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, aerate the turf by making holes in it with a fork, then top dress with gritty compost to assist surface drainage. In shaded areas, sow grass seed or lay turf that is appropriate for such conditions.In spring or early autumn, use a proprietary product

at all. Autumn and spring are great times to make this project so you're planting it up at the best times of the year.Treat field horsetail with a systemic herbicide Install water butts to collect rainwater over winterScarify, aerate and feed your lawn

the process by turning your heap occasionally with a garden fork, to aerate it, mixing the outside ingredients to the inside. Make sure you cover your bin to keep the rain out.When the mixture turns brown and crumbly, and very slightly sweet smelling

to the pond that just breaks the surface of the water gives birds a landing platform from which to take a drink.AdamYour mini pond will be difficult to move when full of water, so plant it up in situ.Add a couple of oxygenating plants to help aerate the pond

. Mixing the compost with equal parts of perlite (see picture) will make the compost more aerated and can often encourage quicker rooting.Although not essential for easy-to-root plants, dipping the base of the cutting into rooting hormone will promote root

Dr Hessayon recommends spraying turf with worm killer, which seems a bit strict for a domestic lawn. Mostly, however, we encourage worms to colonise our borders in order to aerate and feed the soil; all that mulch which we heap upon our gardens

and size, I have to empty it regularly to aerate the contents so it breaks down quicker. Every time I do this a pile of semi-rotted waste ends up on the lawn and, within minutes, insects have flocked to the garden.Dung flies are the first to arrive