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Consult Joe Swift's video guide to buying the right lawn mower for your garden lawn. Joe talks through the fors and againsts of different models, including push cylinder, electric, cylinder, petrol cylinder, an environmentally friendly ethanol

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Remove winter grime from patios and terraces with a pressure washerSow new lawns, choosing a grass mix that suits the type of lawn you wantSnip plain green shoots off variegated shrubsMow lawns on dry days if grass is growing stronglyDig out couch

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Couch grass often grows in among cultivated plants. It's a clump-forming perennial that spreads through the soil via underground stems or stolons, and is easily spread by cultivation. It can creep from lawns to infest flower and vegetable beds

been mown too closely. Once it's established it will quickly spread, appearing as an undesirable and unsightly addition to a lawn. Moss appears in lawns in compact, spreading, springy patches that inhibit the growth of the grass. In lawns, improve

A maggot, the larva of the cranefly or daddy-longlegs, which attacks the roots of many plants, including flowers, vegetables and pot plants. May also attack lawns, causing dead patches of grass to appear.

were filling in large holes! We raked fine sandy soil over the damaged areas, so hopefully the grass will soon grow back. The deeper holes were filled in and reseeded, and then raked over. It was nearly dark by the time we finished, and the lawn (as