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…
How to Put Your Mower Away for Winter So It Starts First Time Next Spring Without a Repair Bill
The mower faults that cost the most in spring all trace back…
Why Rainwater Pools on Your Lawn and the Ground Squelches Underfoot (and How to Fix It Without Hiring a Drainage Company)
Standing water and a spongy, squelching surface are signs that the soil…
How to Get Rid of the Daisies Spreading Across Your Lawn Without Digging Up the Grass
Daisies shrug off the mower: each plant grows as a flat rosette…
How to Sharpen a Mower Blade That Tears the Grass Instead of Cutting It Cleanly (and Balance It Yourself)
Grass that looks ragged and whitish a day after you cut it,…
