Lawns

This year has been slug and snail heaven due to the weather and their numbers have increased to epic proportions.There is always a certain amount of guilt about killing creatures but they are beyond serious pests this year and if you have dogs or cats, lungworm parasites can kill both unless...

As Linz said fill holes with new turf and patch in with soil and seed. Make sure the turf is fresh . As you may only need two rolls B and Q may be best . If you ask they will tell you when they are to receive a fresh batch. So you can nip down and get it then. Tatty old turf struggles - I know...

The problem with digging out areas of weed grass is that their roots can travel all over the place and unless you get every minuscule piece of root out, they will soon resurface.Take couch grass for instance... it's roots are a nightmare to get rid of as they spead so far and wide, plus it...

Two threads for you. Beginning to end result.Plenty of advice and discussion in them.

A well balanced low N,P and K lawn fertiliser would be a good idea to add to the soil prior to turfing. Decent turf suppliers add it to your order as a matter of course. Often they'll add their own or bags of chicken pellets. Don't go higher than about 8/8/8.

Actually, he's also a friend who took advice from another gardener before starting. They must both be rubbish gardeners...Thanks for the replies.

I'd put on a bit more than 3mm and increase the frequency - say 10mm every 3 weeks. Keep watering it well over the summer to keep it growing and if 10mm seems to be smothering the garss then cut down the depth next time.

Situation last weekend after mowing. Personally we think it is improving.PH

If you want to apply seed I would hold back on using fertiliser. Manufacturers normally indicate a time scale of when to apply fertiliser on seed but if you seed and use a fine grade top soil the nutrients in that will be enough to promote a good start for the seed and will do the same with the...

Looking good Tim

Basically you have a subsoil clay base with sand on top, that won't be any good for a lawn. It will need a good layer of topsoil before seeding plus as much organic material as you can find - spent mushroom compost is cheap and ideal for helping to improve clay.

The subsoil is predominantly ashy / gritty. its apparently typical for this area. Not clay based at all.Sent from my E5823 using Tapatalk

Put clay flower pots upside down over them, when they move the nest into them for the warmth, slide a spade under it and move it to a neighbour's lawn, preferably wearing a balaclava

That, my friend, is indeed a rather healthy-looking lawn.Feed and weed leaves black patches if moss or weeds are present but there doesn't appear to be any signs of this.... just a growth of strong grass, which should keep moss and weeds like dandelions, lesser trefoil, self heal etc at...

Hi - I would like to feed my lawn with a sprinkler because it will save me some time not having to stand there spraying through a bottle, which I attached to my hosepipe.Does anybody know of a sprinkler that you can pore liquid feed into or a suitable bottle that has an 'in connection' and...

Seems to work OK Adam . Its not a showpiece lawn , Molly makes sure of that ,but it looks ok with zero weeds. If you have a large lawn it may be better to just go for "green" as Shiney can get a bit pricey feeding it several times a year.

I'd use a hoe - on a hot sunny day like today hoeing them up would kill 99% of them.

lol at the scissors pic and mention.It takes some practice to do vertical edging with a strimmer but with an angled neck one it somehow feels easier as I find it easier to see the strimmer head.A circle like @martin-f showed with the scissors would probably take probably 30 seconds to do...

rotovate sharp sand into your soil to amend it and help drainage.

As I said I intend to cover the areas being treated so the buns cannot get to it at all. I was going to do this with the non rabbit areas too as don't want the wildlife exposed to pesticides either.