i've mown patches of weeds for a season and created something good enough for playing on. there's always a certain amount of grass in a good weed patch and it responds well to mowing while the other weeds don't. Just mow for a few weeks and your lawn will be fine.
Don't worry about it too much Antony about getting something looking like a billiard table because, it will get used for football, cricket, paddling pools, playing tennis, to name but a few. As for keeping plants looking good, forget it.
I think Antony just wanted some advice about maintaining his grass so that it's suitable for his young kids to play on. I doubt if he's planning on creating Versailles or Vaux le Vicomte just yet.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Well, SD, from my experience, having had 3 children + their friends playing all sorts in the garden, the last thing Antony wants is a lawn he doesn't want spoilt or plants he doesn't want hit with a football, or a prize plant picked, etc. Time will come when he can have his wonderful green carpet and all the plants he desires, but not for a while yet, unless he wants high blood pressure and miserable children. All I ever did was keep the grass cut and have easy maintainable shrubs. Roses all went plus anything that was dangerous. Perhaps others think I'm talking a load of rot, but it worked for me. Just have a bag of grass seed handy for all the bald patches that will undoubtedly appear.
Antony just wanted advice on cutting his new Lawn.
I would cut it now on the highest setting on my lawn mower making sure there is no grass laying down Antony if you have grass that is laying down rake it and then cut it at the same high you've just cut it at.
Then leave it two to three days to recover we have more hot weather on the way so don't be to eager to cut it to short yet as it will do more harm than good at the weekend cut it and your next lower setting I would cut this late in the evening so the sun is not burning it all day.
Leave your mower at that height for a week or two in fact I would leave the mover height in the middle setting for the rest of the year grass that is to short is not healthy, Your new grass needs to put down a good root system to see it through the winter.
I bought a lawn expert book from homebase for about five pounds which is a good investment as I would imagine you've spent around £200.00+ already
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i've mown patches of weeds for a season and created something good enough for playing on. there's always a certain amount of grass in a good weed patch and it responds well to mowing while the other weeds don't. Just mow for a few weeks and your lawn will be fine.
In the sticks near Peterborough
If it's just for kids to play on, just mow it regularly. I wouldn't bother weeding and feeding.mow it on the highest setting, don't scalp it.
Don't worry about it too much Antony about getting something looking like a billiard table because, it will get used for football, cricket, paddling pools, playing tennis, to name but a few. As for keeping plants looking good, forget it.
But I'm only an amatuer gardener. What do I know?
Am I living in a parallel universe???
I think Antony just wanted some advice about maintaining his grass so that it's suitable for his young kids to play on. I doubt if he's planning on creating Versailles or Vaux le Vicomte just yet.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Well, SD, from my experience, having had 3 children + their friends playing all sorts in the garden, the last thing Antony wants is a lawn he doesn't want spoilt or plants he doesn't want hit with a football, or a prize plant picked, etc. Time will come when he can have his wonderful green carpet and all the plants he desires, but not for a while yet, unless he wants high blood pressure and miserable children. All I ever did was keep the grass cut and have easy maintainable shrubs. Roses all went plus anything that was dangerous. Perhaps others think I'm talking a load of rot, but it worked for me. Just have a bag of grass seed handy for all the bald patches that will undoubtedly appear.
Antony just wanted advice on cutting his new Lawn.
I would cut it now on the highest setting on my lawn mower making sure there is no grass laying down Antony if you have grass that is laying down rake it and then cut it at the same high you've just cut it at.
Then leave it two to three days to recover we have more hot weather on the way so don't be to eager to cut it to short yet as it will do more harm than good at the weekend cut it and your next lower setting I would cut this late in the evening so the sun is not burning it all day.
Leave your mower at that height for a week or two in fact I would leave the mover height in the middle setting for the rest of the year grass that is to short is not healthy, Your new grass needs to put down a good root system to see it through the winter.
I bought a lawn expert book from homebase for about five pounds which is a good investment as I would imagine you've spent around £200.00+ already
I do hope this helps you
James