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

Happy Easter from the Grass Clippings Team

Easter Holidays are upon us and the big get away has commenced!

The weather has taken a turn for the better with temperatures a lot warmer hovering around 15 degrees for the weekend with a warm feel about it too.

If you are planning to be at home, Easter is traditionally a big DIY weekend at home with the Garden Centres and DIY Stores expecting hughe volumes of customers to get their tills ringing.

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?

 

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.

Lawn Care is a Science

The Team at Grass Clippings are pleased to boast that lawn owners have at their disposal on this Lawn Blog over 1,590 lawn related technical pages covering the wide technical subject of lawns and their care. This Lawn Blog is living up to it's name -'Grass Clippings - Home of the British Lawn.'

Our lawn advice blog site site is almost at the grand total of over 3,000,000 technical posts having been read by Visitors seeking sound advice on their green swards.

Whether you are after a little bit of advice on summer lawn care, or lawn pests, or some advice on controlling moss, scarifying your lawn or the source of a reputable turf supplier, you will find all the answers here on this lawn advice site.

 

 

Controlling Ants in your Lawn

Ants are a right pain in the grass when they get into your lawn.

Their season is really short but the mess thay can make building their nests can only resemble a battle field of soil mounts that create a bumpy and uneven service.

There are many ant control products that range from a foam / powder / gel.

We have heard some great results from this brand - Combat Ant Killer

Managing Editor is a RHS Lawn and Turf Speaker & Judge

Our Managing Editor, Mike Seaton, is a Fellow Member of The Institute of Groundsmanship and has had an extensive career in the turf and lawn industry.

'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.

The knowledge base found on this web site is supported by over 39 years; hands on practical, technical and commercial experience in the sports turf and leisure industry.

Should we BAN mowing lawns to save bees?

TV gardener Diarmuid Gavin has urged Britons to stop mowing their lawns in order to help the environment after being inspired by Greta Thunberg. 

The Chelsea Flower Show host, 57, appeared on Good Morning Britain today to debate whether people should let their gardens run wild to create habitats for bees to pollinate. 

Irish-born garden designer Diarmuid says weeds and dandelions should be 'encouraged' because lawns are 'deserts' in terms of biodiversity and gardens are often the 'last refuge of wildlife'.

Old Farmers paid to retire

Old farmers are set to be paid up to £100,000 to retire in a bid to freshen the industry with newer workers who are keen on green methods reports The Daily Mail.

Environment Secretary Geroge Eustice believes that some older farmers are hesitant to employ new green methods. 

And because of Brexit, farmers can receive a higher payout compared to when Britain was in the EU.

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.

Invasion of more than 200 billion Daddy Long Legs on Lawns

With record temperatures, 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.

Helping your Lawn Recover from Drought Stress

Now we are receiving some great late summer rain, the lawns will quickly be recovering and returning to their more normal green colour after the drought months.

In The Lawn Shop, there are plenty of lawn care treatment products to help your lawn recover from the drought.

Now is the time to apply a lawn fertiliser and you have a choice of a granular or water soluble products.

Tackling the Lawn Care Puzzle

The great thing about being into lawns is that you are always in demand and undertaking Lawn Consultancy contracts forms a big part of our business concept.

Having said this, to acquire a degree in turf culture takes years of study and examinations and also years of 'on the job training' too which supplements the theory, the final degree examinations being some 21 hours long. And you thought it was just 'grass'...

Mr Weed becomes President of The RHS

Keith Weed has been appointed president of the Royal Horticultural Society.

Mr Weed's appointment is a triumph for those who believe in what officially is called ‘nominative determinism’, which technically means ‘name-driven outcome’ — the theory that people gravitate towards areas of work or behaviour that reflect their name.

Of course he has. Especially when you hear that his father’s name was Weed and his mother’s name was Hedges.

How and When to water your Lawns

When and how much water should you give your lawn during the prevailing hot weather when the thermometer is tipping almost 27.7 degrees?

We are receiving a lot of calls about the very same subject, mostly about newly renovated lawns with seed or turf.

Should you water your lawns or not when it is this hot?  Turf grasses are tough old things and so long as you have healthy and desirable turf grasses in your lawns then they should be capable of coping with the extremes of drought.

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: