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.
How to Fix a Mower That Starts Then Stalls After a Few Seconds Without Paying a Repair Shop
A mower that fires on the pull then dies within a few…
What Leaving Fallen Leaves on Your Lawn All Autumn Actually Does to the Grass Underneath
A light scatter of leaves does little harm, but a wet mat…
How to Get Rid of the Moss and Weeds Taking Over Your Patio and Block Paving Without Harsh Chemicals
The weeds in your paving joints are not growing up through the…
Why Your Mower Shakes and Rattles the Handles When You Cut (and How to Fix It Without a Repair Bill)
A mower that buzzes and rattles through the handles almost always has…
What Scarifying the Spongy Thatch Out of Your Lawn This Autumn Actually Does (and When to Leave It Alone)
Thatch is the spongy brown layer of dead stems, old roots and…
How to Aerate a Hard, Compacted Lawn This Autumn for Deeper Roots and Thicker Grass by Spring
Hard, compacted ground starves grass roots of the air and water they…
