Mowing the lawn can seem like a bit of a mystery the first time you attempt it. You’ve seen the neat pale and dark green lines that appear whenever someone mows a lawn on the telly, but whenever you attempt it in your own back garden you seem to get a weird, splotchy green mess. Mowing the [...]
When rains pour, they can bring several problems that are sometimes difficult to deal with. One in particular that frustrates a lot of homeowners is the runoff that goes directly on their lawns. This happens when rain falls so fast or heavily that the ground cannot absorb water at once. Storm water runoff poses a [...]
The perfect lawn doesn’t just happen. Rather, it is the result of hard work, patience and common sense. However, as long as the basic rules are followed, even a novice can achieve excellent results. One of the keys to a perfect lawn grown from seed is soil preparation. First, the site has to be dug over and [...]
