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STYLE | landscaping 55<br />
LAWN REPAIR OR<br />
SOWING A NEW LAWN<br />
The work done now will set up your<br />
lawn for the rest of the year.<br />
Assess your lawn – if you have bare<br />
or weedy patches, get rid of the weeds<br />
if necessary and fork it over. If your soil<br />
is too cloddy, you will have to use a<br />
spade to chunk it up before using the<br />
fork, and if it has been compacted, you<br />
will need to water it before digging,<br />
or wait for rain to moisten it for you.<br />
Trying to dig dry, compacted soil is its<br />
own form of hell and best avoided.<br />
Loosen the soil up to a depth of<br />
10cm and rake it smooth, ensuring<br />
there are no hollows for water to pool<br />
in. If you find yourself a bit short of<br />
soil when you are doing your levelling,<br />
then bring in some screened topsoil,<br />
or get a lawn mix from a landscape<br />
supply place.<br />
An established lawn in the process of being repaired – newly sown grass<br />
seed is coming up in the bare patches.<br />
3 - 5<br />
April<br />
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