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Why does my lawn get Moss in it?

It is common for lawns, especially those suffering as a result of a Winter shade line or north facing to get a Moss invasion visible in the late Winter through to the Spring months.

The moss type that is in your lawn will be mostly Cushion Moss; often referred to as Winter Moss, easily controlled by an application of Lawn Sand which has Sulphate of Iron as a key ingredient.

March Lawn Care Tips

The Spring Equinox 2022 in the Northern Hemisphere will be at 15:33 on Sunday, 20th March which is the official 1st day of Spring.

March 1st is often heralded to to the 1st day of Spring and the Daffodils are really showing a burst of vibrant yellow blooms across the Country.

With storm Dudley, Eunice and Franklin safely behind us, your thoughts may be more leaning towards repairing your fence or shed rather than your lawn!

Help your lawn out of the winter doldrums

After quite a mild and dry January your lawn will soon be screaming out for a tonic to lift it out of the winter doldrums.

The start of the RBS Six Nations Rugby is always a good timely focus of remembering your lawn does exist and could do with some TLC at this time of the year.  The rugby pitch at Murrayfield in Scotland suffers from colder growing conditions than say The Millenium Stadium in Wales and the Grounds Staff at both stadium will be hoping for warmer climes to establish the playing surface and aid recovery after a gruelling match. 

February Lawn Care Tips

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

With storms forecast with some rain and cold thrown in for good measure, your turf grasses will be crying out for some TLC.

1. Here are a few jobs to get on with this month:

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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.

Boo! Happy Halloween!

What does Halloween means?  Nothing to do with Lawn Care at all!   Perhaps scary Pumpkins will help ward of lawn worm casts?

 

Halloween is a holiday celebrated each year on October 31, and Halloween 2021 will occur on Sunday, October 31. The tradition originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts.

November Lawn Care Advice

As we enter November after a rather dry October where this month we saw 15 days days with rainfall out of a potential 31 days and 68mm of rain there were multi days to get out into the garden to tend and care for the lawn.  Last year we had twice as much rain at 131mm rain in 24 days.

In the month of November there are still a lot of jobs that you can complete on your lawn and garden to get it ready for winter:

Trim the lawn edges

Clear the fallen leaves & twigs

Mow bi-weekly

October Lawn Care Tips

Here are your lawn care tips for this month.

September is a great time of year for renovating your lawn but so can be October, often with slightly better weather albeit it cooler nights.

Teh soil is still warm from the summer and the grass yields have been pretty good this year as we have had a lot of rain. No Indian summer for us this year but let that not srevent you from still enjoying your lawn and garden this month.

Autumn Lawn Renovations via The Lawn Shop

It has been a great growing year for lawns with the wet summer and of late, the ground really could now do with some rainfall.

Autumn is the time to consider renovating your lawn before the soil temperatures get lower and the leaves off the trees drop.  If you have poor grass density and bare areas, why not considering renovating your lawn to get it in great shape for next spring time?

The Team at The Lawn Shop have all the lawn care products to help you create a lawn to be proud of.  Why not take a look around?

 

Controlling an Attack of Rust Disease on your Lawn

We are now in the late summer months and will soon be in autumn and that time of year when you go outside and shrug your shoulders at the dropping night time temperatures.

Not suggesting that the summer is over as the weather might be unseasonably warmer this weekend after a lot of rain. 

The last time I thought about treating Rust was on my old Mini Metro that was rather prone to it on the front panels - well it was almost a 100 rust bucket to be honest!  Glad to see that car construction has moved on a bit since the early 80's.

Now we bet you were not aware of the fact that your lawn can suffer from an outbreak of Rust?

Not suggesting that the summer is over as the weather might be unseasonably warmer this weekend after a lot of rain. 

The last time I thought about treating Rust was on my old Mini Metro that was rather prone to it on the front panels - well it was almost a 100 rust bucket to be honest!  Glad to see that car construction has moved on a bit since the early 80's.

Lawns to be targeted by Leatherjackets

It's been a summer to savour – for Daddy Long Legs, that is.

Now homeowners have been warned to brace for an invasion of more than 200billion of the amorous insects.

Experts say the warm but wet weather has provided perfect growing conditions for crane fly larvae, or 'leatherjackets', in their underground tunnels.

And the 'sex-crazed' creatures are now hatching – with hordes expected to swarm into homes searching for a mate.

Controlling Red Thread Disease on your Lawn

Red Thread Disease can appear in the early to late summer, especially seen on lawns of low fertility, especially Nitrogen.

Identification:

This disease is now thought to be a combination or complex of two fungal species:

1. a) L.fuciformis – Red Thread – where the red needles are present
   b) L.fuciformis – Pink Patch – where the pink mycelium is present.

Train Yourself in The Safe Use of Pesticides

Who better to train you in the safe use of pesticides than an organisation that is doing what you will be trained to do, each day of the year?

Weed Free are able to provide formal training and assessments for Food and Environment Protection Act Certificates of Competence in the Safe use of Pesticides. Each year, we train many Greenkeepers and Sports Turf Managers and Local Authority Staff.

We were asked multi-times to provide training one to one to small business owners and as a result came up with the the self study pesticide course concept to support our on site training for larger companies and organisations.

You can purchase self-learn NPTC / City & Guilds training modules and other publications here.

Who better to train you in the safe use of pesticides than an organisation that is doing what you will be trained to do, each day of the year?

Weed Free are able to provide formal training and assessments for Food and Environment Protection Act Certificates of Competence in the Safe use of Pesticides. Each year, we train many Greenkeepers and Sports Turf Managers and Local Authority Staff.

We were asked multi-times to provide training one to one to small business owners and as a result came up with the the self study pesticide course concept to support our on site training for larger companies and organisations.

You can purchase self-learn NPTC / City & Guilds training modules and other publications here.

Who better to train you in the safe use of pesticides than an organisation that is doing what you will be trained to do, each day of the year?

Weed Free are able to provide formal training and assessments for Food and Environment Protection Act Certificates of Competence in the Safe use of Pesticides. Each year, we train many Greenkeepers and Sports Turf Managers and Local Authority Staff.

We were asked multi-times to provide training one to one to small business owners and as a result came up with the the self study pesticide course concept to support our on site training for larger companies and organisations.

You can purchase self-learn NPTC / City & Guilds training modules and other publications here.

Who better to train you in the safe use of pesticides than an organisation that is doing what you will be trained to do, each day of the year?

Weed Free are able to provide formal training and assessments for Food and Environment Protection Act Certificates of Competence in the Safe use of Pesticides. Each year, we train many Greenkeepers and Sports Turf Managers and Local Authority Staff.

We were asked multi-times to provide training one to one to small business owners and as a result came up with the the self study pesticide course concept to support our on site training for larger companies and organisations.

You can purchase self-learn NPTC / City & Guilds training modules and other publications here.

Who better to train you in the safe use of pesticides than an organisation that is doing what you will be trained to do, each day of the year?

Weed Free are able to provide formal training and assessments for Food and Environment Protection Act Certificates of Competence in the Safe use of Pesticides. Each year, we train many Greenkeepers and Sports Turf Managers and Local Authority Staff.

We were asked multi-times to provide training one to one to small business owners and as a result came up with the the self study pesticide course concept to support our on site training for larger companies and organisations.

You can purchase self-learn NPTC / City & Guilds training modules and other publications here.

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