How to Stop a Muddy Shortcut Wearing Bare Across Your Lawn This Winter and Have Thick Grass Beside It by Spring (Without Fencing It Off)
Set stepping stones level with the soil along the route everyone walks,…
How to Get Rid of the Mind-Your-Own-Business Carpet Spreading Through Your Lawn Without Mowing Its Stems Into Every Corner (and Without Weedkiller)
A carpet of tiny round green leaves that pops up in new…
How to Tell Whether a Broken Mower Is Worth Fixing Instead of Paying for a New One (and the Half-Price Rule That Settles It)
A repair quote that is more than half the price of a…
How to Stop Small Weeds With Pink Flowers Taking Over the Bare Patches in Your Lawn Without Using Weedkiller
Small pink-flowered weeds with soft, round leaves settle into thin and bare…
How to Get Rid of the Broad, Hairy Tufts Creeping Through Your Lawn Without Weedkiller (and Stop the Dark Flower Heads by Spring)
The dark green tufts with silky white hairs along the leaf edges…
How to Re-Cut Your Lawn Edge This Winter to Keep Grass Out of Your Borders by Spring (Without Reshaping the Lawn)
Re-cut the lawn edge with a half-moon tool on a dry winter…
What a Yearly Mower Service Actually Involves (and the Jobs You Can Do Yourself Instead of Paying the Repair Shop)
Most of a yearly mower service is about an hour of cheap…
What Mowing Your Lawn in a Mild Winter Spell Actually Does (and When to Leave the Mower in the Shed Instead)
Grass keeps growing whenever the temperature stays above 7 degrees C (45…
How to Spot a Worn-Out Second-Hand Mower Before You Hand Over Cash for Somebody Else’s Problem
A second-hand mower tells you how it was used through its oil,…
Why Rings of Dead Grass and Toadstools Keep Growing Wider on Your Lawn (and How to Fade Them Without Digging Up the Turf)
A ring of dead grass and toadstools is a fungal colony pushing…
What Destroying the Ant Nest Under Your Lawn Actually Does (and the Easier Way to Get Rid of the Mounds Without Poison)
Wiping out a colony tends to hand the ground to incoming queens,…
How to Level the Bumps and Hollows in Your Lawn in a Mild Autumn Spell for a Smooth Cut by Spring (Without Digging Up the Whole Lawn)
A lumpy lawn gets worse with every mow, as bumps and hollows…
