Lawns

it will minimise the looks but it will not eradicate it. You will notice if you feed the lawn, more so with iron that it will be a different shade. Slice it will help but a good scarification in the autumn and spring would also be beneficial against such grass types.

Ants!

Get a cat, dog, snake or falcon with good hunting instincts.

As promised some before pictures - the stepping stones and the arch. Thought I'd take advantage of the rain and damp lawn. Only took 5 minutes to get the cores out and another 5 to brush them up and chuck them onto the compost heap. The tool itself is very easy to use - you just step on it to...

thanks for the update. Don’t worry about the late reply, I’ve been busy too as I’m working till 25th of this month before I get a day off! The joys of Greenkeeping and club championship plus I had a nice reward for my work so far.

Good for you. And glad to hear the dog is 100%.

I’ve just dug an area up that I literally fell into and it’s one end of the drainage. Perhaps had backfilled it too much and not compacted it enough as I went. I’ll refill in stages with a mixture of stones and compact as I go. I’m based in Suffolk/Cambridgeshire border so a relatively dry area...

oversow with ryegrass but whatever you use if it isnt getting any light its going to die

There is no loss of pressure but there will be a reduction in flow. Over the lengths we are talking about, not enough to notice.

Hi,No lawn Expert, but as you already have it, think a small handful of FB&B per sq mtr/yard would be fine, but applied the day before the turf is layed and then raked very lightly and given a gentle light spray of the hose pipe so it does not burn the roots. There should be no need to add...

Just returning to say thanks for all the replies. I'm still mulling it over and using the strimmer in the meantime. I do have a large garden and am not sure a battery machine would be up to the challenge; not only account of the amount I have to do, but also on how long the grass can get at...

It's certainly a better terminology in French The trouble is I now have a problem getting some images out of my mind.

This is the one I used. Worked great. I then swept the cores into the adjoining beds.

If it's a sand and grit mix down to 3 inches then soil, I'd just seed it. Yeah I know the 'official' advice, but I've seen it work well. As long as you can keep it moist and fed, grass will thrive in that environment. It's free draining so it won't fill up with moss and it won't form a 'pan' (an...

That's what I thought, so the compressed stones along with the fines make an impenetrable layer, great for a driveway but bad for a lawn. I've used Type 3 (no fines) on my driveway to allow it to be permeable and have a 4 or 5" layer of topsoil, I have Thyme on mine but grass would do just as...

Like many people, we bought a puppy during lockdown after wanting a dog for such a long time. When he was young he used to potty on the patio, which was easy to hose down afterwards, now he uses the lawn and unfortunately we have brown patches as a result.Does anybody have any advice on how...

Great to hear they have helped.Don’t think any grass type that’s here in the U.K. can withstand drought. Nature of the beast really.

I had given the pot of seeds I planted out a couple of trims with the kitchen scissors before planting it. And the roots were through the bottom of the pot.

Very nice mate.