Lawns

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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

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Can't think of a cheap alternative, but to bring in soil in the quantity required by the lorry load, as this is cheap when buying in bulk form.

I would wait till dryer weather and fork the lawn to aerate it. I assume the lawn is not boggy all the time? If it is, then fork and apply lawn sand to help drainage. At the end of the year and every year give it a good scarify to get rid of old thatch that accumulates over the season.

Hi Pollyanne, i mowed someones lawn today- it certainly seems to have started growing early this year. I understand that the growing point of grass varies dependant on the time of year, so if you go too short (when the growing point is high) it shocks it quite bad and it takes a fair while to...

Cut mine they look ok, what I do this time of the year because the grass is always wet through rain or dew is a few hours before I plan on cutting it I drag a brush all over it this knocks the excess water drops to ground level then it makes it that bit drier cutting it later

It would be well worth some preparatory work before sowing seed, Elle (Welcome, btw! :D )Chances are the bogginess is because of the usual builders' rubbish left behind. We had this problem too, although I didn't particularly want to lay grass on the soil. What I did was to dig over the...

Hi LynneI've just had a leaflet through the door for greenthumb and was thinking about making some enquiries as my lawn is awful at the moment.So you found them good at first but not so much now?Sorry I can't help you with Lawnsmart

Morning! Firstly - congrats on getting that job!! (I was workless for quite a while, so I know how lousy it is!)I've used Roundup on the farmyard here, and it worked. The weeds died. And yes, it does get neutralised by the soil. I know because a new lot of weeds has come back!! :( ...