Lawn Care

Winter Lawn Care Beautiful Winter Lawns Having a great looking lawn in Winter is often thought of as an impossibility for many people, yet as we drive around town we can’t help but notice that for many other lawn owners, the concept is merely a myth. The proof is seen in lush green carpets ... Read more	Lawn Has Lost It's Dark Green Colour Lawn Discolouration Soft Leaf Buffalo lacking in colour This article continues to look at discolouration of lawns which we started to look at in the article Lawn Is Turning Yellow or Brown. When lawns reach the stage of becoming yellow or brown, it generally signifies a problem in our lawn care regime ... Read more
New Lawns Care Roll On Lawn A new Sir Walter lawn Your new roll on lawn has just been laid, the contractor has left, and you’re happy to see the transformation of a worn out area into a lovely fresh new lawn to compliment your home and garden. Proper lawn care at this very early stage ... Read more	How To Kill A Lawn Killing and Removal Of Grass While it may go against the very notion of lawn care, sometimes the need arises to remove or kill lawn grass from areas of our properties. This could be due to many factors including: to plant a garden bed or lay paving in it’s place home improvements or to ... Read more
Lawn Is Turning Yellow or Brown Discovering Causes Of Unhealthy Lawns Classic signs of early dehydration In this article we'll have a look at some of the reasons why lawns can turn a yellow or brown colour, in sections or even entirely. Like all lawn care, a few simple checks can quickly determine what is going on, and ... Read more	Fertilisers Burning Lawns How Does Fertiliser Burn Lawns Using lawn fertilisers properly The Nitrogen in lawn fertiliser burns the leaves of lawns, turning the lawn yellow, brown or black. Nitrogen is the same nutrient that causes the spots created from dogs urine on ... Read more
Ammonium Sulphate In Lawn Care Ammonium Sulphate The Fastest Way To Green A Lawn? The use of Ammonium Sulphate (or Sulphate of Ammonium) in lawn care will instantly green a lawn almost faster than anything else. But it does have major drawbacks. So before proceeding to use this product, please read this article fully and choose ... Read more	Liquid Organic Fertilisers Using Organic Fertilisers In Lawn Care Just one type of liquid organic fertiliser Some of the liquid organic fertilisers that have been appearing over the last years have been a great addition to the garden and lawn owner. They allow us to quickly and easily apply a product packed with organic nutrients ... Read more
Fertiliser Pellets On Lawns Organic Fertiliser Pellets In Lawn Care Organic Fertiliser Pellets There are many types of organic fertilisers available for lawns and gardens these days. One such product is a manure product which has been dried and formed into pellets, and that's the product we will talk about in this lawn care ... Read more	Lawn Care Tips - Top Seven Lawn Mowing Regular Lawn Mowing Regular lawn mowing When lawns are mown at the right frequency, matched to how fast they are growing at the time, you help to reduce the build up of thatch, and water gets to roots more easily. With utilising this quality lawn care, more of the lawns energy ... Read more
Lawn Clippings In Garden Beds Recycling Our Lawn Clippings It's easy to quickly think about how often our lawns are mowed each year in our lawn care, and then to think about how many clippings are removed, not just at each service, but over the course of a year of mowing. In most cases these clippings ... Read more	Fertilising Lawns In Winter A Greener Lawn This Winter Fertilising is essential in Winter As a Lawn Mowing Contractor, I've been asked many times over many years, "Can Lawns Be Fertilised In Winter?". Let's have a look... The Simple Answer Yes, lawns can be fertilised over Winter, however a different type of fertiliser must be used in our ... Read more
Lawn Fertilisers and The Environment Environmental Impact Of Lawn Fertilisers Fertilisers can cause environmental damage We often here stories about fertilisers damaging the environment. That we need to cut back on their use and so forth. So what's the deal and what is the truth about our use of fertilisers in lawn care. The reasons for the use ... Read more	Thatch In Lawns What Is Lawn Thatch The brown thatch layer between soil and lawn leaf Thatch is a layer of organic matter that lies underneath the top green layer of the lawn. In Warm Season Lawns, thatch is comprised of living and dead runners (stolons), as well as other build up of organic material ... Read more
Fertilising Frequencies - How Often To Fertilise Lawns The Need For Lawn Fertilisers Fertilisers - how often is enough? Lawn fertilisers are a mix of nutrients that have been formulated to supplement the nutrients already found in soils. In other articles, it has been outlined already that all lawns were once wild grasses, existing in their natural environments, with the ... Read more	Why Fertilise Lawns The Role Of Lawn Fertilisers Fertilisers are food We see lawn care fertilisers for sale in the garden nurseries, Contractors tell us they are important, even the turf supplier advised us to use them. So we sort of know we should... but why? Lawns are Monocultures All grasses that we use as lawns today, ... Read more
How Much Lawn Fertiliser To Use Lawn Fertilisers - how much is enough? Lawn fertilisers are an essential element in maintaining the health and well being of our lawns. To maximise results and reduce wastage or damage to the environment, it's important they are used correctly in our lawn care. The answer is.... there is no one answer. All la... Read more	Seeding In Lawns The Reason For Lawns Seeding Sir Walter Soft Buffalo lawn in seed All lawns will seed, it's the natural means by which it propagates itself into a new generation. The seeding can be very different in all lawn types. For example, Buffaloes will produce a thick, heavy seed stalk and head, Kikuyu ... Read more