Lawns

It looks as if the roots of the trees have raised the turf level slightly, hence the grass getting scalped.

The ground will be sour from an excess of chicken droppings. This happens to our chicken run and once a year, I sprinkle garden lime over it and the let the rain water it in. Chicken droppings are very acidic when fresh, so the lime neutralises. Perhaps you could sprinkle the lime in when you...

Q: Part of my lawn is in heavy shade. How can I keep grass growing there? A: Grass does not like heavy shade, and grows tall and thin in lighter shade. It will help to cut the shaded grass longer (but just as frequently) than grass that lies in full sun. You can also help the shaded grass by...

:hehe: i am the wife (well girlfriend anyway)!!! I would just use it then give it a bloody good clean, OH will never know the difference (mostly cos 1. he hardly ever cooks and 2. he prob isnt even aware of what knives we actually own!!) I will certainly take some pics and upload them onto here...

Hi all, I laid a new lawn six weeks ago and i cut it at the weekend for the second time, only this time i went to the closest cut setting and i have skimmed off little bits of grass,now i have a few bald patches but i wouldn't say there deep patches,just a light skim of the top, i have fed it...

Hi all, I laid a new lawn six weeks ago and i cut it at the weekend for the second time, only this time i went to the closest cut setting and i have skimmed of little bits of grass,now i have a few bald patches but i wouldn't say there deep patches,just a light skim of the top, i have fed it and...

Well I'm a total novice so take others' advice as well but I've reseeded several patches in my lawn. One I did about a year ago and I only really feel confident walking on it now. Another I sowed at the end of last summer and it's still really soft and the new grass seems 'delicate' so I still...

What it does is remove the compacted thatch in the grass which hinders the growth of new grass, it also removes moss when you've previously applied mosskiller a couple of weeks before. I use a flymo for convenience and this isn't the best machine to prevent the compacting of the grass. You...

I'd like to grow some wheatgrass indoors - not for the usual health tonic reasons - I'd like to have a mini lawn in my house!Has anyone grown wheatgrass? Any idea how long it will keep growing for? Can I cut it multiple times and keep it growing?Any tips appreciated.Thanks,

:gnthb: Hey Blueroses... Yes just a bit off topic, but hopefully saiwong won't mind.... Great minds think alike... Her work is fabulous, have always loved it..!! :gnthb: OK back on topic now.. :hehe:

HiYes I think you could be right - that was actually my first thought as I did spread it by hand... I'll continue to water it.However, I did the spreading in two halves over two days - there are no patches on the second bit - but perhaps my technique had improved by then!Cheers

lmao.

Yes,good top soil should be ok,sprinkle some compost if you like but I wouldn't spend to much on it. Make sure it's firm(no soft spots) where it would sink. Don't lay it on dry soil and make sure the turf has copious amounts of water for some time after. Good luck.

black birds and rooks do that, you could rig up your garden with 240v mains... then your find what ever is doing this will be fried

Hi guys,Newbie here both to the forum and to gardening. I have recently moved house and for the first time i have a lawn. (5mx20m). The lawn looks ok from the kitchen window (fairly even colour and no major bare spots) but upon close inspection is full of moss and thatch. So, after a bit...

Don't know about being ripped off because I don't know enough about the lawn. If you stick with it then wait till its taken and in the autumn have a look at getting it scarified in two directions to get as much of the stuff you don't want as possible out and then overseed. Then give it a light...

There has been some discussion recently on this subject George. I still suggest that it's okay to scarify in the Spring. I've just done about 1000 sq metres of lawn for a client. It took all day with two of us working hard, one on the machine and the other carting the thatch and moss away with...

will pop to get some from garden centre now, as it has been raining and looks like it may rain again today, just have to try and avoid looking around as i go mad and want to buy everything

Thanks for this answer: haven't been on this site for a while but on checking now I realised you had posted this very informative answer to my question quite a while ago. So - thanks!

Mmmm... with hindsight i would have done this but it's a little too late now...... Will this be safe to use near the leylandii? They are only babies (12" to 18" tall and only planted at beginning of summer last year) Any particular brand of weedkiller work best?