Grass Clippings - Lawn Advice From a Team of Lawn and Turf Experts

Virtual Lawn Consultancy now available from The Lawn Company

Now you can book an online session via Zoom with a Lawn & Turf Consultant and benefit from a one to one verbal assessment of your lawn areas.

During the virtual session, we will :-

Email you a quick lawn pre-questionnaire, ask you to measure the lawn areas and send over some images prior to the commencement of the call of the problems your lawn is experiencing.

Horrified TV Gardener Stefan Buczacki cuts down Monty Don on Lawn Advice

Monty Don said publicly yesterday that Gardeners should not mow their lawns.  'I encourage people not to have lawns,’ he said. ‘Cutting grass burns lots of fossil fuel, makes a filthy noise and is about the most injurious thing you can do to wildlife.’

Professor Stefan Buczacki, a former chairman of Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time states in his response to Monty Don in The Daily Mail  'It is estimated that the total area of lawn in the UK covers 2,000 square kilometres, or about half a million acres. That’s an area about the size of Worcestershire, divided up unequally into 20 million gardens, most with a lawn which is after all the carpet of the room outside.'

When to start mowing your lawn

Pick up any old lawn book and it will state that you should not mow the lawn between the end of October and end of February. This is rubbish. We are often asked by clients when should they start mowing the lawn in the spring. 

The weather is a bit of a mixed bag at the moment but some of the day time temperatures are getting higher so there is some minimal grass growth and the garden is waking up with daffodils showing and some out in bloom already.

Monty Don urges gardeners to stop mowing the lawn so often as it is 'damaging' to wildlife

Monty Don has called on gardeners – especially men – to ease off their 'obsession' with mowing the lawn.

The 65-year-old said keeping grass short tends to be a male trait, which is about 'control'. 

The Daily Mail Weekend magazine columnist claimed there are, in fact, a lot of benefits to letting it grow instead.

'Cutting grass burns lots of fossil fuel, makes a filthy noise and is about the most injurious thing you can do to wildlife,' Don said.

In our view, more hot air from a Television Gardening Celebrity who knows very little about lawns and their care. 

Read more on The Daily Mail.  

A Cold and Frosty start to March

A cold and frosty start to March where skies have remained clear overnight and after a fairly warm and sunny weekend, our minds turn a little bit more towards our garden and lawn.

At the end of the week, we are back to some negative temperatures at night so do not be fooled into making lawn treatments just yet, apart from maybe some moss killer to retard the winter moss.

We heard a few lawn mowers going over the past weekend and if ground conditions permit, a you may be able to top the lawn to help lift it out of the winter doldrums.

Spring is around the corner...

The weather is still forecast to be a tad chilly but Spring is just around the corner so best get planning for when it arrives.  Seeing a few Daffodils in flower really lifts the visual landscape.

We have not yet heard a lawn mower and it is a little early and wet to be honest and not really been warm enough but all that will change at short notice as minus wind chill temperatures gives way to positive 10 degrees in the South East at least.  If the weather warms up a little and ground conditions permit, fire up the lawn mower and lightly top the lawn to tidy it up.  It will love you for it!

The weather is still forecast to be a tad chilly but Spring is just around the corner so best get planning for when it arrives.  Seeing a few Daffodils in flower really lifts the visual landscape.

We have not yet heard a lawn mower and it is a little early and wet to be honest and not really been warm enough but all that will change at short notice as minus wind chill temperatures gives way to positive 10 degrees in the South East at least.  If the weather warms up a little and ground conditions permit, fire up the lawn mower and lightly top the lawn to tidy it up.  It will love you for it!

The weather is still forecast to be a tad chilly but Spring is just around the corner so best get planning for when it arrives.  Seeing a few Daffodils in flower really lifts the visual landscape.

We have not yet heard a lawn mower and it is a little early and wet to be honest and not really been warm enough but all that will change at short notice as minus wind chill temperatures gives way to positive 10 degrees in the South East at least.  If the weather warms up a little and ground conditions permit, fire up the lawn mower and lightly top the lawn to tidy it up.  It will love you for it!

Managing Editor is a Judge and Lawn Speaker for The RHS

Our Managing Editor, Mike Seaton, is a Fellow Member of The Institute of Groundsmanship, now called the Grounds Management Association and has had an extensive career in the turf and lawn care industries.

'Being a lawn specialist is a bit like being a Doctor at a party. The lawn is after all the carpet of the room outside and the lawn is often the largest part of the garden and the most neglected by many.'  

Mike has been included in the Royal Horticultural Society Speaker and Judge online listings to give talks about lawns or judge lawns and turf at gardening shows.

Our Managing Editor, Mike Seaton, is a Fellow Member of The Institute of Groundsmanship, now called the Grounds Management Association and has had an extensive career in the turf and lawn care industries.

'Being a lawn specialist is a bit like being a Doctor at a party. The lawn is after all the carpet of the room outside and the lawn is often the largest part of the garden and the most neglected by many.'  

Mike has been included in the Royal Horticultural Society Speaker and Judge online listings to give talks about lawns or judge lawns and turf at gardening shows.

Our Managing Editor, Mike Seaton, is a Fellow Member of The Institute of Groundsmanship, now called the Grounds Management Association and has had an extensive career in the turf and lawn care industries.

'Being a lawn specialist is a bit like being a Doctor at a party. The lawn is after all the carpet of the room outside and the lawn is often the largest part of the garden and the most neglected by many.'  

Mike has been included in the Royal Horticultural Society Speaker and Judge online listings to give talks about lawns or judge lawns and turf at gardening shows.

Our Managing Editor, Mike Seaton, is a Fellow Member of The Institute of Groundsmanship, now called the Grounds Management Association and has had an extensive career in the turf and lawn care industries.

'Being a lawn specialist is a bit like being a Doctor at a party. The lawn is after all the carpet of the room outside and the lawn is often the largest part of the garden and the most neglected by many.'  

Mike has been included in the Royal Horticultural Society Speaker and Judge online listings to give talks about lawns or judge lawns and turf at gardening shows.

Indigo Garden Spray Dye prevents garden treatment errors

When Gardeners make liquid or chemical applications to their lawn, they are faced with a big dilemma - how can they mark where they have sprayed already?

Professional Turf Managers have been using Spray Pattern Indicator Dyes for decades but these have never been widely available before to the amateur lawn owner.

When Gardeners make liquid or chemical applications to their lawn, they are faced with a big dilemma - how can they mark where they have sprayed already?

Professional Turf Managers have been using Spray Pattern Indicator Dyes for decades but these have never been widely available before to the amateur lawn owner.

When Gardeners make liquid or chemical applications to their lawn, they are faced with a big dilemma - how can they mark where they have sprayed already?

Professional Turf Managers have been using Spray Pattern Indicator Dyes for decades but these have never been widely available before to the amateur lawn owner.

When Gardeners make liquid or chemical applications to their lawn, they are faced with a big dilemma - how can they mark where they have sprayed already?

Professional Turf Managers have been using Spray Pattern Indicator Dyes for decades but these have never been widely available before to the amateur lawn owner.

When Gardeners make liquid or chemical applications to their lawn, they are faced with a big dilemma - how can they mark where they have sprayed already?

Professional Turf Managers have been using Spray Pattern Indicator Dyes for decades but these have never been widely available before to the amateur lawn owner.

February Lawn Care Tips

We would be lying if we said that February was a big lawn care month!

Low temperature and then snow and ice and a big wind chill froze the soil rock hard.   The weather will then change to be much milder with positive figures and now more rain making the surface of the lawn water logged and muddy under foot.

Soluble Iron to Retard Moss and Colour Up Lawns

We all like prefer a weekend when the weather is a little kinder and this coming weekend is not scheduled to be much of a get out in the garden weekend for most with some wind and rain forecast.

If you do get chance to get outside and inspect your garden and lawn, try and spare a thought of how you plan to get the lawn out of the winter doldrums.

To help you - some Soluble Iron to retard any Winter moss and give the lawn a bit of colour would help greatly.

Controlling Moss with Soluble Iron

Moss control and then Moss removal in lawns is a practice normally performed in the spring and autumn. 

The weather is still against us but if it cheers up and warms up then you could commence with some winter moss control. 

If the grass plants activity has thinned or weakened over the past 12 months, now is the time to start Moss control and eradication and some mechanical operations just ahead of over seeding the lawn to turn the tide on the moss and re populate with existing or new grasses whilst the soil is still warm. Moss is traditionally controlled and killed using Soluble Iron.

January Lawn Care Tips

Welcome to the New Year!  With the C19 Virus still getting more active with it's new alleged strain, you may be spending more time at home than you had hoped this month until the much awaited vaccine can be rolled out.

January, still deep in Winter, is not an ideal gardening month and lawns figure less in the tasks that could be completed in the garden.

A lot of what you could do to your lawn really depends on ground conditions, including water logging, snow cover, first to a depth.

Delivering year round lawn care by subscription

Nowadays, there is probably nothing that you cannot purchase online. Handy when the Garden Centres and DIY Stores were closed as a result of COVID restrictions earlier in 2020 with a repeat possible in 2021.  #Nightmare

It's pretty easy to get anything you want delivered right to your home or office doorstep - but in a few cases you still have to do the actual shopping and curating for yourself.

That's where subscription boxes come in and this concept is very popular.  For either a monthly/quarterly or a per-delivery fee, you can now have someone else handle the shopping list and shipping, and all you have to do is sit back and get a box full of cool stuff in each delivery.

Nowadays, there is probably nothing that you cannot purchase online. Handy when the Garden Centres and DIY Stores were closed as a result of COVID restrictions earlier in 2020 with a repeat possible in 2021.  #Nightmare

It's pretty easy to get anything you want delivered right to your home or office doorstep - but in a few cases you still have to do the actual shopping and curating for yourself.

That's where subscription boxes come in and this concept is very popular.  For either a monthly/quarterly or a per-delivery fee, you can now have someone else handle the shopping list and shipping, and all you have to do is sit back and get a box full of cool stuff in each delivery.

Earthworm Casts on Artificial Lawns

If you have an artificial lawn in your garden, do not be surprised if you get some Earthworm casts on the surface of the grass or around the brick edges.

We have received a lot of calls from worried lawn owners on the same subject and some are blaming their artificial lawn installer for the problem stating that Earthworms should not be able to break their way through the grass underlay or fibre. How incorrect they are.

Lawn Care at the click of a Mouse

These days, there is not much you cannot purchase over the internet.  The great thing about the internet is that you can connect with suppliers of some of the oddest items for sale. 

Years ago you could only buy a cooker from the High Street and now it's probably the last place you may look to select a particular item or model prior to purchase,

These days, there is not much you cannot purchase over the internet.  The great thing about the internet is that you can connect with suppliers of some of the oddest items for sale. 

Years ago you could only buy a cooker from the High Street and now it's probably the last place you may look to select a particular item or model prior to purchase,

These days, there is not much you cannot purchase over the internet.  The great thing about the internet is that you can connect with suppliers of some of the oddest items for sale. 

Years ago you could only buy a cooker from the High Street and now it's probably the last place you may look to select a particular item or model prior to purchase,

These days, there is not much you cannot purchase over the internet.  The great thing about the internet is that you can connect with suppliers of some of the oddest items for sale. 

Years ago you could only buy a cooker from the High Street and now it's probably the last place you may look to select a particular item or model prior to purchase,