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

Aeration - A Beginners Guide

In a wet winter similar to the one we have just experienced, failure to carry out a programme of lawn aeration can lead to an entirely different problem. This is when surface sealing can often occur, due to the compacting effect of trampling feet and heavy maintenance machinery.

Under these conditions, water is prevented from percolating; it will remain on the surface, restricting gaseous exchange and lead to moss or the build up of fibrous growth. If steps are not taken to relieve the compaction, a fibrous matt develops, restricting the amount of air, moisture and nutrients available to the grasses and creating ideal conditions for diseases to thrive.

Teach 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.

March Lawn Care Advice

With over 142 mm of rain in January and February, that’s 5.68 inches in old money, there has not been much opportunity to get out into the garden except to admire the many Snow Drops and Daffodils as we have had very few dry days to encourage us to head outdoors.

The majority of lawn are completely saturated. The weather has been quite mild and the grass plants are growing nicely and in need of a mowing. All in all, the Winter has been wet and soggy with minimal frosts.

Grassing Up a new concept of Lawn Care

It's a kind of Lawn Club where a group of like-minded people whose main focus is to spend time doing what they love = lawns and their care

Clubs are very sociable and this fact hasn't changed very much at all over time. As Lawn in a Box gains momentum, there is scope for Member Only benefits and events where you will be invited to attend. We are open to suggestions from our Members naturally as to what YOU want help with.

As humans, we love belonging to a club whether it be a golf club, rambling club, wine club, road rescue or a gardening club. Just how many clubs you belong to or have belonged to in your years will astound you probably. That is a lot of membership cards.

There are seven primary reasons to Join:

Take the hassle out of using a Garden Sprayer

Indigo Garden Spray Dye is an innovative product that you simply add to your garden sprayer to help you make liquid applications / treatments to your lawn and garden.

Benefits:

Spray Pattern Indicator Dye

Saves Time, Money, Product,

Lets You See Where You Have Or Have Not Sprayed

Indicates When Your Sprayer Is Clean

Takes The Guess Work Out Of Making Liquid Treatments In The Garden

All this for £13.00 inc P&P.

Available from Amazon and The Lawn Shop

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.

Lawn Quencher - The Solution to Dry Patches in Lawns

Dry patches in your lawn may be the last thing on your mind after the rainfall this Winter but be prepared for some localised dry patches to appear as we head into Spring - Time.

This condition is naturally occurring in the soil yet some are caused by mower scalping, petrol spillage burns, dog urine burns, mounds and high spots, fertiliser burn and Fairy Rings to name a few.

Lawn Quencher is a 75 gram Wetting Agent Tablet that you pop into your chosen hose diluter / feeder and attach to the hose pipe and spray onto the localised dry patches or entire lawn.

Get ready for Spring Lawn Renovations

The Lawn Company Team have a wealth of knowledge and skill to share and if your lawn is having a bit of a mare and you need some help with it on an Advice, Service and Supply basis, then email our Team and we can hold your hand and come up with some solutions to assist you and your lawn.

To be honest, we do not look after or create small lawns and our Team is geared up for 500 square metres minimum.

 

If you have a smaller lawn area to manage, we have lots of advice and products to help you in our online Lawn Shop and also our extensive Lawn Advice Blog found at www.GrassClippings.co.uk so you will be great technical hands to help you in your quest of creating a lawn to be proud of with our ongoing help and assistance.

Lawn Care Products via Monthly Subscription

If you or a family member struggles to get to a local Garden Centre or DIY store to purchase lawn care treatment products, then why not evaluate / introduce them to the exciting new service from Lawn in a Box?

Subscribing to this service will ensure that they receive every 3 months by courier, lawn care products direct to their door so that they too can have a lawn to be proud of.

See more about the lawn products by subscription by following the link below:

Lawn Care Products via Monthly Subscription

Catch up on your Garden Weed Control

Winter is a great time to catch up those annoying weeds that you see on your hard standing areas such as building lines, fence lines, around obstacles, tree and hedge bases, driveways and pathways.

Translocated weed killer / herbicides such as those with an active of Glyphosate will take a longer time to show signs of treatment but the chemical WILL work in colder conditions.

Take the guesswork out of seeing where you have and have not sprayed by using Indigo Garden Spray Dye liquid. You can add a small amount to your garden sprayer for use with all garden liquid treatments.

It's Worm Cast Time!

With the prevailing weather being quite mild, it was 10 degrees centigrade yesterday; your lawn turf grasses will be growing quite nicely now. We have had a little respite in the rainfall of the past three months but heh ho, it is still Winter!

The Earthworms will be having a bit of a mad time, throwing their sticky and annoying soil casts onto the surface of your lawns and it is a great time to apply a treatment of CastClear - The Solution to Worm Casts on Lawns.

Buy it on Amazon, or the link below where there is currently zero shipping to UK Mainland Locations.

Buy CastClear from The Lawn Shop

Winter Lawn Care Tips

With the New Year just over a weeks old, our thought process at this time of year is not always on our lawns.  The grass does not stop growing, but it slows almost to a stop and with a slight increase in temperature will easily grow over the winter months.  Currently it's wet and mild with temperatures today set at 11 degrees centigrade.

If we enter a period of warmer winter sunshine and the ground is not frozen, sieze the opportunity to get the mower out and 'top' the grass taking off anything from 10% to 25% off the top to tidy it up and stimulate whatever growth there may be at this time of the year.

No lawn should be scarified in the winter months when there is little chance of natural grass plant recovery following the scarification process no matter what your chosen lawn care expert or company claims!

With the New Year just over a weeks old, our thought process at this time of year is not always on our lawns.  The grass does not stop growing, but it slows almost to a stop and with a slight increase in temperature will easily grow over the winter months.  Currently it's wet and mild with temperatures today set at 11 degrees centigrade.

If we enter a period of warmer winter sunshine and the ground is not frozen, sieze the opportunity to get the mower out and 'top' the grass taking off anything from 10% to 25% off the top to tidy it up and stimulate whatever growth there may be at this time of the year.

No lawn should be scarified in the winter months when there is little chance of natural grass plant recovery following the scarification process no matter what your chosen lawn care expert or company claims!

Happy New Year from The Grass Clippings Team

The Grass Clippings Team would like to wish all our Readers a happy and healthy 2020.  Bring on 'The Roaring Twenties'

With over 1,450 technical articles here on our Lawn Blog, you are never more than a simple search away from a useful and technically correct article about caring for your lawn.

The weather in the UK is still rather mild and the grass is still growing which is not bad for the 8th of January!  Don't be shy to run the mower over the lawns if ground conditions permit over the next week or two and trimming the lawn will really lift the garden.

Are Worm Casts destroying your Lawn?

The worms do a splendid job in the soil just beneath the grass crown, but it is a pity that their soil cast deposits pose such a problem for lawn owners.

CastClear is an organic non-pesticide control solution available to domestic lawn owners to deter the worms from casting.   There are only five types of casting worms found in UK lawns. 

Other European countries also suffer worm worm casts on turf.  The problem can be solved  CastClear is the solution to lawn soil casts.

Happy Thanksgiving Holidays to our USA Readers

When you start a blog like Grass Clippings, you never quite estimate how far and wide your audience will be. 

With over 1,450 lawn related articles (a wonderful milestone we passed this week) and lifetime views of over 3 million technical posts, this humble lawn advice resource is well used by many a lawn owner and turf professional, including many across the pond.

We thank you all wherever you may be, and if you are starting your thanksgiving holiday weekend today, we hope you all have a great time with your family and friends and enjoy the College Football games on today.