"Jane Ransom" wrote in message
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In article , homer
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I have been told that moss in lawn is caused by poor drainage, is this
true

Not entirely!
It is caused by too much damp, certainly, but also a certain amount of
shade. And one thing about a damp lawn is that it stays green in a dry
summer when everyone else's has dried up and burned off!!!!!!!!

and how do you go about fixing this?

How well do you want it fixed?
Do you really want a bowling green or just a workaday lawn?

You could lay drainage pipes in your lawn provided there is somewhere to
drain the water to . . but if you are in a hollow, you are stymied

We have heavy soil and used to have plenty of moss every year.
The spousal unit started to spike it every autumn and give it a top
dressing (loam, peat and sharp sand). We thought it was having a good
effect until we had one exceptionally wet winter when all the moss came
back

Still, we haven't given up and weed/feed/mosskill every spring, scarify
a couple of times during the summer and spike/top dress every autumn. I
think the lawn is looking better but have come to the conclusion that,
in this country, we just have to learn to live with moss ((((((
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Just a workaday lawn would do me fine (is there a workanight lawn too?!)
I think I'll stick with the weed/feed/mosskill approach, but this time I
will stick to the recommended dosage!
There must be something constructive moss can be used for?

my lawn is pretty bumpy in places, is there an easy fix (for a novice) for
this?
otherwise, yes I will learn to live with it along with the moss, the
stripes, the shade......
the neighbours caught my brushing out the excess feed from the lawn this
evening. The sight of someone brushing their lawn with a broom! And I've
only just moved here....