My lawn looks like "The Cursed Earth".

As we are more "effluent than affluent", we can't afford "professionals". Anyway that would seem like chucking the towel in before we've tried.

Thanks again to everybody xx

 

Mike your the only person so far I've come across on here with out lawns like we

 

John brilliant mate Just done mine and here's the results

Soilscape 18:
Slowly permeable seasonally wet slightly acid but base-rich loamy and clayey soils

Texture:
Loamy and clayey

Drainage:
Impeded drainage

Fertility:
Moderate 3 out 5

Habitats:
Seasonally wet pastures and woodlands

Landcover:
Grassland and arable some woodland

Carbon:
Low

Drains to:
Stream network

Water protection:
Main risks are associated with overland flow from compacted or poached fields. Organic slurry, dirty water, fertiliser, pathogens and fine sediment can all move in suspension or solution with overland flow or drain water

General cropping:
Mostly suited to grass production for dairying or beef; some cereal production often for feed. Timeliness of stocking and fieldwork is important, and wet ground conditions should be avoided at the beginning and end of the growing season to avoid damage to soil structure. Land is tile drained and periodic moling or subsoiling will assist drainage

 

SNAP
Gail, I have exactly the same here next to Newcastle

Sorry Green Glass Goblin for digressing... to the forum!

 

Exactly the same that sounds a bit weird mate