Category: Create The Perfect Lawn
Seasonal Lawn Maintenance
Seasonal lawn care will vary to some extent depending on the climate zone and type of grass that is grown, whether cool season or warm season varieties. In general, however, there are recognized steps in lawn care that should be observed in any of these areas.
Ground Preparation
The first mowing should not be made until the new lawn (grass and weeds) is a good 2” high. Set the mower to the highest setting and use a grass box to collect the clippings, rather than a rake. It is at this time you will see if your lawn is level or not. Hollows, [...]
Sowing seed or laying turf
It is recommended you use 50 grams of seed per square metre, providing you protect the sown lawn from the birds. The easiest way to judge the amount without doing a great deal of measuring, is to lay 4 canes about a metre long, on a corner of your prepared ground and create a square [...]
When To Set A Lawn
Grass seed doesn’t germinate well in hot dry weather and turf should not be laid in drought if it can be avoided. September is usually the best time of the year to set lawn seed, when the ground is still warm but not too hot and there should be sufficient rain which is required to [...]
Introduction
If the ground is covered with weeds, it may be easier to treat with a glyphosate weed killer and leave for a few weeks, but whether you are sowing seed, or laying turf, the ground needs to be prepared properly. For a well drained lawn, you will need at least 6” of top soil. Less [...]
Seed or Turf
Decide which method you are going to use. Having quality turf laid by professionals is expensive, but you get an instant lawn. However, you need to make sure that the turf is in fact quality turf and this may not be easy to recognise. Having the turf delivered and laying it yourself, is cheaper but [...]
Types Of Lawn Grass
The finest grasses will look better, but will need regular mowing, feeding and watering to remain so and, will not tolerate hard usage. This kind of grass is a little more expensive but ideal if all the kids are grown up and the football world cup isn’t going to be re-enacted every weekend. An everyday [...]
