Some regular maintenance cutting lawns. Planting out dahlias. Stinging nettles have started to encroach from the fence line to the grass, so initially I’ve cut them back. Now they will regrow and weedkiller can be applied to the young fresh growth to kill them off
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Recent work in various gardens
Before and after
The weather continues to be challenging for gardeners very wet ground means any new rainfall has nowhere to go and the ground remains waterlogged. Recommended battery powered tool https://amzn.to/3VCYUO4
Grass cut in February
High cut to tidy up the lawn. Gooseberry bushes weeded and mulched. Victoria plum tree planted
Mow high for weed and grub control – MSU Extension
https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/mow_high_for_weed_and_grub_control#:~:text=The%20top%20setting%20for%20most,at%203%20or%203.5%20inches. Obsession of cutting grass too short creates many of the problems with lawns that homeowners worry about, for example moss, broad leaf weeds and sometimes grubs. Cutting the lawn too short stresses the plant including the roots which are not visible. Then we apply fertiliser and moss control to a stressed lawn in theContinue reading “Mow high for weed and grub control – MSU Extension”
Digging for….
Uncovering slabs in a “lawn” .. For next stage..
Some Gardens this week
Fencing
Fences blew down, replaced with concrete posts and concrete gravel boards, reused fence panels, then cut front lawn
Early morning planting
6.30 am nice temperature for planting, after yesterday’s overgrown lawn, a nice change to be creative. This lawn had to be strimmed before cutting with a lawnmower, and even that cut will have to be a high one
Lawns
I use a mower which has 3 options; collection, mulch and side discharge. Generally I use collection at the start of the season i.e the forst cut after winter, and the last cut before winter. Why? Overwintered grass has to survive the cold, ice, snow – whatever is thrown at it – collecting these bladesContinue reading “Lawns”
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