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How to rake the lawn

Giedra — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:25:43 +0000

Over the years, even a well-maintained lawn produces thatch. It is made of undecomposed grass stems, blades, roots and rhizomes, which collect between the green vegetative part of the lawn and the soil. Several factors make for a faster build-up of thatch – heavy, compacted soil, inadequate soil preparation prior to seeding, excess of undecayed organic [...]

Lawn daisies

Giedra — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:42:45 +0000

These are annual or perennial herbaceous plants. Their leaves are arranged in rosettes. The flower heads of species daisies are 1-2 cm in diameter, while those of the cultivars are 3-8 cm wide. They flower in April and May, but if lawn is regularly mown (which prevents plants from blooming in due time) the flowering [...]

Lawns on clay

Giedra — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:43:26 +0000

Our garden soil is pure clay and gravel, so we have spread a layer of compost to about 3 cm thicknesses. Is this sufficient for a lawn? Can we put down turf directly on top of sand? Unfortunately, a 3cm layer of fertile compost is not sufficient. Difficult soils should be amended first - add some grit to improve heavy clay soil, while sandy soil should be conditioned with some moisture-retentive matter.