Lawns

Thank you @fairygirl

That's the one @Allotment Boy. I knew the 'rot' bit was relevant for me!

I don’t know about that, but you have certainly MADE Mrs LawnAndOrder’s weekend!

Yes, I was nearly blinded trying to take that photograph.You are aware, of course, that the flowers are Mrs Lao’s domain although nowadays, stimulated by inexplicable surges of generosity, I help her out with the weeding. I showed her your message, I can’t remember exactly what she said but...

If the builders decline to assist then you could at least ask that they supply more grass, either as seeds or as turf so that it matches that they previously supplied. Then you can kill the couch areas with glysophate (yes it will kill all the grass !) . It may take more than one application....

It is the leather jackets the birds are looking for. They pull up the grass to uncover them.

The problem is that you can't walk around the garden without walking on the grass! I don't think it's possible to avoid it getting muddy in wet weather, although spiking it frequently to reduce the inevitable compaction will help a little. Longer term, if it were mine I'd be looking at a...

Could be leather jackets. There have been several similar threads perhaps have a read through of these. They are listed at the bottom of this thread under Similar Threads. Also this might help Help required with Front Lawn

I can remember all three of the gentlemen mentioned, however I was not old enough to frequent an establishment such as the Crooked Billet until some years after their retirements. Sadly having just checked I was old enough as both Roche and Newcombe retired 78 - 79.

Good luck with your plan @Dilip, you’ll be able to play croquet there next year .

Hi thanks for that, the more I've read about it the more I think a good raking will be sufficient

I'm not sure I'm understanding this correctly, but - why have you got the planter sitting on grass @Pipcas?That just creates problems, as you're discovering.

Good advice; we are still very active on the moto, albeit no longer in France where, since the children, we tend to resort to car-hire.Safety at all times; I am attaching a photograph of when I took Mrs Lao to the hospital to deliver her first baby (out of two) - the hurry was because she had...

Very pretty!

We see quite a lot of it round here, but as @Macraignil says, it isn't usually a massive problem. If it was covering a huge area then you'd need to look at sorting the drainage, as it's that damp ground they tend to like, and grow in, especially if it's compacted ground where grass will...

Don't worry. I've asked the Prince of Denmark if he would prevail upon Horatio to remove the offending item.

Unless you have a specific description of the garden promised, you will likely not get much satisfaction by legal means. Its normally "garden grassed" or such. If the developer is still onsite, then you might try via local paper and/or social media to cause some adverse publicity and maybe find...

A lot also depends on how big the area is, and therefore the amount of money, time and effort it takes to make it half decent. If you aren't desperate to have grass, it might be easier to get rid of it and go with gravel or slate or similar. Even a simple, planted bed of evergreen ground cover...

The money you'll probably plough into this project, and more than likely fail, would be better off spent extending that lovely tiled patio. Job jobbed.It seems every man and his dog at this time of year, myself included, have miserable swamp problems due to clay just under the top soil.The...

I can certainly try. First though I need to convince him that it's an OK area to pee on, instead of crossing it to get to the lawn.Yes, I must say, they handled it alright. And they did explain that the slate comes straight from the quarry (they shared my photos to them they said, for...