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…
Why Your Mower Won’t Fire and Reeks of Petrol After a Few Pulls (and How to Fix It Without a Trip to the Repair Shop)
A strong smell of petrol and an engine that cranks but will…
How to Get Rid of the Feathery Yarrow Spreading Across Your Lawn Without Digging Up the Grass
Yarrow creeps through a lawn on underground stems and shrugs off close…
What to Check Before You Buy a Leaf Blower for Clearing Autumn Leaves Off Your Lawn
The figure that clears a lawn of leaves fastest is air volume,…
How to Lay New Turf This Autumn So It Roots Before Winter and Is Ready to Walk On by Spring
Autumn is the best window of the whole year to lay new…
Why Coarse, Tufty Clumps of Grass Keep Spreading Across Your Lawn (and How to Get Rid of Them Without Digging It Up)
Coarse grass shows up as pale, shaggy clumps that stand taller than…
Why Molehills Keep Appearing on Your Lawn This Autumn (and How to Level Them Without Poison or Traps)
Molehills are not a sign the lawn is being eaten: moles are…
