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Lawn flattened by builders
Hello everyone! Totally new here, gardening amateur looking forward to the Spring.. Have had some builders leave a lot of building rubbish on our lawn from some work are having done. Lots of heavy...
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hater friction plate removal
I have made a suitable tool to remove the hayter friction plate. I will happily make many more or even one to help users. Hayter James
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Lawn Wet and Grass dying
Hello, Our garden and house is about 3 years old nearly and we have mostly had a good lawn. But at the moment the grass is dying at the end and also along one edge and around the base of a tree where...
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Relaying Lawn
We've recently moved into our home and i would like to relay our front lawn. Reasons for this are: - It's really uneven - It's mostly moss The lawn doesn't get much sun due to the hedge which i think...
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Blight in vegetable garden
For many years my husband and I having been growing a large vegetable garde n. The past couple of years we have been experiencing "Blight" my husband s ays there's no way to rid the garden of the...
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Lawn Questions & Advice
Hi all, I realise the need for details so I'll try to cover things but if I've missed anything just let me know. I'm a fairly methodical person so I'm happy to be as precise with measurements etc as...
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Autumn lawn fertiliser
Hi I am currently looking for an Autumn lawn fertiliser. I have been doing some research on NPKs that are better suited to Autumn/Winter. I was reccomended a 4-0-14 2fe by a lawn care firm? Most of...
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Reel vs rotary
Most golf courses use Reel Mowers. Separate types for greens and another type for fairways. Usually multiple gangs with self contained power & cab, or tractor towed types. Another type for roughs. . ....
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Coping with sod?
[I've never dealt with sod before] The city just sodded the strip between our front sidewalk and the curb and the part of our front lawn that they destroyed while working on our street. They're coming...
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9 years ago
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Lawn Aerator
Anybody know where to get an aerator that's basically a 20-gallon barrel with a row of aerator tubes fastened around each head? The one I'm looking for is pulled by hand. I have too much area to cover...
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How to make a crow STFU?
The neighborhood crow pecks around in my yard and makes an awful racket at dawn every day. How do I git rid of him? It's a residential area, so I can't just shoot the bugger. Any tricks for...
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Unidentified Weeds
Good evening everyone, I have 2 problems that I hope someone may be be able to help myself with. I have 2 as of yet unidentified weeds that are proving rather troublesome in eradicating from my...
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Pre-treat weeds with soapy water before spraying weed killer? (2023 Update)
I mix concentrated Ortho Weed B Gon (Plus Grabgrass Control) with water according to the label and use a 1-gallon handpump sprayer. I suppose that it works, but I don't exactly see the spray "wetting"...
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Will crabgrass preventer also stop tree seeds?
We're surrounded by maple trees and a single ash tree, and every summer our lawn is full of hundreds (thousands?) of ash and maple tree sprouts from the seeds they drop. After lopping off their heads...
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Growing grass from seed
Hello I have never grown grass before so would appreciate some advice. When I moved in, my garden was an absolute jungle due to it being untouched for around 10 years. I have now cleared one side and...
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