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Spring Lawn Care Essentials
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So you're looking at your patchy lawn and wondering how to get your lawn looking like a lush and healthy lawn. Well follow these principles and say goodbye to bare patches, moss, poor drainage and weeds and hello to a better lawn in good shape.
How To Get Rid Of Weed Grass
The likeliness is that you’ve suffered from this problem at some point or you will do in the future (or you currently do!). This is up there as one of the top pain points for lawn owners across the UK. What are we referring to? Weed grasses! Why are they a problem? Completely ruining the uniformity of your lawn, creating a coarse, spikey feeling underfoot and rapidly spreading to replace your lush, healthy desired grass, it can feel like a nightmare when you see weed grasses pop up. These nuisances like annual meadow grass and Yorkshire fog appear at random...
March Lawn Checklist
February Review It has been a VERY gusty and stormy February so we hope you guys have all managed to stay safe and the garden is still intact. March Checklist In general we are assuming most of you will have been quiet on the lawn front but now is definitely the time to start getting everything prepared for spring. When you do get going, make sure the winter frosts are finished and the lawn is not too wet to avoid any damage. 1. Start your mowing correctly. Make sure the frosts have finished and the lawn is dry enough. Set...
3 Essential Steps To Keeping Your Lawn Thick And Healthy
Here are 3 essential steps to keeping your lawn thick and healthy throughout the year. Once you've achieved a great lawn it can be a real shame to let is deteriorate as it can require starting from scratch again. 1. Fertiliser Each season requires different nutrients for your lawn to thrive and cope with whatever conditions the temperamental UK weather can throw at it! Without fertiliser the grass will not thrive as well as it can do, which can increase the likeliness of weeds, moss and pests infesting the lawn. Ideal NPK ratios for each season: Spring In spring you...
4 Reasons Why Now Is The Perfect Time To Transform Your Lawn (Until Late October)
Thinking of waiting until next spring or early summer to renovate your lawn? Don’t! Any time from now until the end of the growing season is your best option. What.. why?! Read this taken from the BBC website: “Grass seed is best sown from late summer to mid-autumn; there is less competition from weeds, and the soil is warm, and damp from rain. Perfect for seeds to germinate.” So that’s: 1. Soil temperatures suitable for germination2. Increasing amount of rain to help growth3. Less competition allowing your new lawn to thrive and thicken Not only this but.. 4. Deeper and thicker...