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You don’t need us to tell you what a dreadfully wet winter it’s been – it’s all over the press after all. But how does this weather impact your lawn – are there any positives? It’s not all bad news, but poorly drained lawns have been almost destroyed over the winter, especially those which have still seen high traffic. If

June is typically a quieter month on the Lawn Care calendar. But given the fairly cold start to the Spring that we’ve had, there are a few issues that will need some extra attention. Mowing Perhaps the most obvious of the lawn care tasks this month. Warm weather and adequate moisture means that your lawn will be growing stronger than

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Your lawn is the centrepiece of your garden and how it looks has an enormous effect on the overall impact of your garden.  What you do to your lawn now will make for a great summer season and with spring coming fast now is the time to make plans to renovate and boost the lawn after a difficult winter. A

Well, winter has done its worst as ever and your lawn, if anything like mine, will likely have taken the usual beating of wet weather, melting snow, dogs, running children on bonfire night, the odd scrape from the local squirrel and a good stomping from good old fashioned wellies and boots. Looking out the window now, I can see bare

Well, we are officially over the Winter solstice and the days are, apparently, getting longer again although the cold chill of winter still holds us and our lawns in its icy clutches. Rooting through the garden shed following Christmas, and dislodging a cosy looking mouse from the dry grass nest he had squirrelled (moused?) under the rotor blade of the

Daffodils, lambs, long days, Easter – are just some of the things to look forward to in the coming months. It may not seem like it at 4.30 on the first Monday back at work, but Spring is less than 10 weeks away. We’ve been lucky so far this winter, with fairly mild temperatures and low rainfall, so lawns are

Lawn Sand is a greening tonic, applied to your lawn in Spring and Summer. Lawn Sand should be used to promote vigorous growth as well as to kill any moss. The product contains a chemical called Ferrous Sulphate, which will kill moss in 7-10 days. Moss should be raked out when it starts to lose its green colour and turn

August is usually a busy month for lawns. Not only is it the middle of the school holidays, but plenty of good weather means everyone is out making the most of their green space. Hot and dry weather, whilst not always guaranteed, can put your lawn under a lot of stress, so it’s important to manage it well. August Priorities

The vision of most gardeners is of a perfect sward of green stretching across their garden to complement the variety of flowers and foliage that fills the beds around it. The reality for many is an uneven green patch spotted with white or yellow flowers that detracts from the level surface they want to see. At some stages of lawn

Everyone wants to have the nicest lawn around. Visits to famous gardens seem to always include an expectation that the lawns will be immaculately manicured.  Those alternating stripes of light and dark grass reduce some people almost to tears. If you are a golfer or lawn bowls player you are used to finely-cropped lawns with perfect mowing taken as a