lawn

Hi there, I have moved into a circa 1950’s house and my next project is tackling the garden. There was an old detached garage which had the roof removed due to asbestos. I have since knocked this down and removed and begun knocking up the concrete base, the plan being to turf/seed over this...

Whats the best way to get rid of clover on my lawn? Its taking over from the grass in some bits lol Its not a huge lawn. Is there a Selective Weedkiller I could buy? Thanks

I got the plastic lawn edging below. How do I fit this with no stakes? Its was for the edge of the lawn beside my paving slabs edgers. Tthe grass was growing out over them. Someone did suggest I could use galvanised nails . Thanks...

Last week we had to get a repair done on the septic tank soakaway which involved a digger in use in a fairly confined space. One part of lawn has had a small digger toing and froing over it now looks ripped, brown in patches and looks more compacted. The area over the new section of...

Hello I plan to over seed our lawn once the weather warms up a little, probably wait a couple of weeks. My intention was to cut the grass fairly short first, then sow the new grass seeds. I was wondering to help the seeds along, should I scatter the grass cuttings over the new seeds to help...

I've got a 4" deep timber frame on top of paving slabs ready to fill in before the artificial grass arrives. The area is 4m x 5.5m. I have a couple of questions: - Should I remove some or all of the paving slabs before filling the frame in? Is there any benefit/harm to keeping the slabs? - What...

Hi guys, I’m building a single skin, 4 courses solid engineering brick retaining wall to retain a small garden lawn. I’ve left weep holes every 2nd brick at ground level and will backfill with 10mm pea gravel, but wanted thoughts on whether a polythene membrane should be put along the side of...

Hi all, I've currently got a problem with a very squelchy lawn. The lawn is on a gradual slope towards the house and is at it's worst at the bottom of the slope. The soil is generally heavy with clay as well. I was planning on installing a landdrain throughout the lawn but i'm now wondering if...

Hello all I have a single skin brick wall running down one side of the garden. In an attempt to give my kids more room to play I am going to be extending the lawn/garden against this wall - existing garden is about 45cm higher than the base of the wall. This garden will be extended to be up...

Hi, I am new to gardening in general. We have got an old paved garden (not so much garden as it doesn’t have any grass just stones). We want to lay some new lawn on it. It looks like historically there was a pond which previous owner have removed and filled with concrete and builder's rubble...

Hoping for some advice on what has become a nightmare lawn. Last summer my lawn - although uneven - was something I was fairly proud of. I'd fertilised it, laid a few new rolls of turf to the left and got rid of the moss and weeds. It looked like this: This snow and rain this year though...

Looking for ideas for low cost lawn edging to separate lawn from borders. Larger area to cover. Established lawns and recently decluttered borders. - Lawn and borders are at same/similar level. Probably benefit from a slight raised edge. - Edges are straight with square corners. - Lawns are...