On a warm, close July evening the lawn can seem to come alive as thousands of winged ants pour out of the grass at once and take to the air. It looks alarming, and every summer people reach for the…
If you want the deep, crisp stripes of a bowling green or a cricket square on your own lawn, no rotary mower will get you there. That finish comes from a cylinder mower, and Allett has built its name making…
You water a dry patch of lawn, or a summer shower passes over, and instead of soaking in the water sits on top in little beads or runs off to the edges. Underneath, the soil stays dust dry no matter…
Most lawn grasses grow as separate plants sitting side by side. Kentucky bluegrass does something the others cannot: it spreads sideways underground and knits the whole lawn into a single connected mat. That one trait, the rhizome, is what makes…
If your ryegrass lawn has thinned into ragged brown patches during a hot, sticky July and the tips of the blades look twisted, grey leaf spot is worth ruling in before you blame the drought. This fungal disease attacks perennial…
Cobra is one of those brands that sits quietly below the names everyone recognises, then surprises people once they own one. The range runs to more than 40 machines, from a sub £150 corded electric mower up to petrol models…
The green and yellow stripes that appear across a lawn a week after feeding almost never come from the fertiliser itself. They come from the spreader, and specifically from how it was set up and walked. Get the calibration, the…
Reaching for the weedkiller on a hot, sunny afternoon feels like the obvious time to deal with the dandelions and clover taking over. It is also the time most likely to leave you with scorched grass and weeds that shrug…
Most lawn diseases creep. Pythium blight sprints. In the wrong weather it can turn healthy grass into greasy, collapsed streaks in a single night, and a large area can be lost in 24 to 48 hours. The conditions it needs…
If a patch of your lawn has turned straw brown in early summer and watering does nothing to revive it, billbugs are worth ruling out before you blame the weather. These small weevils lay eggs inside grass stems, and the…
