Lawns

I think if it gets chopped up you might get away with it, but best to remove all the stems you can, the roots are not a problem.

I did not say fill the gaps, I asked, is the browning where you had filled them with kilned sand?

What your grass lacks is the stimulation of grazing livestock foot/hoof prints to force the thatch layer into the soil.Therefore you may need to rake it off but will need to repay by introducing humus in some way. Refer to the carbon cycle. Fungal activity is fundamental to plantlife; its...

Thanks for the responses guys.. I don’t have the batch no/boxes unfortunately. I’ll give it a good watering over the next couple of days and see if that works.

If it drains very well the soil is not clay and there can not be a solid concrete base under the lawn. There might be rubble underneath from demolished buildings containing lime mortar. The lime can push the soil ph above 7.5 making the soil too alkaline resulting in your grass not growing well.

Thanks - all excellent advice. Builders' tramp slightly difficult to control however! I'll take the rough with the smooth and wait till spring then for its beauty treatment!

@RoseBush I'd agree with In my experience, badgers keep coming to the same area for quite a while, so even if it was warm, it would be worth waiting in case they messed things up again.

Well you could go for a weed and feed but most peoples "lawns" have weeds, its only those that practice proper lawn care that really have weed free lawns.Personally I'd just give it a feed to get the grass growing, which it should be starting to do now, it will take a while but the grass...

Wow 5 years flew by