In message , Sacha
writes
On 2009-12-01 21:31:21 +0000, "mark" said:

"hugh" ] wrote in message
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Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon
The Lawn is a bit weedy, no overhanging trees, quite a few
wormcasts,drains quite well with no lying water.
Looks a bit tatty and I think the PH needs lowering to bring it to
6.5.
Thank you for your comments.
I take it you haven't heard of Google
Http://www.lawnexperts.co.uk/AdjustingYourSoilsPH.html

With that attitude we might as well abandon this ng if 'Google it'
becomes
the standard reply.
mark

The whole point of urg is personal experience as well as expertise,
people learning from scratch and people posting who've gardened for
years. We have nurserymen posting here; we have gardeners who have
made gardens all over UK and in some cases, other parts of the world;
we have young people starting out with a young family in their first
garden; we have older people having to give up a particular way of
gardening to accommodate old age or back problems etc.; we have people
who have allotments and people who grow no food at all. We have people
with no more than a balcony or a window box, or even a window sill. We
have *everything* here and it's an extremely valuable resource. Of
course Googling is useful but absolutely nothing beats, or even equals,
the accumulated, personal knowledge that is accessible here. And it
costs nothing. All that expertise, experience,
learning-through-mistakes, is free. Nothing equals it, IMO.

If you have a remotely inquisitive mind you always learn more by
researching something for yourself rather than just asking and in my
opinion that's where you should start.

It's also worth double checking on anything you're told on usenet - not
all relies are accurate and some are plain wrong - including some in
here.
--
hugh
It may be more complicated but is it better?

On 2009-12-03 18:09:09 +0000, hugh ] said:

In message , Sacha
writes
On 2009-12-01 21:31:21 +0000, "mark" said:

"hugh" ] wrote in message
...
In message
--
Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon
The Lawn is a bit weedy, no overhanging trees, quite a few
wormcasts,drains quite well with no lying water.
Looks a bit tatty and I think the PH needs lowering to bring it to
6.5.
Thank you for your comments.
I take it you haven't heard of Google
Http://www.lawnexperts.co.uk/AdjustingYourSoilsPH.html

With that attitude we might as well abandon this ng if 'Google it' becomes
the standard reply.
mark

The whole point of urg is personal experience as well as expertise,
people learning from scratch and people posting who've gardened for
years. We have nurserymen posting here; we have gardeners who have
made gardens all over UK and in some cases, other parts of the world;
we have young people starting out with a young family in their first
garden; we have older people having to give up a particular way of
gardening to accommodate old age or back problems etc.; we have people
who have allotments and people who grow no food at all. We have people
with no more than a balcony or a window box, or even a window sill. We
have *everything* here and it's an extremely valuable resource. Of
course Googling is useful but absolutely nothing beats, or even equals,
the accumulated, personal knowledge that is accessible here. And it
costs nothing. All that expertise, experience,
learning-through-mistakes, is free. Nothing equals it, IMO.

If you have a remotely inquisitive mind you always learn more by
researching something for yourself rather than just asking and in my
opinion that's where you should start.

Yes, that's what people are doing when they come here for
opinions/advice. They're not morally bound to accept either. They're
researching and then choosing which to follow.

It's also worth double checking on anything you're told on usenet - not
all relies are accurate and some are plain wrong - including some in
here.

Indeed they are. I wonder if you have found every web site you've
Googled on to be 100% accurate in its advice. I know I haven't. Same
in 'real life'.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

hugh ] writes
It's also worth double checking on anything you're told on usenet - not
all relies are accurate and some are plain wrong - including some in
here.

As is much of what you find by googling.

People who stay around this newsgroup (as opposed to those who drop in
once and regard it as an on-line CAB) get to know who generally gives
reliable answers and what their field of expertise is.
--
Kay

hugh wrote:
In message , Sacha
writes
On 2009-12-01 21:31:21 +0000, "mark"
said:

"hugh" ] wrote in message
...
In message
--
Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon
The Lawn is a bit weedy, no overhanging trees, quite a few
wormcasts,drains quite well with no lying water.
Looks a bit tatty and I think the PH needs lowering to bring it to
6.5.
Thank you for your comments.
I take it you haven't heard of Google
Http://www.lawnexperts.co.uk/AdjustingYourSoilsPH.html

With that attitude we might as well abandon this ng if 'Google it'
becomes
the standard reply.
mark

The whole point of urg is personal experience as well as expertise,
people learning from scratch and people posting who've gardened for
years. We have nurserymen posting here; we have gardeners who have
made gardens all over UK and in some cases, other parts of the world;
we have young people starting out with a young family in their first
garden; we have older people having to give up a particular way of
gardening to accommodate old age or back problems etc.; we have people
who have allotments and people who grow no food at all. We have
people with no more than a balcony or a window box, or even a window
sill. We have *everything* here and it's an extremely valuable
resource. Of course Googling is useful but absolutely nothing beats,
or even equals, the accumulated, personal knowledge that is accessible
here. And it costs nothing. All that expertise, experience,
learning-through-mistakes, is free. Nothing equals it, IMO.

If you have a remotely inquisitive mind you always learn more by
researching something for yourself rather than just asking and in my
opinion that's where you should start.

It's also worth double checking on anything you're told on usenet - not
all relies are accurate and some are plain wrong - including some in here.

And even more on Google. At least here, you'll have a 'second opinion'
in pretty short order if the advice offered is at all controversial.

The OP woulsd be well advised to put as much garden lime on the grass as
he likes - have you ever noticed the lush lines remaining on tatty old
grass tennis courts?

--
Rusty