The single change that does more for a summer lawn than any feed, gadget or seed is watering less often and more deeply. A lawn given ten minutes with the sprinkler every evening grows roots that sit in the top…
If you are tired of mowing, watering and feeding a patch of grass that browns off every summer, a chamomile or thyme lawn is worth considering. These scented, low-growing ground covers need no regular cutting, release a soft fragrance when…
If a petrol mower drags on the pull cord, fires then dies, runs rough or chews through more fuel than it used to, the spark plug is the cheapest part to suspect first. A new plug costs only a few…
Ryobi has built its cordless mowers around one idea: a single battery that powers everything you own. If you are weighing one up, the most useful starting point is to match the deck width and battery size to your lawn,…
Lift a paddling pool, a trampoline base or a heavy garden table after a few warm days and you find the same thing underneath: a pale, sickly yellow shape stamped into the grass. The good news is that in most…
If your lawn has slowed almost to a standstill since the warm, dry weather arrived, the grass is not failing. It is protecting itself. Most garden lawns are built from cool-season grasses such as perennial ryegrass, the fescues and bent,…
Before you buy an Einhell cordless mower, three things decide whether you get the right machine: the size of your lawn, whether the price includes batteries or not, and which battery capacity comes in the box. Get those right and…
For a small, flat lawn of fine grass, a manual push reel mower can give a cleaner cut than a powered rotary costing three times as much, with no petrol, no battery, no cord, and almost no maintenance. The catch…
If pale, broad-leaved tufts are standing proud of an otherwise fine lawn within a day or two of mowing, you are looking at coarse grass invading your sward. The reason it suddenly stands out in summer is that these tougher…
A single water butt fed from a downpipe can capture hundreds of litres from one heavy shower, and that stored water is free, untreated, and ready for the driest weeks of summer when the tap is the last place you…
