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then spread the seed and compost evenly sow enough to repair the lawn and some the birds will take, to stop them put some mesh down over the patch or stretch cotton across some spikes round the patch. Let the new grass get a good hold before the first cut even

of nectar for bees. However, once it is established in your garden it will quickly spread, causing particular problems when it appears in the lawn. Plant spreads by underground stems and seeds and produces large drought-resistant patches in lawns, so grass

lawn, oh that we could keep them, and kill dandelions! I found this site because I wonder if one can have a daisy lawn without grass. Infrequent cuting, great wildlife and beautiful. Where's the catch?If one doesn't treat grass as precious, what

I know it's still too wintery to be worrying too much. But can anyone recommend a good fertiliser to use in the coming months to encourage a decent grass growth. the soil is very thin and has a lot of builders rubbish in it. The lawn has several

Over the summer, a black shiny substance has appeared in one corner of our lawn. I am not sure what it is. The grass remains fine and it seems to live at the base, on the thatch/soil. It is really shiny but not wet or slimy. I have twice used a hose

can also suffer badly when their roots are disturbed, or they're left dangling in an empty space. Before mowing a lawn with mole hills, sweep up the soil to avoid smudging it across the grass.There are two symptoms of moles: mole hills - piles

memories of my childhood. A lawn can't really be called a lawn if there are no daisies.I have a few patches of daisies, but they are only visible in places where the grass has not been cut for a while....   The heads are perhaps 4 inches above the ground

. Is there any piont in sowing grass seed on the areas that are massivlely overgrown with buttercups, they are just beginning to grow back now. My dream is to have a lovely grassy lawn....but i fear it may not be the case...any ideas, tips would be appreciated

your lawn is one of the finer types and will only grow so high-or the soil has no nutrient and therefore the grass has nothing to feed on-but the presence of worms would contradict that The only thing you can do it to commence a feeding programme-with a

(ph 5 when tested), the soil type is heavy clay and consequently there is moss there. i did my best to reduce that, upon moving into the house the moss and weed problem was horrific, hardly any of the lawn was actually grass! but the problem still