"lee5768" wrote in message
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hi all,

i know nothing about gardening at all and i could use as much advice as
i
can get about the biggest part of my garden the lawn

long story short its very uneven seems very compact and solid with
bumps, i
would say there is more weeds than grass to be honest
and alot of patches with nothing other than solid soil


is there anything i can do ?
what products can i get to weed it ? ( they have to be pet friendly i
have a cat )

any way to get some of the bumps out so its more mower friendly

there are 2 ways, dig the whole thing up & start anew or improve what you
have. My old man said I should rotovate my lawn & resow when we moved it. I
chose the other option. Another poster has outlined filling dips or under
cutting sod & raising or lower that way. I have done both. You can spray
weeds out with a broadleaf weed killer. It is somewhat noxious so use a
proper mask and keep puss indoors for a while if you use it. I did that a
few times to get the weeds under control in my lawn and now mainly hand weed
using a knife though I do roundup occasionly couch grass & the like as the
******* grows so secretly and establishes itself all over the place. I spent
many many spring & summer days on my hands & knees crowning weeds & couch
with a knife. Now I have bugger all weeds & can control them individually
and regular cutting. Try cutting your grass quite high, that will help crowd
out weeds & allow your grass to self seed if it is so inclined. Also try
mulching the clippings back into the turf rather than remove them. That will
slowly improve the soil structure which does help grow decent grass. If you
do use a spraying regime be aware it will take some time to get on top of
the weeds, about 2 years for me. After that however you can concetrate on
looking after the soil & the grass. I now use stuff all weed killers &
synthetic fertilisers & reckon on caring for the soil will produce decent
grass. My lawn is still bumpy in places, thats another slow process of
filling in holes as seasons permit.

rob