the grass a couple times and the weeds and moss are rife.

Sounds like a cool job! I mow the paths about once a week (with a pushmower)in the growing season and scythe half down at the end of August (or early Sept if I'm being especially lazy ). I know all the received wisdom is cutting twice a year, but mine seems to be doing ok on only one cut a...