In my experience, not all men like to control... and the OP can read all views and make up his own mind, ... without being told what to think.
1. Your experience is valuable. You are right, many women like to control.
2. I'm not telling anyone what to think. Quite the reverse, I seem to be able to offer an alternative viewpoint. Every reader can use all inputs to make up their minds.
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."
It depends on what you want @Edward.francis. One way of avoiding a poorer stretch of grass is to plant something - a low hedge for example, but that may not be an option for you. It'll depend on the site, how you use it, and what else you have there etc. As @JennyJ said early on - when you have paving or similar right next to grass, the footings can affect drainage and growth. Pavement are even worse as the footings often slope, so that's where the climate can be a bigger factor - wetter areas are less badly affected than drier ones
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
This year so far I have raked mine and forked it thoroughly twice due to the unusual warmer weather. I have put a very thin sprinkling of Moss Killer. I am going to double up on care for the lawn (forking and raking) and see if just pure effort makes the difference. I have neglected it the last couple of years unfortunately.
If you want perfect grass/lawn, that's a big undertaking, and takes a lot of time and effort, and money, to have a bowling green look.
The OPs lawn looks pety good to me. Just killing the yellow moss would improve it enormously. With no extra effort. My FESO4 solution solution would probably nor leave the affected area bare but some struggling grass would show that it is there, and spread rapidly.
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."
@Bede Oh dear, hear we go again it's time to tell the gardening world get out your chemicals and' treat' your lawns. Others gardeners read your advice and follow what you say are you proud of that? You have been offering such good advice recently but looks like you have come out of retirement and returned to the job you used to enjoy.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
Ignore button is a good idea @GardenerSuze. I then don't have to see all the selective, out of context stuff [like the 1st page of this thread] or any of the other nonsense. Much better for the blood pressure
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
@Fairygirl When it comes to the non gardening stuff you are right. Yes we chat as part of our thoughts/ ideas and hopefully answers. I think that is normal. We don't always get it right but someone else will kindly let us know and we learn too.
However an' informative' list of chemicals, I feel is not appropriate to share with those young gardeners who are just starting out. They are looking for good sound advice on how to care for their gardens, they will trust what they read on here, they will then pass it onto others that is my concern.
If everyone stepped out into their garden with the first thought of protecting the ecology the positives would be huge. My thoughts as a gardener.
It is too important to be stressed, just something I need to share and I am happy to do so.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
I know exactly what you mean @GardenerSuze. Sadly, it doesn't matter how often many of us try to be mindful of the chemicals we might use, there are always those who promote it at every opportunity. Look at that thread from America just now There's also a mindset among some folk that everything needs to be controlled and constantly manicured and interfered with. I've mentioned before, the guy near me who clips every shrub in the garden to within an inch of it's life. The border along the path consists of a row of blobs, with, often waterlogged, soil in between. You can't tell what half the shrubs are. He's forever faffing with his lawn, scalping it then watering it, even when it's raining. You should see what it looks like just now. Utterly hideous - virtually all of it is yellow. The irony is that it backs onto the field which has sheep/cattle in it most of the time. It's far greener. If he just let the bl**dy things grow for five minutes, the garden would be so much more attractive. Bonkers. We can only hope that people can judge from the majority of advice offered, that there simply isn't the need for the amount of stuff poured onto their gardens as some would have them believe. The amount of wildlife that's completely disappeared in the UK in my lifetime is pretty horrific.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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2. I'm not telling anyone what to think. Quite the reverse, I seem to be able to offer an alternative viewpoint. Every reader can use all inputs to make up their minds.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
One way of avoiding a poorer stretch of grass is to plant something - a low hedge for example, but that may not be an option for you. It'll depend on the site, how you use it, and what else you have there etc.
As @JennyJ said early on - when you have paving or similar right next to grass, the footings can affect drainage and growth. Pavement are even worse as the footings often slope, so that's where the climate can be a bigger factor - wetter areas are less badly affected than drier ones
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The OPs lawn looks pety good to me. Just killing the yellow moss would improve it enormously. With no extra effort. My FESO4 solution solution would probably nor leave the affected area bare but some struggling grass would show that it is there, and spread rapidly.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I then don't have to see all the selective, out of context stuff [like the 1st page of this thread] or any of the other nonsense. Much better for the blood pressure
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
However an' informative' list of chemicals, I feel is not appropriate to share with those young gardeners who are just starting out. They are looking for good sound advice on how to care for their gardens, they will trust what they read on here, they will then pass it onto others that is my concern.
If everyone stepped out into their garden with the first thought of protecting the ecology the positives would be huge. My thoughts as a gardener.
It is too important to be stressed, just something I need to share and I am happy to do so.
Sadly, it doesn't matter how often many of us try to be mindful of the chemicals we might use, there are always those who promote it at every opportunity. Look at that thread from America just now
There's also a mindset among some folk that everything needs to be controlled and constantly manicured and interfered with. I've mentioned before, the guy near me who clips every shrub in the garden to within an inch of it's life. The border along the path consists of a row of blobs, with, often waterlogged, soil in between. You can't tell what half the shrubs are. He's forever faffing with his lawn, scalping it then watering it, even when it's raining. You should see what it looks like just now. Utterly hideous - virtually all of it is yellow. The irony is that it backs onto the field which has sheep/cattle in it most of the time. It's far greener.
If he just let the bl**dy things grow for five minutes, the garden would be so much more attractive. Bonkers.
We can only hope that people can judge from the majority of advice offered, that there simply isn't the need for the amount of stuff poured onto their gardens as some would have them believe. The amount of wildlife that's completely disappeared in the UK in my lifetime is pretty horrific.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...