Hi. I'm not a gardner.

I'm near Dewsbury in West Yorkshire and wonder if anyone can recommend a
good turf supplier in my district.

I want to have my domestic lawn turfed, which is about 30 square metres
in area. Anyone know what is your typical cost per metre of good
quality domestic turf so I might have an idea of cost?

TIA. Rich.

Richard wrote:
Hi. I'm not a gardner.

I'm near Dewsbury in West Yorkshire and wonder if anyone can recommend a
good turf supplier in my district.

I want to have my domestic lawn turfed, which is about 30 square metres
in area. Anyone know what is your typical cost per metre of good
quality domestic turf so I might have an idea of cost?

TIA. Rich.

Hi Rich, have a look in the YEP, there usually is a list of turf
supliers in the classifieds

Hope you get sorted ok

--
Bob H
Leeds UK

"Bob H" wrote in message
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Richard wrote:
Hi. I'm not a gardner.

I'm near Dewsbury in West Yorkshire and wonder if anyone can
recommend a
good turf supplier in my district.

I want to have my domestic lawn turfed, which is about 30 square
metres
in area. Anyone know what is your typical cost per metre of good
quality domestic turf so I might have an idea of cost?

TIA. Rich.

Hi Rich, have a look in the YEP, there usually is a list of turf
supliers in the classifieds

Hope you get sorted ok

Hi.

There area few places on WWW. for eg:

http://www.lindowturf.co.uk/

I reckon prices are going to range between £1.00 and £1.50 per sq metre
depending on whether delivery costs are included or not. It is important
a get a good qualtity turf, altthough I have no idea what's a good
quality brand. Once I lay it I dont want problems with the grass. I want
it to be tough/good wearing, a well knit turf. The lawn is the back
garden and right now it's mess. Bald patches, weeds, etc. At the moment
I traips into the house half of the garden in mud after I've walked on
the lawn.

At the moment
I traips into the house half of the garden in mud after I've walked on
the lawn.


The same thing could happen to a brand new super dooper lawn as well.
How do you want to use it?
Do you want the dogs to run around on it?
The kids to play football?
Your wife to walk across the same bit year in year out to hang the washing
out?

No I am not a gardener either, but I do know that the information and hints
you have given, leave a lot to be desired with respect to what you want the
lawn for.

Mike

"Richard" wrote in message
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"Bob H" wrote in message
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Richard wrote:
Hi. I'm not a gardner.

I'm near Dewsbury in West Yorkshire and wonder if anyone can
recommend a
good turf supplier in my district.

I want to have my domestic lawn turfed, which is about 30 square
metres
in area. Anyone know what is your typical cost per metre of good
quality domestic turf so I might have an idea of cost?

TIA. Rich.

Hi Rich, have a look in the YEP, there usually is a list of turf
supliers in the classifieds

Hope you get sorted ok

Hi.

There area few places on WWW. for eg:

http://www.lindowturf.co.uk/

I reckon prices are going to range between £1.00 and £1.50 per sq
metre
depending on whether delivery costs are included or not. It is
important
a get a good qualtity turf, altthough I have no idea what's a good
quality brand. Once I lay it I dont want problems with the grass. I
want
it to be tough/good wearing, a well knit turf. The lawn is the back
garden and right now it's mess. Bald patches, weeds, etc. At the
moment
I traips into the house half of the garden in mud after I've walked on
the lawn.

Basically, there will be no playing on the lawn. Just go on it to place
a chair on to sit it and relax. Every so often I can see me having a
barbeque. Just wondering whether local small-time turf producers will
make as good a turf as your big players, those that claim special
growing techniques were employed. I don't know, maybe someone might say
I need to stay clear of your local small producers,because they are not
using thebest methods or producing good turf.

"Richard" wrote in message
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"Richard" wrote in message
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"Bob H" wrote in message
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Richard wrote:
Hi. I'm not a gardner.

I'm near Dewsbury in West Yorkshire and wonder if anyone can
recommend a
good turf supplier in my district.

I want to have my domestic lawn turfed, which is about 30
square
metres
in area. Anyone know what is your typical cost per metre of
good
quality domestic turf so I might have an idea of cost?

TIA. Rich.

Hi Rich, have a look in the YEP, there usually is a list of turf
supliers in the classifieds

Hope you get sorted ok

Hi.

There area few places on WWW. for eg:

http://www.lindowturf.co.uk/

I reckon prices are going to range between £1.00 and £1.50 per sq
metre
depending on whether delivery costs are included or not. It is
important
a get a good qualtity turf, altthough I have no idea what's a good
quality brand. Once I lay it I dont want problems with the grass.
I
want
it to be tough/good wearing, a well knit turf. The lawn is the
back
garden and right now it's mess. Bald patches, weeds, etc. At the
moment
I traips into the house half of the garden in mud after I've
walked on
the lawn.

Basically, there will be no playing on the lawn. Just go on it to
place
a chair on to sit it and relax. Every so often I can see me having
a
barbeque. Just wondering whether local small-time turf producers
will
make as good a turf as your big players, those that claim special
growing techniques were employed. I don't know, maybe someone might
say
I need to stay clear of your local small producers,because they are
not
using thebest methods or producing good turf.

Why don't you grow the grass from seed? It is vastly cheaper than
buying turf and you will know exactly what you have. That makes it
easy to do some repair sowing to fix any damaged spots.

Franz

In message , Richard
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"Bob H" wrote in message
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Richard wrote:
Hi. I'm not a gardner.

I'm near Dewsbury in West Yorkshire and wonder if anyone can
recommend a
good turf supplier in my district.

I want to have my domestic lawn turfed, which is about 30 square
metres
in area. Anyone know what is your typical cost per metre of good
quality domestic turf so I might have an idea of cost?

TIA. Rich.

Hi Rich, have a look in the YEP, there usually is a list of turf
supliers in the classifieds

Hope you get sorted ok

Hi.

There area few places on WWW. for eg:

http://www.lindowturf.co.uk/

I reckon prices are going to range between £1.00 and £1.50 per sq metre
depending on whether delivery costs are included or not. It is important
a get a good qualtity turf, altthough I have no idea what's a good
quality brand. Once I lay it I dont want problems with the grass.

It is a general feature of lawns that if you do not look after them, and
to some extent pamper them with feeds and regular cutting they rapidly
deteriorate. The finer quality turfs can be very touchy and not very
hard wearing. You probably want something mid-range.

I want
it to be tough/good wearing, a well knit turf. The lawn is the back
garden and right now it's mess. Bald patches, weeds, etc. At the moment
I traips into the house half of the garden in mud after I've walked on
the lawn.

It is probably not quite too late to clear it with glyphosate and resow
from seed. You would have been better off doing this in early summer.
For my money the savings are well worthwhile. The main difference with
sowing a lawn is that they *NEVER* show it on these wretched garden
make-over programs because the effect is not instantaneous
gratification.

And incidentally even if you buy in the very best turfs their growth is
entirely dependent on how well you have prepared the ground before
laying them. And how carefully you nurture them through the first few
weeks.

Regards,
--
Martin Brown

Martin Brown wrote in message ...
In message , Richard
writes
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I want
it to be tough/good wearing, a well knit turf. The lawn is the back
garden and right now it's mess. Bald patches, weeds, etc. At the moment
I traips into the house half of the garden in mud after I've walked on
the lawn.

It is probably not quite too late to clear it with glyphosate and resow
from seed. You would have been better off doing this in early summer.
For my money the savings are well worthwhile. The main difference with
sowing a lawn is that they *NEVER* show it on these wretched garden
make-over programs because the effect is not instantaneous
gratification.

And incidentally even if you buy in the very best turfs their growth is
entirely dependent on how well you have prepared the ground before
laying them. And how carefully you nurture them through the first few
weeks.

Yep, I'm with the seed vote. You have to prepare pretty well as
thoroughly for turf as you do for seed, and seed costs vastly less and
gives a better final result. You can sow at this time of year, in
spite of the books; and it may even be on special offer at the garden
centres. If you do decide on seed, I suggest reading what it says on
the various packets with some care, to get the mixture you need.

The only real problem I can think of, though others may know better,
is that if you glyphosate now, it's a bit late for the weed-seeds
already in the ground to germinate and be retreated and still give you
time to sow before it gets really muddy. This two-phase attack applies
to turfing, too, of course; though the turf would suppress some of the
weed seedlings. Perhaps I'm being too fussy: I wouldn't be if it was
just for myself, as I rather like some lawn "weeds".

I have sown grass seed in October, and it worked well; but this was in
small patches.

Mike.