Ask Gerry

My friends lawn was badly damaged yesterday by a tractor driving over it. The ground is very soft and It has left several deep ridges and mucked up areas where the tyres appear to have spun. What if anything can be done to salvage this?

I want to remove concrete in my garden and replace it with a lawn. Would you advise just lifting the concrete now before the cold spell and spend the next few months over the winter preparing the ground for April or would I be better off waiting until the cold winter is over to start a job like this. I want a real high quality lawn so grateful for what you would reccomend.

Am I leaving it too late to put down grass seed next weekend October 22/23rd. I have a very large lawn to plant and circumstances didn't allow it to happen in Spring.

What is the best grass seed for a sunny lawn? its a small lawn 12 ft circular lawn.

what growing conditions does a camomile lawn require. Have read the non flowering " chamaemelum treneague" is best ?? any advice would be greatly appreciated

We used weedkiller 360 and burnt all lawn. Now the weeds have grown and we want to kill them before we sow our new grass. Will we use the same weedkiller 360 or can you suggest another type?

Last autumn I took the top soil off an area of lawn and put down wildflower / grass mix and threw in extra wildflower seeds - poppies, cornflower, etc For added measure I added some extra flower seeds at Easter I know have some of the grasses but not a single flower seems to have grown What could be the problem? I was expecting a few flowers by now!

We sowed a new lawn 2 weeks ago today and it slow enough to sprout. it had very dry spells but we watered it all throughout. Im just wondering how long is the usual germination time?

Last year I put down grass seed, it grew fine in the sunny section of the garden, but in the shaded section of the garden it grew poorly. I was just wondering whether the grass will grow in the shaded area or am I wasting my time laying grass seed again?

Our grass was full of moss so we aerated and scarified our lawn. Our local garden centre advised us to put down horticultural sand and plant grass seed. We have done this and kept the lawn well watered but it is now two weeks on and there is no sign of new grass. Has the grass died in the warm weather? What do we do next? (The grass husks look empty or at the very least there is no sign of germination)

14 large cattle broke into our lawn today.It is approx 1/4 acre. The back of the lawn was newly reseeded this Summer. The rest of the lawn to the front and sides is about 7 years old. Is there anything we can do to rectify it or is it best to leave alone. The ground is wet. I can't sue the farmer as he is my husband.

I have a lawn of about a third of a acre and I am trying to redesgn it. can you recommend any simple design guides?

I am sowing a new lawn and i was wondering were can i buy 100% dwarf bargold ryegrass seed as i already have a 65% 35% fescue seed to mix with it?

Can you advise on turf laying soil preparation and actual laying procedure?

I have a patio at the top and bottom of my lawn. The one nearest the house is about 3 inches higher than the one at the bottom. The lawn has a brick border. the border starts to rise higher that the lawn roughly 3 metres from the top patio. I want to raise the lawn to meet the higher patio following the profile of the border bricks. Should I till and reseed the area in question or can I topsoil and let the grass come through? Any help is appreciated.