Lawns

dont take to much off on the first cut ,it will stess the sward better to cut a little and often rather than in one go

Well after nearly 2 months, this is what our garden looks like now!The grass is almost recovered, need to reseed in a few places and cut and re-seed where the path used to be!Just to re-cap, this is what it looked before:This is in-between (all the moss raked out, hardly any grass...

Hi Nafe, I would be a bit nerveous about the black and mouldy bit. If the tuves are rotten then I would cut them out and dispose. Fill with John innes number 2 and re seed. If the root structure within the turf shows signs of life ie whiteish shoots then they may come back later. Grass is...

Not sure what type of lawn your after? Bowling green or utility without weeds. I think the experts would advise that moss killing and feeding are seperate jobs and best done with seperate products. Try looking at www.gardenwizard.co.uk they do liquid lawn feeds and moss killers. They advised...

Thanks John will give that a go this weekend!

If the grass is dry enough when you cut, leave the clippings on the grass, as a lot of them will grow too - as anyone who's had to weed out borders or gravel beside the lawn will estify to!I've just got myself a mulcher mower to help out patchy grass in a simple and effective way (it also...

Shiney, what about this one.....here....or even..... or hereThere's also a place I've driven through called Midcowbog, but nobody ever believes that, and neither does Multimap!

Try freecycle! :D

Couch, (ususally pronounced 'cooch') twitch, scutch or a number of other local or less polite names (Latin name Elymus repens) is a very invasive coarse grass that forms underground rhizomes (a tough rooting system) that will throw up new shoots at any opportunity. It's the main culprit for the...

hi robbsy builders yellow sand for laying bricks is no good , cement even when hardened is worse , turf for lawns is cut very thin and the roots need a good few inches of soil to root in 3 - 4 or 100mm would be ample , however sharp sand used for concreting mixed with poor soils is always an...

Thanks composteeWill buying a particular turf help prevent weed regrowth? I'm really not sure how many weeds i fully got out. I dug down almost 2 feet in places but still didn't get to the tap root and the builders rubble was too dense in places. Bit of a nightmare. I have over 70 full bricks...

I'd take you time, and get a decent lawn by lifting the slaps, preparing the ground and then turfing - or get a professional to do it for you.Methinks it will pay off in the longer term, over astro turf - with two small boys, twould require a bit of maintenance to keep looking clean.

Thanks, will keep you posted on my progress.Joanann

Hi MerroneyThis link might help you! http://www.lawnuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/showpage.cgi?info.htm Hope it helps. Sean

I use exactly the same technique Dendy - boring job, but well worth the effort, even in my weed patch.

Coucil round here have a lot of grassed areas with naturalised crocus and daffs. What they do is mow the main grass areas but leave the bulb filled areas untill the bulb leaves die back then cut over sometime in June. Seems to work for them and we have glorious displays of spring bulbs every...

my friend was also fed up with her lawn ,so she opted for artificial turf,sounds terrible looks great :D

ThanksI've begun turning over the area and removing moss, weeds and old grass....its hard work but should be clear to rotovate next week. Is a 26mm depth gonna be good enough? Looked at HSS and thats the only one they do.Two other things...do i need to put any weed killer treatment on the...

Apparantly the correct height to cut the lawn is one inch, if you scalp it moss is encouraged to grow.Good tip from the GreenThumb man :D

Thanks