bede, no offence taken.My grass grows at a ridiculous rate of knots, I feel long grass is like an unmade bed in a bedroom, if everything else is tidy the effect is ruined. I cannot remember the last time it was cut. In May its a mass of celandines, before the drought there was clover, the bees were happy. We have a patch under fruit trees of long grass,wildlife flowers, plenty to keep everyone happy. It definitely needs cutting now, but we've had 3 storms in a week, and quite a bit of rain.
Here is a close up of one of the worst pathes on my lawn. 05 October.
We're getting there slowly.
We have enjoyed a lot of heavy rain. I have since treated the slowest recovering patches with FeSO4 (see "scarifying thread) and also I have spiked . I'll keep you posted.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I've just come across this thread. The back lawn has recovered all over and is even competing favorably with the newly sown sections where a flower bed has been reduced in size.
The front lawn is a different story. It is South facing and has much finer fescues, and is also being attacked by the dreaded purple oxalis. To add insult to injury, the local foxes were forever digging up the same two sections practically every night. Touch wood, they haven't done so in the last week or so, so l have probably now tempted fate 🦊🦊. OH is in 2 minds whether to deal with it now or just leave it until the Spring. Personally l want to attack the oxalis with weedkiller, but this is his domain. I have enough to deal with as it is 😁.
l want to attack the oxalis with weedkiller, but this is his domain
I googled "purple oxalis", not a name I knew. Would that be Oxalis corniculata? I have it growing as a weed in gravel next to my lawn, but not yet in the lawn itself. It is quite attractive I suppose and have seen that someone is actually selling it.
It is proving very difficult to eradicate. It doesn't respond to lawn selective weedkiler, the top growth is killed by hoeing, vinegar and boiling water, and then bounces back (perhaps from seed). It also hides under some cotoneaster. I haven't yet tried glyphosate, but will now. The thought of it getting into the lawn gives me horrors.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I'm beginning to feel more relaxed. Not 100% confident but I won't be thinking of reseeding before the spring.
Note my Niwaki tripod steps. I wouldnt be without it. Stable in most places.
Also note my liking for green, and preference of form over colour. Three potted hydrangeas just finishing their job of adding a spot or two of colour.
Since the rains came, I have mowed 3 times at lowest setting and taken about 2x the normal off. The compost heap will be getting a bit unbalanced.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
We're getting there. Some grass is resprouting in the "dead" areas, but a very coarse looking, but short, variety. Survival of the fitest.
At least if I do have to do a bit of overseeding it will be a lot less seed than I originally feared. Good grass seed is very expensive!
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
We're getting there slowly.
We have enjoyed a lot of heavy rain. I have since treated the slowest recovering patches with FeSO4 (see "scarifying thread) and also I have spiked . I'll keep you posted.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
The front lawn is a different story. It is South facing and has much finer fescues, and is also being attacked by the dreaded purple oxalis.
To add insult to injury, the local foxes were forever digging up the same two sections practically every night. Touch wood, they haven't done so in the last week or so, so l have probably now tempted fate 🦊🦊.
OH is in 2 minds whether to deal with it now or just leave it until the Spring. Personally l want to attack the oxalis with weedkiller, but this is his domain.
I have enough to deal with as it is 😁.
It is proving very difficult to eradicate. It doesn't respond to lawn selective weedkiler, the top growth is killed by hoeing, vinegar and boiling water, and then bounces back (perhaps from seed). It also hides under some cotoneaster. I haven't yet tried glyphosate, but will now. The thought of it getting into the lawn gives me horrors.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."