Why Brown Footprints Appear on Your Lawn After the First Frosts (and How to Stop Them Without Any Work)
The white on the grass is frost, and the brown shapes that…
How to Get Rid of the Mushrooms and Toadstools Appearing on Your Lawn This Autumn Without Chemicals
Mushrooms and toadstools on a lawn are the fruiting bodies of a…
Why the Caked Grass Under Your Mower Deck Is Quietly Ruining the Cut (and How to Scrape It Clean Yourself)
The Clumps on the Lawn Are Coming From Under the Deck The…
How to Get Rid of the Moss Taking Over Your Lawn This Autumn Without Raking It Down to Bare Earth
Moss Is the Symptom, Not the Enemy You walk back in from…
How to Overseed a Thin, Worn Lawn This Autumn for Thicker Grass by Spring
A thin, worn lawn after summer is not finished, it is just…
What Cutting Your Lawn Too Short Before Winter Actually Does (and the Height to Leave It At)
A hard, low “winter cut” does not tidy a lawn for the…
Why Your Mower Suddenly Blows Blue or White Smoke When You Start It (and How to Fix It Without a Repair Shop)
Blue or white smoke on start-up almost always means oil has reached…
How to Get Rid of Creeping Cinquefoil Spreading Across Your Lawn Without Digging Up the Grass
Creeping cinquefoil is the low, flat weed with leaves split into five…
Why Your Mower Is Leaving Ragged, Torn Grass Tips (and How to Fix It Without a New Blade)
If your lawn looks ragged and pale a day after cutting, with…
How to Clear Worm Casts From Your Lawn This Autumn Without Smearing Them Into Muddy Bare Patches
Worm casts are small coils of muddy soil that a few earthworm…
Why Birds Keep Tearing Holes in Your Lawn (and How to Stop the Grubs Underneath Them Without Poisons)
The birds ripping up your lawn are hunting chafer grubs feeding on the roots below, and the damage peaks in early autumn as the grubs fatten up. Watering in Heterorhabditis bacteriophora nematodes while the soil is still 12 to 20 degrees Celsius kills the grubs without any chemicals.
How to Feed Your Lawn in Autumn So It Hardens Off for Winter and Greens Up Faster in Spring
An autumn lawn feed should be high in potassium and phosphorus and low in nitrogen, so it builds roots and hardens the grass for winter rather than forcing soft top growth. Scatter it at 20 to 30 grams per square metre just before rain, after scarifying and aerating, and only on a lawn that is still growing.
