Have you ever had your garden re-laid? - Harringay online2024-03-29T05:14:51Zhttps://harringayonline.com/forum/topics/have-you-ever-had-your-garden-re-laid?commentId=844301%3AComment%3A1183564&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHi
If you want to save some m…tag:harringayonline.com,2019-07-28:844301:Comment:11835642019-07-28T09:10:44.422ZLondonN4https://harringayonline.com/profile/GirlOnBike
<p>Hi</p>
<p>If you want to save some money, it's easy peasy to sow a lawn from seed</p>
<p><a href="https://www.homebase.co.uk/ideas-advice/garden-and-outdoor/lawn/how-to-create-a-new-lawn-from-seed">https://www.homebase.co.uk/ideas-advice/garden-and-outdoor/lawn/how-to-create-a-new-lawn-from-seed</a></p>
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<p>Good luck</p>
<p>Hi</p>
<p>If you want to save some money, it's easy peasy to sow a lawn from seed</p>
<p><a href="https://www.homebase.co.uk/ideas-advice/garden-and-outdoor/lawn/how-to-create-a-new-lawn-from-seed">https://www.homebase.co.uk/ideas-advice/garden-and-outdoor/lawn/how-to-create-a-new-lawn-from-seed</a></p>
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<p>Good luck</p> Hi Shariq,
We've laid turf in…tag:harringayonline.com,2019-07-28:844301:Comment:11833392019-07-28T07:43:02.473ZSallyhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/Sally294
<p>Hi Shariq,</p>
<p>We've laid turf in this area successfully.</p>
<p>As other contributors have said, good preparation & aftercare are the key to getting the best results.</p>
<p>Here's a good step by step guide from the RHS which will give you an idea of what's involved if you'd like to DIY:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=410" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=410</a></p>
<p>For our own lawn (we're on the ladder)…</p>
<p>Hi Shariq,</p>
<p>We've laid turf in this area successfully.</p>
<p>As other contributors have said, good preparation & aftercare are the key to getting the best results.</p>
<p>Here's a good step by step guide from the RHS which will give you an idea of what's involved if you'd like to DIY:</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=410" target="_blank">https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=410</a></p>
<p>For our own lawn (we're on the ladder) we just used a patch reseeding technique:</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=438" target="_blank">https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=438</a></p>
<p>Cutting your lawn very regularly (at least weekly in the growing season) is a good way to thicken up the sward & encourage new shoots from the roots (known as rhizomes & tillers)</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/how-to-mow-your-lawn" target="_blank">https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/how-to-mow-your-lawn</a></p>
<p>There's also some advice here on spring & autumn care for your lawn:</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=413" target="_blank">https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=413</a></p>
<p><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=308" target="_blank">https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=308</a></p>
<p>For general lawn advice, including how to introduce wild flowers & trouble shooting:</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/garden-features/lawns" target="_blank">https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/garden-features/lawns</a></p>
<p></p> We also relaid our turf, foll…tag:harringayonline.com,2019-07-27:844301:Comment:11835492019-07-27T15:42:30.627Zkotkashttps://harringayonline.com/profile/AsenTsvyatkov
<p>We also relaid our turf, following a 3 months of our garden being used as building materials storage during our refurbishment which compacted the surface quite badly and killed off the existing mature lawn. I think we got the grass from Amazon - it was excellent quality. We had a fair bit of clay but we turned it over and evened out its distribution pretty crudely. In the first year it became quite water-logged, and subsequently very patchy, but 2 years on it's looking very good. For me the…</p>
<p>We also relaid our turf, following a 3 months of our garden being used as building materials storage during our refurbishment which compacted the surface quite badly and killed off the existing mature lawn. I think we got the grass from Amazon - it was excellent quality. We had a fair bit of clay but we turned it over and evened out its distribution pretty crudely. In the first year it became quite water-logged, and subsequently very patchy, but 2 years on it's looking very good. For me the learnings are:</p>
<p>- don't walk on it for the maximum possible period of time</p>
<p>- put as much topsoil as possible/practical</p>
<p>- give it time it to 'fuse' with the undersoil - that I think can take many months</p>
<p>- expect some patches not to catch on - re-seed regularly and don't over-water which i am told forces the grass to set in deeper roots/become more resilient</p> Thanks both - useful advice!R…tag:harringayonline.com,2019-07-27:844301:Comment:11834852019-07-27T10:11:58.834ZSharhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/sharringay
<p>Thanks both - useful advice!<br/><br/>Re drainage, I guess the foxes have done that testing for us and the holes dry up fairly quickly so that doesn't seem to be an issue...</p>
<p>Thanks both - useful advice!<br/><br/>Re drainage, I guess the foxes have done that testing for us and the holes dry up fairly quickly so that doesn't seem to be an issue...</p> We had our lawn relaid by blo…tag:harringayonline.com,2019-07-26:844301:Comment:11833002019-07-26T23:27:57.224ZProtheroe O'Sheahttps://harringayonline.com/profile/TunbridgeWells
<p>We had our lawn relaid by bloom gardening <a href="http://www.bloomgardening.co.uk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.bloomgardening.co.uk</a>. Billie often posts on HOL. They did an excellent job and lawn is looking lovely, despite all its battles with my 9 year old son.</p>
<p>You will need to loosen and possibly remove some soil and add loads of topsoil to the mix. And give the new lawn a month to bed in before walking on it..</p>
<p>Lawns ultimately require loads of work…</p>
<p>We had our lawn relaid by bloom gardening <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://www.bloomgardening.co.uk" target="_blank">http://www.bloomgardening.co.uk</a>. Billie often posts on HOL. They did an excellent job and lawn is looking lovely, despite all its battles with my 9 year old son.</p>
<p>You will need to loosen and possibly remove some soil and add loads of topsoil to the mix. And give the new lawn a month to bed in before walking on it..</p>
<p>Lawns ultimately require loads of work to keep them looking good. </p>