Lawns

I never feed my lawn, I live near our recreation ground and no matter what we do our lawns are coved in various wildflowers or weeds depending on your point of view. Lexisgranny My garden is full of creeping wood sorrel too, no matter what I do it's always there, I'd actually be happy to have the whole front lawn of the thing as it's so pretty, but it grows everywhere except the lawn.

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Thanks for all your lovely comments. A chamomile lawn sounds great and wild flowers etc. I expect you own your homes. Four times a year, mine is obliterated by machinery sent by a HA. Someone mentioned blades too low means brownish lawn after cutting. Must be HA employees doing it with their ride on mowers

The one thing about lawns is that they always green up again ' remember 1976?!

tidyskatemum blow the wind southerly please (preferably about 2:00 am)

Callistemon We’re in the west of Scotland. Loads of the stuff!

Thanks for all your lovely comments. A chamomile lawn sounds great and wild flowers etc. I expect you own your homes. Four times a year, mine is obliterated by machinery sent by a HA. Someone mentioned blades too low means brownish lawn after cutting. Must be HA employees doing it with their ride on mowers

Callistemon My wildflower garden is not hard work. It's cut once a year although paths are cut through it at intervals. This year's cut is booked for mid October. At the moment it does look a mess but it doesn't bother me. During the year we have over 100 varieties of wild flowers, starting with violets, cowslips and early purple orchids and ending up with wild carrot which has the most beautiful delicate flowers followed by intricate seed heads.

Here's a link to an article about pristine lawns in America but the same applies in the UK.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/21/lawn-environment-drought-tolerant-native-plants

Rain? Please send some but preferably overnight.

We’ve just moved into a house with a big back garden and are dreading tackling it. The garden is on quite a slope, almost entirely grass which is knee high in places and with patches of dock in others. DH has ordered a heavy duty strimmer but with the amount of rain that’s bucketing down just now he won’t be doing anything for a while.

Chance would be a fine thing..Not from of trying but no one seems to* want the job*.

Elless

Callistemon you don't know our neighbours haha, they haven't got a clue about gardening and have a massive amount of garden. They planted a silver birch tree right next to the house thinking it was a small ornamental bush, I had to warn them about the size it would grow and possible root damage to the house.
I agree though a wildflower garden is beautiful, I keep thinking of doing a patch.

Oh dear!

Having a wildflower area is harder work than having a lawn!

When we moved to our last house there was a lovely tree about a foot from the front window so we did have it removed- and upset all our new neighbours.
The previous people had planted it there in the tiny front garden and everyone loved it but they didn't have to live with it.

My friend has the most beautiful camomile lawn.
That sounds lovely, MerylStreep

So refreshing to see that there are still a few of us who still care about nature
My friend has the most beautiful camomile lawn.

I just have three lawns, with weeds, that look about the same as the rest around here. I just about keep up with the cutting, so the thought of feeding them, maybe making them grow even faster - doesn't appeal.

I'm another who likes the weeds that crop up at different times of the year. And we have a marvellous array of snowdrops in the spring that pop up through the grass.

I doubt my 3 hedgehogs would be impressed with a pristine lawn either!

Our lawn has three different treatments throughout the year by the person who cuts the grass.

OH was away for the weekend. I fed the lawn (I call it the grass) and now he has declared that as I fed it I have to cut it.

Callistemon you don't know our neighbours haha, they haven't got a clue about gardening and have a massive amount of garden. They planted a silver birch tree right next to the house thinking it was a small ornamental bush, I had to warn them about the size it would grow and possible root damage to the house.
I agree though a wildflower garden is beautiful, I keep thinking of doing a patch.

Elless

I feed my lawn and will definitely try Mo Bacter, sounds really good. I hate the fact that our neighbours don't look after their lawn and let all the weeds go to seed which then blow onto our lawn.

Our neighbours have lovely weeds wild flowers in their garden too.
It doesn't look neglected, there is an art to it.

I don’t use the weed and feed it’s just a feed, I actually like the daises and clover that come up I just feed and use the bacterial moss killer as I have loads in the spring it’s by no means immaculate just moss free and green.

I don't have a lawn - I have a drying green. It also serves as a play area for DGC, often housing a tent or gazebo, a swing, a water slide or paddling pool, most years a big snowperson. It's best use is at Easter, as being on a slope, it is ideal for egg rolling.

I have never understood the attraction of an immaculate lawn. Seems like a waste of space to me.

I feed my lawn and will definitely try Mo Bacter, sounds really good. I hate the fact that our neighbours don't look after their lawn and let all the weeds go to seed which then blow onto our lawn.

I wouldn’t dream of paying to nurture a pristine lawn. Ours is full of clover and daisies, bees love it.

Ours is fed, weeded and scarified on a regular basis. My husband cuts lawns for other people and suggests if your lawn looks brown after cutting, your mower blades are too low.

No, our lawns are full of interesting 'weeds'.
Daisies, violets, oregano, fox and cubs, cornflowers, viper's bugloss etc, even a cowslip. I let some of it grow in the summer.
I do object to dandelions.

Very pretty in between fortnightly mows.

I'm not a fan of lawns. The small amount I have is just there as a path and for blackbirds to pull out worms.

I'm a plant and nature person and lawns look like a wasted opportunity to me. Plus, I don't like the idea of the chemicals and water used to maintain them.

That's just my opinion but I would like to say that I'm glad you are enjoying your lawn.

We don't feed our lawn but we do have a mulch plug on the mower that chops up the grass as it cuts it and redistributes it onto the lawn to feed it.

We like the daisies, buttercups, achillea, clover etc and the garden is full of bees, butterflies and other pollinators as a result. We also have dogs, playing children hedgehogs, toads, voles and birds and we don't want to subject them all to heaven knows what chemicals.

shysal that’s the one I use and it’s brilliant. Sorry about your molehills happily I don’t get that problem.