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[AndyRM]

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

 

[welsh dragon]

Don't take any notice of this lot. Find a landscaping firm in the yellow pages,, and get them to flatten the ground and sew the grass seed. Make sure you get a landscaper with references., it shouldn't cost you a fortune and good luck. PS? That lot are right. It does, look shite

 

[Spinney]

You're all bastards! The poor chap is trying. @Crackle, if you seriously want gardening advice (rather than feeling the need for a few insults), you'd be better off on the Gardening forum!

 

[Dayvo]

How green is your valley big is your garden? You could either use astroturf (for hassle-and maintenance-free gardening) or use rolled turf. But if you want to see the results of your own labours, then a seeded garden is quite rewarding.

It's a technical art, but in a nutshell, this should help.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/basics/techniques/lawns_sowlawn1.shtml

Once the seed has taken and begins to shoot, water well and often (but don't flood it) and lay a tarpaulin over the grass at nights (to start with) to keep the temperature in the soil, thus aiding healthy growing.

Once it is established, you'll need to aerate (make lots of 3-4 inch deep holes) and dress (cover lightly and evenly with appropriate sand).

Then watch with horror from you window as your kids/neighbours's dogs tear your lawn to shreds!

 

[Crackle]

How green is your valley big is your garden? You could either use astroturf (for hassle-and maintenance-free gardening) or use rolled turf. But if you want to see the results of your own labours, then a seeded garden is quite rewarding.

It's a technical art, but in a nutshell, this should help.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/basics/techniques/lawns_sowlawn1.shtml

Once the seed has taken and begins to shoot, water well and often (but don't flood it) and lay a tarpaulin over the grass at nights (to start with) to keep the temperature in the soil, thus aiding healthy growing.

Once it is established, you'll need to aerate (make lots of 3-4 inch deep holes) and dress (cover lightly and evenly with appropriate sand).

Then watch with horror from you window as your kids/neighbours's dogs tear your lawn to shreds!

I read that bbc article yesterday.

I don't have a tarpaulin Dayvo but the weather forecast is quite favourable at the moment, so I'm hoping it won't go too cold.

Don't worry @Spinney, this is light compared to the family expertise It's also probably temporary until we decide on what we really want. I just didn't want it to look a tip and rather than spend a few hundred on turf, I figured a tenner on grass seed wouldn't be too much of waste.

 

[Cold]

My garden was the same so I just kept buying cheap quick growing grass seed and putting it down now it looks pretty good.

 

[Beebo]

I'm a bit of a bodge it and make doer too, just sling a bit more seed down if it starts to look patchy.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

You should go down to the beach and round up some kids to come round with their buckets and spades to sort it out for you

 

[Leaway2]

It'll be fine. Come the warmer weather, I buy 3 packets of different plant seed and chuck it in the front borders. A riot of colour every year.

 

[Doseone]

I've run it through my 3d Garden Design software and this is how it should look when you've finished.

 

[welsh dragon]

I've run it through my 3d Garden Design software and this is how it should look when you've finished.

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Oh dear. Is this going to be another famous or infamous thread, like the bridge one.

 

[Dave 123]

Crackle,
I'm afraid you need to start again. Hire a rotovator, let that do most of the work. Then rake the soil as level as you can get it, and remove as many stones as possible. Once as level as you can manage walk up and down the soil in rows, firming the soil as you go. Rake the soil again, removing any more stones. Tread and rake again.
Once you are happy that you have a nice fine tilth that's even then you can sow the seed. Sow it like you did in the picture, then rake over the area again.
Now comes the important bit- irrigate daily. Not just getting the surface wet, but giving it a good soaking.
At present it is still a bit too cold for grass seed to germinate as it likes a soil temp around 10 degrees.
Once germinated you need to let the grass reach 4 inches before you cut it. Use a rotary mower on the highest setting. Keep it irrigated right through the summer.
The alternative is to turf, you'll still have to rotovate etc, but you'll get quicker results.
If you need any more advice, just ask. Don't go to a gardening forum, they're full of eejits, like bike forums really.

 

[summerdays]

I agree with @Spinney the birds are going to thank you, I'm talking from experience, I thought it was sweet all these birds in the garden till I realised what they were up to. Buy another box and put some down before the predicted rain at the weekend, the soil is a little dry at the moment.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

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