But what about the giant baldy patches Verd? We're talking two and three square feet patches. And what's even more worser...it's at the top of the slope, not the bottom. In the sun, not the shady bit. It's making me more than little hysterical. (not really)
Sorry Watery I wasn't ignoring you. I tried the keep cutting it method and eventually the grass will predominate but it's just not working. If I manage to post pics of my goldfinches tomorrow you will see some serious dandelionage. I don't weedkill or fertilise the "field" at the back and it's full of little treasures. Mostly bog plants But the lawn at the front is a bit more formal...well as formal as I get.
I try to keep dandelions out of the front lawn - when we came here the garden had been neglected and the dandelions had spread to the garden downwind of here and I could tell that it distressed our elderly neighour, so I use weed and feed and dab any that linger with glyphosate gel.
On the back lawn we don't use weedkiller and allow all sorts of things to grow among the grass, including dandelions and buttercups - but with some hand-weeding I try to restrict these to the edges which are left to grow longer, while the speedwell, daisies and pennyroyal etc spread across the shorter centre of the grass.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I suspect mine have come in from the verges. I live in the sticks so I can't blame the neighbours but both sides of the road are like a yellow river at the moment.
I can't remember what the little flowers are that I have in the back. They're beautifully delicate and grow in shallow water. I looked them up last year but I've forgotten.
I didn't feel ignored. I only have a tiny lawn in the back so I don't have the struggle others do. We've purposely not gone with lawn in front because we know we are a bit on the untidy side with our lawns. (Although what we currently have in front isn't that great either.) I have to admit I will attack some dandelions with a daisy grubber. James Wong cultivates and eats them. That's one way to deal with it. I'd try it but I just don't like "greens."
My dog charges round the garden, woods, fields and grabs the heads off as she goes by. Ill rared child! It's very entertaining. She pounces on them like they're some kind of prey!
I'm not sure about eating them. My dad used to call them "pee the beds". Maybe the diuretic breaks down when they're cooked! Still not gonna eat them though!
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But what about the giant baldy patches Verd? We're talking two and three square feet patches. And what's even more worser...it's at the top of the slope, not the bottom. In the sun, not the shady bit. It's making me more than little hysterical. (not really)
Sorry Watery I wasn't ignoring you. I tried the keep cutting it method and eventually the grass will predominate but it's just not working. If I manage to post pics of my goldfinches tomorrow you will see some serious dandelionage. I don't weedkill or fertilise the "field" at the back and it's full of little treasures. Mostly bog plants But the lawn at the front is a bit more formal...well as formal as I get.
I try to keep dandelions out of the front lawn - when we came here the garden had been neglected and the dandelions had spread to the garden downwind of here and I could tell that it distressed our elderly neighour, so I use weed and feed and dab any that linger with glyphosate gel.
On the back lawn we don't use weedkiller and allow all sorts of things to grow among the grass, including dandelions and buttercups - but with some hand-weeding I try to restrict these to the edges which are left to grow longer, while the speedwell, daisies and pennyroyal etc spread across the shorter centre of the grass.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I suspect mine have come in from the verges. I live in the sticks so I can't blame the neighbours but both sides of the road are like a yellow river at the moment.
I can't remember what the little flowers are that I have in the back. They're beautifully delicate and grow in shallow water. I looked them up last year but I've forgotten.
I'll try that. The bloke up the back has a half hundred weight bag. They do things big around here.
I didn't feel ignored. I only have a tiny lawn in the back so I don't have the struggle others do. We've purposely not gone with lawn in front because we know we are a bit on the untidy side with our lawns. (Although what we currently have in front isn't that great either.) I have to admit I will attack some dandelions with a daisy grubber. James Wong cultivates and eats them. That's one way to deal with it. I'd try it but I just don't like "greens."
My dog charges round the garden, woods, fields and grabs the heads off as she goes by. Ill rared child!
It's very entertaining. She pounces on them like they're some kind of prey!
I'm not sure about eating them. My dad used to call them "pee the beds". Maybe the diuretic breaks down when they're cooked! Still not gonna eat them though!
No finches this morning Verd but Beatrice has agreed to model in their place. I'm hoping she can do an acre a day!!!
Thanks all for the advice, I will try to get some weed and feed solution and see if it works.