Advice ................

Afon tichmarsh,

Think you need to start a new thread telling us all about your garden tips sooooooo looking forward to it.

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Afon,
Is this an area that''s supposed to join onto an existing lawn, or a standalone patch?

Levelling the ground looks really easy on TV.

Grass will likely be coarser/finer, & a different colour to existing bits....
....if you were after a seamless joint:dry:

If you buy turf, you can get the exact quantity right. If you buy seed, you''ll either have way too much, or end up using multiple brands from shops that open at different times (don''t ask ).

Anyway, plain chocolate Hobnobs are still £1/packet at Asda.

Good Luck

Lol will get topsoil from B and q possibly,although I could make a plea to all of our Ex''s ???

Just go down my mountain,grab some soil and get them to fertilise ever so gently with their breed of Bull S---



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Stuke it''s a piece on it''s own,so no need to match up with anything.

Levelling the ground I have since watched on You tube,but still like the idea of that bleeding roller:woohoo:

Also Mcvities Chocolate digestives a zonk in Morrison''s,and Nan never ate any whilst here


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The sensible bit:

Prep by lightly forking, rake, heel walking to firm, rake again. Dress with some horticultural sand and sieved compost and rake well in. Water really really well.

Then on wet soil seed of course, one handful for the soil and one for the birds. Choose seed mix fit for purpose. Don''t water again until rooted and then only lightly to avoid displacing.

Even more sensible advice: Bugur a roller, every heel dug in is much more satisfying.

And the wood from the decking will make a great evening fire in a fire pit.

Can''t resist this: If you are going to be sitting on this piece of grass, how about a small patch of lawn chamomile for under your chair. It smells divine, is a beautiful green, doesn''t flower, doesn''t grow tall (but I''d mow over anyway) and although it needs weeding initially, it soon makes a good mat.

I take it you already know about Nepeta for puds, they''ll be so out of their heads they may leave the birds alone, and it really is good for them, mine lived until they were 21. I once tried hiding a particularly potent potted plant on a narrow ledge in the bathroom, only to find my massive tabby in a zonked out state precariously splayed across it - he was at that time a teenager.

Don''t quite get the biscuit part of this thread but I am currently in thrall to gingernuts with ice cold milk served in a large cut glass wine goblet - I do realise that this is somewhat nursery.

You are all wrong. Dark chocolate hobnobs are what you need. Feck the lawn.