Lawns

Thanks Pete and Fancy, It's crucial to my garden plan that the grass has to go. This gardening thing has unleashed a monster and now I have found hundreds of plants I just must have!

I did some patching in a large old lawn last Autumn. I used turf from a border I cut from the same lawn. The turf is soft and springy and has been laid on a peat base. The patched parts looked pretty miserable all winter but now you can't even find them.

Thanks for all advice. The plant in question is definitely mind your own business and I'm more than happy to send some to Leicester as I really have got quite a lot of it! pm me your address Fancy if you'd like some. As for the lawn I'm going for a bit of a reduction of weedy outcrops and some...

GEORGEUN, dreadful! I also think you used a wee bit too much. I had my lawn returfed in the first week of may and WHOOSH came the rains foe 3 solid weeks I have not watered it since . now I have the most purfect lawn looking lushes and very green. dont over water lawn, let the lawn soak up the...

Oli ....Moles can cause problems here too ... there is an item here that you stick in the ground and it makes a vibration noise ( similar to the windmill idea but out of sight) ...maybe a good garden centre over there will have them ... M-L

pachysandra also makes a good lawn and very tough.

Quite agree fmay as when i was at my daughters i did not have my shoes on and i walked over her gravel to get to her barbeque area and it was most uncomfortable to walk over, so i could see it would hurt dogs paws. :confused:

Thanks peter , I never knew you could just dig the turf in , will save me some time and energy anyway. it just seems a very daunting task to undertake ! I'm not in a hurry so I can do it properly and as our garden is 100ft long(overlooking the 3 Arrows in Boroughbridge) I'll only be doing part...

I've had to do exactly that, Matt - if you like to e-mail or pm me, I'll tell you what we did - it's awfully long for a posting! (hope that doesn't discourage you.... :rolleyes:

I grow it by the path and it doesn't manage to get past the landscaping fabric. But it does spread for the less vigilant.BM

Well rotted horse manure may be a bit rich (great for roses though) - but that mixed with grass cuttings and kitchen veggie scaps, and newspaper paper should give you a good compost in a few months - following normal composting methods.The addition of organic matter is to help break up the...

liz. you must have the nobile one its okay just leave the flower heads on a bit and it will self seed like crazy..i grow it and it even grows in holes in the path the wind blows the seed everywhere..you dont need to keep buying seed let it do its own seeding..

In my profile I have put my hobbies down as cutting grass because that is all I seem to do! Mowing, strimming, flymo - concentrate on one area and all the others grow - my grass (can't call them lawns) is never pampered and I never use the grass box on the mower. I don't seem to 'garden' - more...

Still no ants in the lawn, boots ready to go into action at short notice should one dare to emerge. They are organised insects and some harvest greenfly, and the like, in various trees and bushes in these occasions I do use powder [reluctantly]. Who was it who suggested stomping will he or her...

put salt down the holes to stop re - growth, please feed plants to your rabbit, they are excellent for general health and well being --- or you could put rabbit run over the dandelions and see if that works!

I think that Fran has hit the nail on the head - moisture deficit at the edges.If you cut very close the grass roots will dry faster. You might think about raising the cut a bit. Sand is not moisture retentative which is why us poor souls with mossy lawns scatter it to improve...

Yes, but have you ever seen blackbirds and starlings anting? They preen themselves in ants and let them run into their feathers. The theory is that the ants squirt out formic acid which kills the bird's parasites. Ants in the garden do very little damage - they may loosen the soil under an...

although you can't see the effects of foundations of beautiful buildings...it doesn't mean they are pointless...*dreams about green lawns and pollen counting"

yes the the mesh is put in as the turf is sown to stabalise the soil ..... it suggests you ve lost some of the surface soil though.

Might I suggest a good smattering of compost/other gardens' grass clippings (if you can get hold of it!) just after aeration and before seeding? This will provide a nice environment for the seeds to germinate.