Lawns

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...

Agree, totally.

Urm sounds interesting - special squirrel spray?

Ah Rosie the joys of a dog run along the hedge been there, done that although truth be told we haven't got one now (a homemade dog run by the girls that is)our BIG Lad use to do it and to be honest I wouldn't mind having to put up with his little run if I could wish him back.Our two old...

Thanks guys. Yeah, the decking's looking great. A job I should really have done last year but kept putting it off. Well it's done now and the wife is pleased with it, and that's all that matters. It keeps her happy

Lots... less preparation with seed and cheaper than using turf, will also match in better.

Pete, I agree. I live in a cul de sac and sometimes we can have as many as 6 or 7 vans and pickups taking up the limited parking spaces.

I also do not use granulated weed and feed .Not only is it easy to overaply and scortch it is also expensive and as a trade user bulky to transport.For weeds I treat with spearhead ( the comercial equivelant of verdone)For green up regular sparys of ferrous sulphate and the ocasional...

Verdone