Look After Your Lawn

When Spring comes around every year, many of us will see very different lawns…from a football pitch, a scrap yard, or perhaps even a wildlife park! Too often all we see is a muddy patch with a little green or a soft mattress of moss, when in fact what we want to see is a beautiful lush green lawn. 

No matter how green-fingered we are, we all want top take pride in our lawns, and rightly so as they are the backbone of every garden helping to provide shape and contrast to flower borders. Here’s our top tips to give your lawn some well deserved TLC.

Lawn TLC

Give your lawn some love – all our lawns are subjected to all sorts of harsh conditions from weather to general wear and tear. In spring and autumn, its time to pamper our beloved grass to turn it back into a lawn.

For most of us the problems are either bare worn-out patches or thick springy moss. If treated correctly these problems can soon be rectified, giving us the lawn we dream about.

To achieve the best results, timing, preparation, application and aftercare are all essential. Although this sounds very complicated by following these simple steps it really is quite straightforward.

First up mow your lawn, this will give you access to the soil underneath so that your TLC can begin. Note: don’t be tempted to cut it if the soil is very wet. Be gentle with the first few cuts of the season, simply trim off the top third of growth with the mower blades adjusted to their highest setting.

Top-dress

Once removed, there may be bare patches that require re-seeding. Before this is done we recommend topdressing the lawn. Moss generally occurs in lawns because of poor drainage, and although the moss has been killed if the drainage is not improved then it will quickly grow back.

By applying a top dressing of two parts sharp sand, one part peat and one part loam we can improve the drainage around the base of the grass. If you don’t have these a The best method of applying this mixture is to broadcast it on to the lawn with a shovel, and settle it into the lawn by using a stiff yard brush.

A product like Evergreen Lawn dressing is perfect for this job.

Aerate

For badly waterlogged lawns it may also be necessary to aerate to improve the drainage. This can be done with a garden fork or a hollow tine aerator for maximum affect. For large lawns mechanical tools are available. Once complete again apply a top dressing to prevent the problem recurring – pure sand is good for this.

A product like Evergreen Lawn dressing is perfect for this job.