Extreme Lawn Rescue

Hello folks,

Moved home this summer and the garden has been neglected for some time. Lawn is mostly weeds and large areas can become covered with pine needles which I understand is bad for lawns.

I've cut the lawn and sewn grass seed since the photos were taken.

What else can be done?

 

I suppose digging it up and planting flowers and shrubs isn't a goer and that a planting a range of bulbs in the grass and basically going the wildflower meadow route is also a non starter.
Unless the trees are removed you are stuck with the needles, I find that fir needles are not too much of an issue, but they are a lot smaller than yours appear to be.

 

• Pine trees are beautiful but the Pine needles can kill grass because they deprive the soil and roots of oxygen, water, sunlight, nutrients, and airflow. Letting pine needles pile up will put pressure on the grass, causing the blades to bend.rake them once or twice per week, use a leaf blower to remove excess pine needles, and toss them in a compost bin or waste can. .

Some people collect pine needles and toss them all over a patch of weeds but thats not all that good idea cause .weeds grow along side grass and Anything under the pile of pine needles will experience growth problems i have alsoi read some people use pine needles for craft work so if you handy use your pine needles for craft

On my 2 lawns i had a lot of clover dont mind some clover it helps insects but the 2 lawns were covered and other weeds so in late summer . i used fresh coffee to feed the grass and sugar to kill weeds including clover the grass i now s much greener with hardly any weeds someone on the forum mentioned sugar also read it on the net it has really worked try it on a small patch but you also need 2 or 3 times aweek keep on top of the pine needles