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I want to try lowering parts of my lawn by using an aerator to pull out
plugs of soil. Has anyone tried this? My problem is that the paving slabs in places get more below soil level year by year. I cut my lawn with gang mowers so can't remove the cuttings. Rob Graham |
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On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:37:09 +0000, Rob Graham
wrote: I want to try lowering parts of my lawn by using an aerator to pull out plugs of soil. Has anyone tried this? My problem is that the paving slabs in places get more below soil level year by year. If you do it twice a day it'll take you months if not years. Get a little man in to relay the slabs. -- (¯`·. ®óñ© © ²°¹° .·´¯) |
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"Rob Graham" wrote in message ... I want to try lowering parts of my lawn by using an aerator to pull out plugs of soil. Has anyone tried this? My problem is that the paving slabs in places get more below soil level year by year. I cut my lawn with gang mowers so can't remove the cuttings. Rob Graham If you want to lower your lawn, lift the turf, remove some soil, fertilise, then relay the turf. |
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On 16 Mar, 19:29, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:37:09 +0000, Rob Graham wrote: I want to try lowering parts of my lawn by using an aerator to pull out plugs of soil. Has anyone tried this? My problem is that the paving slabs in places get more below soil level year by year. I cut my lawn with gang mowers so can't remove the cuttings. Rob Graham As well as what the others have said, my experience of a hollow tine aerator is that the tubes very rapidly block and it ceases to work. You spend ten times longer clearing the tubes than hollow-tining the grass. They're a right PITA! Cut the grass into squares with a half-moon edging tool or sharp spade, lift the turves, remove some soil and replace the turves. Or raise the slabs. -- Chris Gardening in West Cornwall overlooking the sea. Mild, but very exposed to salt gales E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net The slabs need to be lifted and re laid. The worms in the lawn bring soil to the surface so that over time the lawn rises, but as they can't do the same where the slabs are the slabs seem to sink into the ground. David Hill |
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On 16/03/2010 17:37, Rob Graham wrote:
I want to try lowering parts of my lawn by using an aerator to pull out plugs of soil. Has anyone tried this? My problem is that the paving slabs in places get more below soil level year by year. I cut my lawn with gang mowers so can't remove the cuttings. Rob Graham Thank you for your useful replies. I think I'll get the usual 'little man in' and raise the slabs myself as I always have done! |
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