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

Is it really May? Feels like Winter out there

It still feels like winter out there and we have not yet seen the spring burst of grass growth.  April was the third coldest April in almost 140 years, the Met Office has said, and had the lowest average minimum temperature since 1922.

April was also the frostiest and driest on record. The Met Office said just 4.7mm of rainfall had fallen in England since the start of the month. The driest on record is 1938, when there was just 6.7mm of rain.  We have now had some decent rain to help lift the lawns out of the winbter doldrums.

Soluble Iron to Retard Moss and Colour Up Lawns

We all 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.  It is still so cold!

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.

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.

The Solution to Worm Casts on Lawns

There are a lot of lawns being ruined by worm casts with recent rainfall, with multi sticky mounds of soil coming through the lawn.

Earthworm infestations can be massive, with many thousands per every 100 square metres.

It is not the worms that are directly the problem, but their castings on your lawn. 

There are a lot of lawns being ruined by worm casts with recent rainfall, with multi sticky mounds of soil coming through the lawn.

Earthworm infestations can be massive, with many thousands per every 100 square metres.

It is not the worms that are directly the problem, but their castings on your lawn. 

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.'

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.

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.

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.

Weather to mow the lawn or not....

Finding the ideal time to mow the lawn this autumn can always be a challenge. You should never consider that you do not have to mow the lawn in the autumn or winter months as the lawn will never actually stop growing - it will just slow down. You do not get out of it that easy!

Having a reliable weather source is vital in planning on which days you could mow your lawn that fits in with your busy work, home and social life and a time that coincides with the weather not throwing it down with rain at the time!

December Lawn Care Advice

As we enter the month of December and the looming prospect of the first Christmas Holiday Season under COVID Lockdown, your mind may be on other things rather than your lawn.

The month has started mild with daytime temperatures and 6.8 degrees and 1.4 degrees overnight but a cold snap is forecast as we enter the second week of December.

Deterring Earthworms from setting their casts on your lawn

As the soil air to water ratio changes in the more traditional autumn months, you will notice an increase in lawn earthworm soil cast activity.  In the USA, they call earthworms them Night Crawlers.

The wetter the autumn or winter, the greater the earthworm activity will be. The root zone of the lawn will become spongy as the worms undermine the upper surface and mowing will become difficult, especially with a cylinder mower. The use of the lawn will diminish as a result of the difficult surface conditions.