Why is their grass greener?

[Sandra6]

I don't know what we do wrong when it comes to cutting our grass but everyone else's always seems to look better - not necessarily greener, but definitely neater.
I've been out today to attack the weeds on the grass verge around our house that we have to look after despite not having had anything to do with planting the awful bushes that are there. And it doesn't look any better since I finished, but everyone else's looks lovely.
How can I be weeding wrong?
Are flymo type mowers the way forward? Ours is a pushalong thing because I'm convinced I'll cut the power cord and electrocute myself.
I can dig over a patch and plant veg no bother, but this domestic gardening malarky is testing me.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

A cylinder mower (the more blades the better) is the bee's knees, depends on the quality of your turf.
regular feeding etc will help greatly.
Easy to google..
me?
I use a rotary for my postage stamps
I used to do amenity maintenance for a living (council grass cutter)

 

[swee'pea99]

everyone else's looks lovely.

What you need to do (apparently) is sneak out in dead of night and hammer frozen sausages into your neighbours' lawns. Then once the foxes have finished digging them out, yours will look much nicer by comparison.

 

[Sandra6]

What you need to do (apparently) is sneak out in dead of night and hammer frozen sausages into your neighbours' lawns. Then once the foxes have finished digging them out, yours will look much nicer by comparison.

You know I think that's what the neighbours have done to mine!

 

[AndyRM]

 

[roadrash]

see, this is the reason I like it when it snows , my garden looks as good as next doors when it snows

 

[Dave 123]

Cylinder mower, adequate irrigation, aeration, dew switching, vigilance, rotary mower, SHARP BLADES, regular fertiliser, aeration, SHARP BLADES, aeration, lawn sand, correctly set sharp blades and lastly....

Time!

It's my job to make a show lawn, and it's dead easy.

I don't have a single blade of grass at home!

 

[DRHysted]

We have six dogs, so no hope of ever having a lawn.
I do have a great giggle whenever a section gets fenced and seeded. Lasts a matter of days after the fencing is removed.

 

[Racing roadkill]

Great stuff this.

 

[Globalti]

Every morning I get up at 6, go down and feed the cats then while they're eating I nip out and pee on my lawn. It's my lawn and it gives me a chance to sniff the air and assess the chances of a ride. The lawn is very green in patches.

 

[Dayvo]

Good advice from Dave 123.

If you've only got a small garden (or you enjoy a good workout) then this cylindrical lawn mower will do a good enough job:

If you have a larger garden and want nice stripes then you'll need to upgrade:

or if you're just lazy:

 

[furball]

Are your neighbours retired ?

 

[midlife]

Green thumb


Shaun

 

[screenman]

It takes about 6 hours a week to keep our garden looking tidy, miss a week and it takes a lot more the following week.

 

[screenman]

Green thumb


Shaun

Do they work as my brother spends lot with them and his lawn is nowhere near as nice as ours.