Peter.
Weather will play quite a part in what you decide to do about your
lawn.
If we have a dry/mild spell would suggest you cut the lawn (if very
long) Hire from your local hire shop a turf remover (you need dryish
conditions). Remove the turf, high a rotavator, rotavate well, rake
and rake and rake to fine tilth, use some growmore and then relay
having bought new turf. With some planning 30sq yards with hard work
could be done in a day. Ensure does not stay dry (ie water if we don't
get normal autumn winter weather) Keep off over winter and in the
Spring you should be ready for first mow and have a good lawn next
summer.Preparation is the key. If weather lousy do this in late March
early April weather permitting. Turn the removed turf and leave
'upside down on your borders to rot down over Winter.
That is probably most expensive remedy but the Rolls Royce.
Good luck Tim
"Peter Lewis" wrote in message news:pan.2002.10.20.14.58.08.446606@NOSPAMflaming camel.co.uk...
Ok. The lawn is in such a sorry state right now I'm at a bit of a loss.
The grass hasn't been cut for probably a couple of years and is pretty
sparse so that the soil is clearly visible. The grass that is left is
pretty long but flattened so mowing would be difficult. The soil is ok
(not clay or too rocky) as far as I can tell. There are quite a few pretty
tough clumps of grass dotted about and the area is fairly well drained (I
haven't seen it get waterlogged ever). The edges where it meets the border
have also become lost as the grass peters out.
Sorry for the ignorance, I'm pretty new at this.
Thanks,
Pete.
On Sun, 20 Oct 2002 15:08:33 +0100, Emrys Davies wrote:
'Peter',
You have not described the state of your lawn, the soil, drainage and
whether there are lots of bare patches, that it is full of weeds or that
the grass has not been cut for a long while. You do mention overgrown
but with what and to what extent?
Cutting it back to bare soil before the winter or leaving it to die off
are definitely not options which you should pursue but once you have
given a fuller picture I am sure that you will get plenty of good
advice.
Regards,
Emrys Davies.
"Peter Lewis" wrote in message
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an.2002.10.20.12.55.06.952836@NOSPAMflamingc amel.co.uk...
Hello there,
Since movng into my house about a year ago, I've decided it's finally
time
to do something with my garden.... I've been putting it off for so
long
now and I'm afraid the job has become much bigger than it should have
been! The "lawn" is fairly overgrown but never having had to
maintain a lawn before, I'm looking for a bit of advice.
I've raked it over a bit to get rid of the dead stuff and I've been
advised that I should resow it in the spring. Would I be better off to
try
and cut it right back to pretty much bare soil before the winter or
leave
it to die off? Will that make more work in the spring? Any other
related
advice would also be much appreciated. I've read the Lawns
FAQ -thanks!
Peter Lewis,
Leicester, UK.