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Talkback: How to improve your lawn

On 07/04/2012 in forum

would be grateful if you could direct me out of this mess thankyou CHRISTINE NOBLE My lawn is heavily laden with moss, I used Evergreen lawn treatment. After a week or so I scarified it and had a lot of thatch from it. Since doing this the lawn has a


Talkback: How to repair a lawn patch

On 13/06/2012 in forum

after killing moss, scarifying and sowing seed (lawn looking pretty good) - and I shall try the tip of placing polythene over the grass seed on the remaining patches (which have not germinated). Thanks for the tip. at 1st visit ,could not set up my own


Soil on Grass

On 02/07/2012 in forum

.After scarifying and aerating we would put a load of lawn soil on the green and rake it in leveling with a long plank. The soil contained seed and fertiliser it was then left to over winter and we would then cut it dropping the blade to find a perfect sward


Sheep, cattle and grass

On 31/01/2011 in Gardeners' musings

trying to maintain a well ordered and good-looking field then it is good to use both types of animal as the cattle do a sort of scarifying, while the sheep nibble it all down to a close crop. Sheep are much more selective and fussy feeders than cattle


Help for student designer

On 25/10/2012 in forum

the mower drive. the lever you have to hold in on the scarifier, the pull chords to make petrol tools start. I am not a very small person, but they beat me. Fiskars opened up a new dimension in tool development with this weeding tool


boggy mossy lawn

On 07/01/2013 in forum

to apply. The moss goes black & then needs scarifying to remove it. I think that you can hire some equipment to help you do that with such a large area. If cost isnt too much of an issue, but time & energy are, then there are specific companies that do lawn


Talkback: Autumn lawn care

On 27/12/2011 in forum

scarifying Lawn sand is probably what you want there was 5 min clip on GW prog earlier in year from Rhs its what they use. I am not an expert, but watched Gardener's World yesterday - and he did both one after the other. See if it's on the iplayer


Mossy lawns

On 15/04/2012 in forum

to reduce the moss problem by scarifying the area then airating and sifting in sharp sand. This will help reduce the thatch and better aid drainage. You can also take out large lawn weeds with a trowel ie dandelion & plantain. Both of these again may mean


Autumn lawn care

On 20/09/2010 in Gardeners' musings

gardening art of overseeding. This is a simple way to thicken-up your lawn, revitalising growth by sprinkling over some fresh grass seed.Start by raking over the lawn or using a powered lawn rake or scarifier. This removes any accumulated moss or debris


Talkback: Ash trees

On 28/11/2011 in forum

before they take root??? We are raking them up with a plastic garden rake at the moment as the scarifier isn't picking them all up. hi hello from anonymous I am also fed up with the pesky things dropping in to my garden, and as you get older it's even


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