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Improve your Lawn - Tips

This small selection of useful tips will help you to keep your lawn in good health. This applies if you starting a new lawn, or maintaining an existing one.

New lawns

Spring is a good time to start a new lawn. The warm, moist soil will help it to get quickly established. Sowing lawnseed is the cheapest way to do this, but the grass will take several weeks to grow. Laying turf is a more instant result, but can be very expensive.

Whichever method you prefer to use, you must make sure that the site is prepared well beforehand. Any existing plants should be removed, either by hand-weeding thoroughly or applying a systemic weedkiller containing glyphosate.

Once this has been achieved, dig over the ground, removing any large stones or debris. Sprinkle on a general fertiliser and rake the area until level. Finally, compact the ground by treading over the site to consolidate the soil.

Feeding

Feeding and weeding - feeding the grass with a lawn fertiliser will ensure it gets the best start, creating greener and thicker grass growth, which help to resist weeds and moss. You can use a combined feed with a weed treatment product or a moss treatment, look around for suitable mixed feeds if you are planning to do this. Late spring is the best time for feeding as a rule. If your lawn receives heavy wear it's advisable to feed every six weeks until mid-summer.

General maintenance.

Repairing the edges or your lawn, will help to keep it looking good, and save on excessive maintenance.

The following technique will completely restore deteriorating edges:

- Use a garden spade to slice through the turf, cutting out a small rectangular section from around the damaged area.

- Carefully undercut the turf with the spade and turn it around so that the damaged area now faces into the lawn.

- Fill in the damaged patch with a handful of compost so the surface is level with the surrounding turf.

- Sow grass seed over the damaged area and water well. In a few months it will be as good as new.