On 26/2/07 18:17, in article , "Neil"
wrote:


Over the last 4-5 weeks my rectangular, suburbian, lawn has been badly
deteriorating in the four corners. It'd been in place on a new estate
since May 2005 when we moved in; didn't have the same problems last winter,
and has been looked after by me.

The grass has gone really thin in a triangular area in each corner, and I
can see a lot of little mud spirals on the surface instead. The areas
affected are visibly growing each week.

I know that our whole estate suffers from leather-jackets, but from what I
read about that, this is the wrong time of year to see a problem from that.

On three of the four cormers, there is either a brick wall or 6' fence
abbutting the grass.


Go back to the person who sold you your house, MAKE them contact the
builders and ask them how they arranged drainage of the gardens. I'm
perfectly serious about this. Do it now.

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Sacha
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South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
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