I'm much more used to that. I've always managed to keep the grass nice in the fields for the horses. It seems harder for some reason in this small lawn! Maybe I'm a lot more fussy about it.
Meadow/pasture grass is kept much longer than on lawns and horses don't expect it to be free of every little herb and bit of clover - it's a whole different thing.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I think lots of us have probably done a similar thing Des. I use a little container with a mark on it and put a few canes down etc, but I mainly do it by eye. It can be difficult to get the right amount unless you use the spreaders you can buy. It never looks like you're putting very much on either, so it's always tempting to chuck on a bit more....
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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Interesting isn't it, that in farming 'top dressing' means applying fertilizer or manure to a growing crop or ley.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm much more used to that. I've always managed to keep the grass nice in the fields for the horses. It seems harder for some reason in this small lawn! Maybe I'm a lot more fussy about it.
Thank you for explaining that Verdun.
Meadow/pasture grass is kept much longer than on lawns and horses don't expect it to be free of every little herb and bit of clover - it's a whole different thing.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I put rather too much of a particular moss killing product on my lawn last year and ended up with patches of scorched grass.
I panicked, as you do, but within a couple of weeks the scorching had gone and the grass was good as new.
It did rain quite a lot during those intervening weeks, so if you have a dry spell the grass will need some help to recover.
But recover it will, because grass is as tough as old...well, grass.
I think lots of us have probably done a similar thing Des. I use a little container with a mark on it and put a few canes down etc, but I mainly do it by eye. It can be difficult to get the right amount unless you use the spreaders you can buy. It never looks like you're putting very much on either, so it's always tempting to chuck on a bit more....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...