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Tips for Good Lawns

Tips for Good Lawns

Lawns, particularly when the grass is newly cut, can provide the most evocative of garden scents. Lawns act as a natural soak a-way for rain and in so many ways are preferable to hard landscaping. Keep the geese off!

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Improve the look of your garden by cutting the grass and trimming the edges. A neatly mowed lawn sets off the rest of the garden.

  • In June you can lower your mowers  cutting blades if you wish but leave 1 inch of grass or it will looked scalped and get bare patches.
  • If you have too many daisies or weeds in the lawn it is OK to give it a ‘feed and weed’ treatment. I find it easier to use a liquid combo for this job but there are also several granular applications you could use. I also have a spot weeder for dandelions and one off weeds.
  • Do not worry if the lawn is dry and starting to go brown it will soon green up again after rain. It is a waste of time and effort to water the lawn except in the most extreme conditions when hosepipes will be banned anyway.
  • It isn’t too late to rake over the lawn scratching the surface to remove dead grass, moss and other debris.
  • On bare patches brush in some sand and lawn seed.
  • If edges are crumbling and damaged  cut out a length about 10 inches wide and turn it around so the damaged part is in the centre of the lawn and the new edge is crisp. water the new piece and it will knit back together.

Enjoy the grass on your lawn, walk barefooted or lay out to get a sun tan. Do not be a slave to your lawn or garden but enjoy.

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