Yes, solitary mining bees. They make little volcanoes in sandy soil around this time of year (or a bit earlier, to be honest). Definitely keep an...
Try to mow it as often as you can. Once a week is usually ideal, but you can sometimes leave it two. Any longer than that and you'll be back to a...
Exactly what's been said above. Lawns that have been left to grow very long often turn out to be really healthy because the grass has been allowed...
Thank you! Yes, lots of lawn issues, especially at this time of year ... To be honest though, if everyone mowed their lawns long and fed them...
Not really on topic that. Yes, I've got a great supplier, thanks.
Hi Stuart, My guess is that it's Dog Lichen. It is a fascinating thing, being a combination of two species ( a lichen and a fungi) living in...
You'll probably need a scythe!
If you want to keep the bulbs healthy year after year you need to let them die back naturally after building their bulb reserves. This mean not...
I would go for a good quality, fine, soil-based compost, such as a John Innes No. 3 would do the trick.
Hi Stuart, Grass won't grow in full shade, so I suspect this is the majority of the problem. You can also see a pattern where the summer...
Hi Bob, That looks like pretty poor soil. You're not going to get anything to grow on that by the looks of things, let alone grass! I would...
How is the soil in the bare areas? Can you push a stick into it? Do any weeds grow there now that it is bare? Does it look "dead"? A common...
A keen eye and practice. Or if you want to be scientific, little pots! http://pesticidestewardship.org/calibration/Pages/RotarySpreader.aspx
There are many types of spreader that you "push". Drop spreader's, (i.e. cheap, nasty ones) are the main problem here in that it is really...
What you do with your lawn and how you feed it really depends on what you want to get from it. Many folk never feed their lawns at all, and...
Yes, That's definitely striping caused by poor application of fertiliser. The yellow bits are the bits you missed. It is extremely common,...
Looks compacted to me. That would be especially likely if it's on a shallow soil on a rubble base. Try to push a stick into the soil. Something...
Just to make a point that you won't ever get grass to grow directly underneath a confiner, so don't even try....
It looks like you've got a lawn that's mostly a rye grass mix, which is quite good for a hardwearing lawn, but it can get a bit "all stalks no...
I doubt that the two spring tines would stay attached for much more than a couple of passes. It would also smash the grass to bits, which is not...
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