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Richie · 20 Mar 2023 at 21:44

Scarify, overseed, top dress... It'll come back in 2-4 weeks.

Is drainage an issue?

joelk2 · 21 Mar 2023 at 11:26

Richie said:
Scarify, overseed, top dress... It'll come back in 2-4 weeks.

Is drainage an issue?

am unsure yet, only lived here 2 weeks. hopefully being on a slope it shouldnt be that bad and should drain off to the garden behind but also being a new build site im sure theres a ton of crap underneath too.

it was left for 8 months without being cut so it grew really long and died.

Richie · 21 Mar 2023 at 11:31

That'll kill it...

Cut it short, scarify to remove any thatch and rubbish then overseed and top dress. It's grass so normally very resilient.

Make sure you use seed that is suitable for your garden i.e. is it shaded a lot or does it get sun most of the day (I see a few houses surrounding you).

You can get grass seed for full sun, semi-shade and even full shade (poa supina mixed in).

I'll be doing mine again this year and using the full shade seed in some areas due to low light in parts of my front garden with standard seed for other areas that get full sun all day.

joelk2 · 21 Mar 2023 at 11:42

its east facing so gets the sun up until the afternoon pretty much. i think partial shade seed would be the right one in that instance.

ddoubleep · 24 Mar 2023 at 12:45

joelk2 said:
yeah thats my plan, hopefully it works to some degree

ive literally just moved in.

Take a look at A1 Lawn. Got seeds from there last year and germinated well. Hate all the random rain at the moment as grass has grown long and needs some TLC to get it back to normal.

joelk2 · 24 Mar 2023 at 16:01

ddoubleep said:
Take a look at A1 Lawn. Got seeds from there last year and germinated well. Hate all the random rain at the moment as grass has grown long and needs some TLC to get it back to normal.

Will do cheers, I’m guessing seeding pretty soon would be optimal?

ddoubleep · 24 Mar 2023 at 16:33

I got tips from these videos: 1, 2, 3

Got some fertiliser down a week before dropping the seeds. To speed things up you could mix seeds and compost and cover it and then throw it on like this preventing the rain washing loads of seed away.

JonRGV250 · 1 Apr 2023 at 18:33

Planted first early spuds and 3 rows of onions today..

Toms, gherkins, french beans, mangetout, strawberries etc are dotted around the house doing their thing until it's warm enough to put them in the greenhouse.

TNA · 1 Apr 2023 at 18:35

JonRGV250 said:
Planted first early spuds and 3 rows of onions today..

Toms, gherkins, french beans, mangetout, strawberries etc are dotted around the house doing their thing until it's warm enough to put them in the greenhouse.

Is that more for a hobby and enjoying your own food? We did a few years ago and it worked out cheaper to buy the stuff from tesco in the end. Was a nice experience though

JonRGV250 · 1 Apr 2023 at 18:48

Tbh, if the veg garden wasn't there (it was when i got the place) I may not have bothered, but since it is, I may as well use it.
From my experience growing stuff like mangetout, toms, French beans, asparagus etc is way way cheaper than the over priced tiny packs of store bought produce, that, and I really enjoy growing stuffs from a tiny seed.

UTT · 1 Apr 2023 at 23:15

JonRGV250 said:
Tbh, if the veg garden wasn't there (it was when i got the place) I may not have bothered, but since it is, I may as well use it.
From my experience growing stuff like mangetout, toms, French beans, asparagus etc is way way cheaper than the over priced tiny packs of store bought produce, that, and I really enjoy growing stuffs from a tiny seed.

One of the best experiences in life for me is popping into the garden and harvesting home grown veg to feed the family

We've got chilli plants(mine) and tomatoes, sweet peppers, carrots, turnips, lettuces all growing inside ready to plant out when the time is right

JonRGV250 · 3 Apr 2023 at 17:45

Gave the grass the first cut of the year..

and in the process managed to lose Kitler for a while, until..

Then proceeded to repair whats left of my lawn,,

Cleaned out the greenhouse and ripped out the Rosemary bush that decided that it didn't want to live anymore, so didn't..

Then my neighbours popped round with some beer for me for looking after their cats, and that well and truly stopped play..

Blackjack Davy · 7 Apr 2023 at 03:43

JonRGV250 said:
Planted first early spuds and 3 rows of onions today..

Toms, gherkins, french beans, mangetout, strawberries etc are dotted around the house doing their thing until it's warm enough to put them in the greenhouse.

Keep the cloches on 'em its been cold lately! I've got spuds planted but they're in buckets in teh greenhouse won't risk them outside just yet

Kohaashi · 10 Apr 2023 at 22:15

matt100 said:

Is that a home office?
Which one is it and did you build it yourself?
We’ve only recent moved home some 9 months ago and after removing the path our garden looks similar to your before pic, long narrow garden, so good to see how it can look with a some effort.

matt100 · 11 Apr 2023 at 07:32

Kohaashi said:
Is that a home office?
Which one is it and did you build it yourself?
We’ve only recent moved home some 9 months ago and after removing the path our garden looks similar to your before pic, long narrow garden, so good to see how it can look with a some effort.

Sort of, we use it as a gym not an office but it could be one easily.

It's not a kit and I didn't make it, the same people who did the garden made the room but there was a concrete base there already for an old knackered summer house thing.

garden gnome · 14 Apr 2023 at 19:39

I would post a pic .but no idea how

CaptainRAVE · 16 Apr 2023 at 22:33

Sad to see the harsh winter kill of our Phormiums (at least as far as I can tell at the moment) and seems to have hammered our bay trees too.

b0rn2sk8 · 16 Apr 2023 at 23:11

Harsh winter? It’s been pretty mild by all accounts.

CaptainRAVE · 17 Apr 2023 at 06:39

b0rn2sk8 said:
Harsh winter? It’s been pretty mild by all accounts.

Mild for many weeks, but we’ve also had a couple of really cold weeks that dropped to at least -9 and didn’t go much above that for a number of days including snow cover for one of those weeks that didn’t thaw.

Jokester · 17 Apr 2023 at 14:30

It was definitely our coldest winter for a good few years.