[Misc] Anyone else thinking about mowing the lawn?

[smudge]

A friend of mine's son-in-law ruined his lawn by applying "Weed & Feed" without reading the instructions. He ran out of the stuff, went and bought some more and put that on too. His lawn looked similar to how you describe yours. It was full of bare patches where he had over-dosed it, which is exactly what happens when dog bitches urinate on grass. Basically, fertilizer is piss!
We forked over the dead patches to the depth of an inch or two, spread grass seed over it and diggled it in with the side of a trowel. Grass seed needs to be worked in to just under the surface of the soil.
Three weeks later, you couldn't tell the lawn was a mess previously.
It may get a little colder in the next few weeks, but sowing grass seed now isn't a bad idea. There is a saying regarding grass seed - "Better in the ground than in the bag."
As Lammie said earlier, just lightly "tip" the grass with your mower. DON'T shave it off. A lot of people think that the more they shave off their lawn, the better. NO! It's what it looks like when you've finished, not how much clippings you can take off.
Then of course, as I've mentioned on here before, if you don't need your lawn for anything special, plant it up! I have just completed a project of this nature for a friend. I'll post pictures of before and after when it starts performing in the summer.

Top man! It'll have to wait till I get home anyway; by which time we'll have a date at Wembley & survival is ensured!

 

[Triggaaar]

Bless, I'm 58. I really don't have enough time o on this earth left to list the things you are not 'au fait' with

 

[Triggaaar]

Then of course, as I've mentioned on here before, if you don't need your lawn for anything special, plant it up! I have just completed a project of this nature for a friend. I'll post pictures of before and after when it starts performing in the summer.

So no lawn at all? Are you foreign or something?

 

[Weststander]

My lawn looked awful last year; dead patches all over it. Only thing I can put it down to is the previous owners had dogs, so that was their toilet.
Any tips on how to bring these patches back to life?

It was the drought and heat.

 

[Steve in Japan]

No but I pressure-washed my decking today. It gave me a sense of enormous well-being.

 

[Worried Man Blues]

A week ago, obviously with stripes

 

[LamieRobertson]

A week ago, obviously with stripes

Blue and white?

 

[Giraffe]

Update: I still haven’t done it.

Yesterday my excuse was that I needed to get some petrol for the mower.

Today I got some petrol then realised there was early football on the telly. Lawn remains unmown. Probably for the best, it is only February after all.

 

[swindonseagull]

Having a BBQ today.....stuff grass cutting.

 

[Napier]

Done mine today and been rewarded with a great sense of achievement for actually getting off the sofa to do it.

 

[Driver8]

Done!

It’s not exactly a bowling green!

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Done!

It’s not exactly a bowling green!

That's a field not a lawn.

Way too damp and early to go anywhere near mine, although it has started growing.

 

[smudge]

It was the drought and heat.

Doesn't explain the nice green bits!

 

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

Even in these Northern climes I have had my Robot mower (named 'Patrick' for obvious reasons) out for the last two weeks. He has absolutely clipped the lawn to perfection and it is looking the driest and best it has ever looked mid/end Feb. Some ferrous sulphate to be applied next week and then a Spring feed and weed application mid March should see the lawn be a beautiful green sea of grass by May.

TNBA

TTF

 

[Driver8]

That's a field not a lawn.

Way too damp and early to go anywhere near mine, although it has started growing.

It is. I use a topper not a mower. Earliest I’ve ever mowed it. It was T Shirt weather today.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Done!

It’s not exactly a bowling green!

Have a word with the local sheep farmer save you a job

 

[smudge]

Last summer, during the WC, state of it. Hoping for something better this year.

 

[Rogero]

I cut mine on Saturday on a high cut and it looks much better. I may do the front today.

 

[RandyWanger]

North facing rear garden and the bits closest to the house are still too boggy to cut, the front garden is covered in cat shit If it keeps up for the week I should be able to get around to it next weekend if the mower starts, it was in need of a service last year.

 

[Driver8]

Have a word with the local sheep farmer save you a job

It’s not secure enough, they would be eating all the flowers!