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How to deal with persistent weeds in three-month-old turf (SE England)
Please bear with me as I am quite eager and handy but a little less than experienced when it comes to the finer technical details! I laid nice Rolawn Minster turf about three months ago. I live in...
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Experience, opinions on Poulan and Ryobi electric pole saws from Home Depot, Lowes?
There's a Poulan 10" pole at Lowes and Ryobi 9" pole saw at Home Depot. Both about the same price. The Ryobi Poulan motor on the Poulan looks beefier to me, the Ryobi is sleeker, maybe easier to...
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Could you design a garden for someone who hates gardening? Any ideas?
It seems that the grass is not getting sufficient amount of water. That's why it is drying and and getting dead. Try to remove the dead grass and give your lawn a lot of water....
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help with ryobi electric/brush cutter
Hi, I have the Ryobi electric powerhead and noticed that the manual said you could use any attachment but do not use the brush cutter attachment. Of course, I need the brush cutter attachment. You can...
 
hope for a dry weekend!
hope its dry this weekend so i can finally get round top doing bits in the garden, its getting abit long now but its been to wet to do anything with it!!
 
Re: Atco commodore b14 problems
Hi I have been very frustrated by the same problem and the picture made it worse. I took it that the picture was the correct arrangement so that was me stuck. The link from the carburetor should be in...
 
Seaweed extract
Hi Im new here. My grandma has been taken ill and ive taken over the care of her lawn. I want it to look great when she comes back, and I mentioned this to a friend of mine and he recommends using...
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Help with a lawn which won't grow, 2nd time round!
Hello I have a lawn which just won't thrive, here's the facts: - Live on the sea front, it's the rear garden, 18m2, west facing. - A new promenade was being built 4 years ago and the rubble and soil...
 
water bogging in the garden
hi guys, i have 2 sep[erate lawns in my garden the left hand side always seems to hold water as the right hand side is great, i need to know if there is anything i could do to stop it filling with...
 
Florida Natural Grass Considered a Weed Elsewhere?
Having moved to Florida in 1997 from "up north", I was shocked at what pass= es for lawn grass in Florida. The thick, course bladed "St. Augustine" or = "Floratam" or "Palmetto" would be consider...
 
New lawn
Hi Everybody, New to forum site..Im'e a greenhorn when it comes to gardening, so hope i can get some advise regarding laying a new lawn. The area to be laid is roughly is 40'x12' and covered with...
 
new lawnmower
hi guys im new to this, me and my wife has just bought our first house and i want to get the garden looking nice. i have discovered i like being in the garden! i need a lawnmower that gives the stripe...
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Lawn advice needed
Good afternoon all. I'm very much a beginner at the whole gardening scene as I have always lived in an urban area with very little opportunity to get my fingers green. However, we have moved into a...
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ATCO Lawn Mower
Hello All! This is my first post on this forum.... Some 20+ years ago I moved from the UK to France and brought with me my ATCO Lawn Mower but unfortunately it was never used and now I have more time...
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Lawn help... And lots of it
Finally getting stuck in to our new garden but having done some research have discovered that it's in a bit of a mess. We have a largish lawn that is currently overun with,(amateur guestimates here),...