You should consider a weed killer that prevents new weeds to grow and also kill the existing ones. The first step is to identify the type of weed in your garden and then find a suitable weed killer. Sometimes its hard to identify the weed type but there are many products that's works all type of weeds.
Tom - I'd agree with hogweed. My front grass looked like that when I moved here a few years ago. A feed (that makes everything grow, including the weeds ) followed by a weed and feed about 4 to 6 weeks later (it will now work better as it has more weed for the weedkiller to work on) and regular mowing, and it'll be fine. Any of the readily available products work well - they're all pretty similar - and there are liquid ones as well which you might find easier to apply
Every spring mine is quite yellow as it's mainly moss. By early summer it's green and looking good. A bit of aeration with a fork helps too - especially if it's compacted. You can do that any time when the ground isn't soggy. If it's a shady area, you'll always have more maintenenace than in a sunnier site.
If it's getting a fair bit of traffic, oversow with a hard wearing grass seed. I chuck a bit down on the bare areas where the moss has been killed. The most maintenenace mine now gets, is the weed and feed in spring, and regular mowing. Good luck.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
a half-decent lawn (by which I mean something which looks pretty much the same all over and ok in all seasons, not a bowling green(!) will take many seasons/years - you're talking about thousands of individual plants you need to grow! But start now, or it'll be many seasons/years plus one! A season of it looking crap will be forgotten in a few years.
Picked up a hollow-tine aerator at Wilko's (if you're near one) for £10 the other day (£25 anywhere else)
I think Pauline got a bit over-zealous with seeing your reference to lanwsmith as an advert when you were actually providing a reference source of good and well respected information.
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I thought that. i think maybe a complete new lawn fitted
You should consider a weed killer that prevents new weeds to grow and also kill the existing ones. The first step is to identify the type of weed in your garden and then find a suitable weed killer. Sometimes its hard to identify the weed type but there are many products that's works all type of weeds.
http://www.topreviewhut.com/best-weed-killers/
This post will help you get some useful information.
Best of luck!
Tom - I'd agree with hogweed. My front grass looked like that when I moved here a few years ago. A feed (that makes everything grow, including the weeds ) followed by a weed and feed about 4 to 6 weeks later (it will now work better as it has more weed for the weedkiller to work on) and regular mowing, and it'll be fine. Any of the readily available products work well - they're all pretty similar - and there are liquid ones as well which you might find easier to apply
Every spring mine is quite yellow as it's mainly moss. By early summer it's green and looking good. A bit of aeration with a fork helps too - especially if it's compacted. You can do that any time when the ground isn't soggy. If it's a shady area, you'll always have more maintenenace than in a sunnier site.
If it's getting a fair bit of traffic, oversow with a hard wearing grass seed. I chuck a bit down on the bare areas where the moss has been killed. The most maintenenace mine now gets, is the weed and feed in spring, and regular mowing. Good luck.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
All good advice above, as usual on here. I'd add:
a half-decent lawn (by which I mean something which looks pretty much the same all over and ok in all seasons, not a bowling green(!) will take many seasons/years - you're talking about thousands of individual plants you need to grow! But start now, or it'll be many seasons/years plus one! A season of it looking crap will be forgotten in a few years.
Picked up a hollow-tine aerator at Wilko's (if you're near one) for £10 the other day (£25 anywhere else)
I've found this site pretty amazing: http://www.lawnsmith.co.uk/topics