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I used it for a large-ish patch that needed reseeding. The grass present lifts the cling film leaving enough space for air flow. My seeds germinated in a week or so and the cling film was removed after 2.
 
My front garden has an amazing amount moss in it, I've got a garden rake and done some raking; amazed how much came out although i'm not used to physical exercise like that!
Being a lazy git i've asked our local Stihl dealer to get me one of these: https://www.stihl.co.uk/en/p/lawn-scarifiers-rla-240-ak-system-107874 . I was chatting to my neighbour who tried a proper scarifier and said the mess it makes off the lawn he'd never do it again.

Is it a case of it'll be a mess until the moss is properly removed then going forward it wont make as much of a mess?
 
JustBen said:
Is it a case of it'll be a mess until the moss is properly removed then going forward it wont make as much of a mess?
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Going by what you say about your lawn - it will likely end up with almost nothing left after it has pulled out the moss and thatch. Overseed it, thin layer of compost over the top and keep it moist (not wet). You should get germination in about 10-14. days. THe problem is that people want instant gratification and plants don't really care what people want, they will do what they want and that takes time.

Be around 3-4 weeks to get back to a normal lawn.
 
Richie said:
Going by what you say about your lawn - it will likely end up with almost nothing left after it has pulled out the moss and thatch. Overseed it, thin layer of compost over the top and keep it moist (not wet). You should get germination in about 10-14. days. THe problem is that people want instant gratification and plants don't really care what people want, they will do what they want and that takes time.

Be around 3-4 weeks to get back to a normal lawn.
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Half of the front lawn is so soft and springy. When I looked down it's mostly moss with grass trying to come through it. I don't mind it looking messy for a few weeks if it resolves the the issue more long term. Got grass seed and top soil so will grab some compost.

I think the previous occupants didn't do any gardening at all which likely wouldn't have helped.
 
I'm half way through turning my garden around going from a massively settled and weed strewn area back into a small lawn with sections of slate chips either end. Looking for ideas to edge the lawn against the slate chips if anyone has any suggestions? Lawn is tiny, only 2-3m square(ish) so 5-6m of edging needed for the top and bottom edges.

I think longer term I'd possibly do a line of brick between them for a nice cutting edge but at the moment I've just got the batten holding the membrane and need something more robust that'll look nice - or at the very least be strong but barely visible.
 
Apologies for the image spam, I haven’t posted in this thread before but we moved into a new house just over two years ago and have been very slowly chipping away.

Neither of us is a gardener so learning as we go but basically all kudos to the other half for the planting. I have tried my best with the building the basic retaining wall, deck and planters.

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Just waiting on some furniture for the deck and looking forward to doing a lot less work this summer and more drinking beer.
 
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Scarified the lawn today, got the small Stihl scarifier and it looks to have done a good job. It's just started raining now so pretty happy about that.
 
First stags of the year..
Should have a bumper beetle turnout this year as I've been leaving rotting wood all over the place.

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and found a bees nest under a paving slab..

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I don't know how deep it goes, but the noise when i poked it was terrifying!
I'll leave it there and hopefully they'll bugger off soon (I think they only stay there for a few months) so I can whack some plants in there.

Pond plants are doing their bit..

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as is the stuffs in the veg garden..

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This is how it was when I got the place (taken from same angle)..

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Dis86 said:
You're builder wants shooting for that back garden and the levels.
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Haha, it's a sore point, the estate is built on a hillside, next door have tiered their's (that's the reason for the new panel). But I've neglected it the last 4 years as I've still not decided what I want doing with it. There's also a bit of drainage issue, though that's been dealt with now I think so time to get rid of the moss.
 
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Haha, it's a sore point, the estate is built on a hillside, next door have tiered their's (that's the reason for the new panel). But I've neglected it the last 4 years as I've still not decided what I want doing with it. There's also a bit of drainage issue, though that's been dealt with now I think so time to get rid of the moss.
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Looking at the gradient of the slope it should probably have had a retaining wall built at the bottom end.

Tiering is one way to do it, it's what I did with mine but mine only dropped about 500mm over 11m. Hope you don't get too many drainage issues (we did).
 
Meant to do this last month but it had been so dry the ground was solid.

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Have got a ton bag of top dressing to go down and seed, hopefully it goes as well as last year.

Even though this was a new build a couple of years ago the condition they left the garden in was very good, plenty top soil and near enough no rubble so the grass has been good so far.
 
Dis86 said:
Looking at the gradient of the slope it should probably have had a retaining wall built at the bottom end.

Tiering is one way to do it, it's what I did with mine but mine only dropped about 500mm over 11m. Hope you don't get too many drainage issues (we did).
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It was a running joke that me and my neighbour had a spring in that top corner.

He put in a massive French drain I think was which seems to have sorted it. They’ve also started the 2nd phase further up the hill so the drainage for that should also stop/divert groundwater from finding its way down to us.

Next job will be to get the electric scarifier on it and spot kill those patches of rogue grass and reseed.
 
My Cosmos are covered the bloody things, but luckily nothing else.
Still, ants treat them as a sugary snack, so maybe they'll eat them all..

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On another note, plenty of mangetout this year..

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