Lawns

I have an electric scarifier and only used it once in the six or seven years I've owned it. I don't even know if it still works, time to find out I think.

Thank you King Edward. Your advice is very helpful.

The best thing to do is dig the stumps out as it will take a long while to try and kill those with chemicals. I was going to suggest Round-up or something similar with a glyphosate content to kill everything else, unfortunately you've cleared the ground and it needs to be sprayed on foliage as...

By leaving the grass longer it will become thinner. Grass like any other plant is pruned but by mowing and this encourages it to thicken up as the grass will create it's own new branches. The first couple of cuts of the season should be done on a high-ish mower setting but after that drop it...

Leave alone and keep off it , no feed its too early in the season you will do more harm than good It will soon bounce back

Raspberries spread like mad and they will throw up tons of suckers from one plant.The best bet it to mark where the offending plant is in your lawn with a cane and then remove the lawn.Dig about a foot down under the cane and remove the roots. Follow the runners and this should lead to the...

Quote A few thoughts:-You could contact Hayters (they're two miles from me)You may find that it's an engine that runs on four star and not unleaded.I don't know whether Hayters used Villiers engines before they went over to Briggs and Stratton but you could investigate on line. If so,...

Indeed. I did towards the back of last year. It really deserves a larger lawn to work on. Get,s mine done in no time at all!

pics please............

Are they digging up chafer grubs? If so, get rid of those grubs and the badgers will lose interest.

Thanks JWK - it's looking good

Thanks Sheal, that's a good idea, i'll try that

Thanks guys, Appreciated

It's a toss up between the leaves shading the grass or the damage you do by walking. To be honest walking won't do much harm normally provided it's not frosty. Personally I'd leave the leaves, at the moment on my lawn the worms are doing a great job of aerating. They are pulling some of the...

I gave up on grass completely. I put some paths down from the house outwards and planted up the rest. My dogs actually really enjoy going in and out of the shrubs etc. Fortunately they enjoy going in and out of the polytunnel too. One of them is a great ratter/mouser in there.

The conifers are in next doors garden and around 4 ft away from the edge of my lawn and on a lower level so I'm confident they won't cause a problem that way...just shade around this time of year. During the summer the lawn will get plenty of sun all over...if we get any :-)

Elliseum, please ignore the attached file on my post above, I hit a key by mistake and that came up. I've no idea how to get rid of it.

Right I've had a lawn care company out and done what you've suggest by asking their recommendations and of course price!It looks to be about £300 per year to get treatment. This includes: moss killer now. Solid tine aerating in Jan/Feb. and then every 9 weeks a fertiliser.I also live in an...

A lot of Fungi are symbiotic with tree roots, they use them as their internet to warn each other of pest attacks.

Hi luiza.Welcome to the forum. I used seed for my back lawn, it is about 80 ft by 15 ft and I had no problems, apart from the birds, but I just over seeded it at a later date. I got a 20kg sack from B&Q for about £30. Much more cost effective and as already posted by others now is the time to...