My lawn killed my mower! Any recommendations for a replacement please?

Excellent

 

That's a great idea Kriste Either side of my aren't really into gardening, so probably wouldn't do something like this on their own, but might if we could share the cost. I'll ask them, from over the fence of course

 

It's pretty lumpy @andrews, I have tripped a couple of times, and it's not pleasant to walk on. I think two years worth of worm casts probably isn't helping, some are them pretty big and rock-solid now. I should have done this last year (after the first winter in the house).

 

@Kristen WOW that looks like a beast! Thank you for the information, I think it's going to be hiring one, as I can't afford to spend money on something that's just going to dust the surface!

I don't know what a lute is, but will Google it, thank you

Thank you @Liz the pot. I think I will give it a really good rake to try and get some of the casts broken down, then when the shops are open again hire a good one and fingers crossed it will do the trick.

Quick question about the worm casts please. How can I reduce the infact the casts are having on the grass when the worms go mad at the end of the year? Should I knock them down then? I don't want to hurt them?

Thank you everyone for your help, much appreciated.

 

How big are your worms ? Ive never had a worm cast issue but this is maybe because of the dogs. They run about the garden probably tramping them down and my grass expectations are probably lower than most because of the dog traffic.

 

BIG! When I was turning over the borders last year, every fork turned up 5-6 at a time and they are quite fat and long. I can't remember if it was October/November, but you could hardly see the green of the grass there were so many earth casts. I didn't want to hurt them so just left the casts, now of course they are solid and trying to disperse them with the hand fork was almost impossible, so I gave up after a little patch. I am not complaining I know it is good to have them in the earth, but it is a bit of a pain with the lawn now

 

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