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Watch how to lay turf and establish a vigorous lawn with Monty Don and Chris Beardshaw's video advice, as they turf a garden area at Berryfields.spring or autumnMore lawn care adviceHow to maintain a healthy lawnHow to renovate a lawnHow to lay turf

I am about to embark on laying a new turf lawn for someone. If I use weed killer to get rid of the old one, how long should I safetly wait to lay the new turf ( after all necessary preparation of course) . Also I live in France and here I've been

company come and lay new turf yesterday. They were meant to rotavate the existing lawn, level it off as the old lawn was very bumby, put topsoil on and lay the new turf. All they've done is poured 2 cubic meters of topsoil (it's a 54m.sq. garden) on top

Laying lawn turf is one of the simplest ways to remedy a tired, shapeless patch of grass or to create a new lawn. It may be a little more expensive than sowing grass seed, but the benefits outweigh the cost - you'll have an instant, usable area

We are going to lay new turf soon as a wet winter, a dog and no stepping stones to get to the chickens have left us with a complete mess of a garden! Do we need to take off what is left of the existing lawn? My husband think we can just dig it all

I have a very uneven lawn. I am thinking of using a glyosphate weedkiller to till the existing lawn and weeds, then rotovate the area, level it and then lay new turf. Would this work? And how long do I need to leave between using the glyosphate

I would like to reduce the size of a large block paved patio in my garden and would like to lay turf instead. I have removed a small section, and the blocks are on a bed of sharp sand and scalpings. Could i get by with just removing some

I am planning to lay new turf next spring. In the meantime can someone please tell me what I need to do to prepare the ground (where I am laying the turf) over the winter time. Can anyone recommend any particular grass type. The soil is heavy clay

position to raise the level of the lawn by a couple of inches. So, after killing the old lawn I was going to add appropriate top-soil to raise the level before laying turf. What's the best process to achieve this? 1. What do I do to kill the lawn - whilst

Did you lay the lawn or did you buy it already laid? Is it seeded or turfed? Can you be a bit more specific, Cat? It was laid by the people who buil he house. It was turf and not well laid. I've tried to ask them about it but it was a contractor