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Bring Your Lawn Back to Life with Spring Lawn Care
Watering & mowing your lawn in spring Maintain your mower before summer Test your soil Fertilise with a good spring fertiliser Aerating your lawn Do you need to dethatch your lawn? Even out your ground by topdressingWatering & mowing your lawn in spring...
Working Out Your Winter Woes: Lawn Care in Winter
Adjusting your lawn maintenance during winter? Avoiding compaction Taking care of winter weeds Minimising the effects of frost Do you want to improve your lawn's wintercolour?Adjusting your lawn maintenance during winter? Avoiding compaction Taking care of winter...
Your Go-To Guide for Laying New Turf
When is it the right time to lay a new lawn? How much turf will I need for my yard? What is the best way to properly clear the site? Will my current soil be okay for my new lawn? How do I prepare my soil for the new turf? What is the best way to lay my new turf? I’ve...
The Secret to a Greener Lawn
The Secret to a Greener Lawn17MAY, 2019Lawn CareDIYIt isn’t always possible to keep your lawn the beautiful green colour we all love. Lawns will often start to brown during the summer heat or go slightly purple while hibernating in winter. Although it might not matter...
Top Ten Lawn Care Tips
Top Ten Lawn Care Tips13MAY, 2019Lawn Care MaintenanceA healthy lawn is great for your home and household. A good-looking lawn improves the worth of a property while a green lawn can improve your psychological wellbeing. Not to mention the environmental and health...
Making the Most of Daylight in Autumn
Making the Most of Daylight in Autumn19 APRIL, 2019Lawn CareDIYWith autumn here, daylight hours are starting to decrease. With less sunlight for our lawns, they have less energy and therefore less growth. Unfortunately, this leaves grass prone to bare patches and weed...
Wondering What to do with Those Autumn Leaves on Your Lawn?
Wondering What to do with Those Autumn Leaves on Your Lawn?15 APRIL, 2019Lawn CareDIYNow that the weather is (slightly) cooling down, you’ll start to notice those autumn leaves consuming your yard. Although the colours can be beautiful, it’s important to keep them off...
Getting Autumn Lawn Care Right
Getting Autumn Lawn Care Right1 APRIL, 2019LawncareMaintenanceUntil more recent years, autumn lawn care wasn’t considered to be important. However, as we all know, prevention is the best method of remedy. Rather than letting your lawn get ill and fixing the problems...
Is Mowing an Effective Weed Control Method?
Is Mowing an Effective Weed Control Method?22 MARCH, 2019DIYLawn CareMowing to the right height helps keep your lawn healthy with a thick growth habit. But can mowing also keep the weeds at bay without weed killer? It sounds too easy and straight forward to be true,...
Getting Your Lawn in Shape After Summer
Getting Your Lawn in Shape After Summer4 MARCH, 2019DIYLawn CareLess water, more daylight and stronger sunlight make summer a very difficult time for your lawn. If it’s tended to properly, it’ll pull through just fine but might need some extra help to get back into...
A Little Pick-Me-Up for Your Lawn
A Little Pick-Me-Up for Your Lawn!26 February, 2019DIYLawn CareAfter that heat wave that swept through Sydney, it’s likely that your lawn may need a bit of extra help coming out of Summer. By applying a good quality fertiliser, such as Sir Walter Fertiliser, you’ll...
Is water not soaking into your lawn?
Is water not soaking into your lawn?12 FEBRUARY, 2019DIY MaintenanceAre you noticing your lawn suffer but no matter how much you water, it doesn’t seem to soak in? Or perhaps the water soaks in but your grass still seems dehydrated. The problem may lie in the soil....
How to Hold Off Invading Grass
How to Hold Off Invading Grass 17 DECEMBER, 2018 DIYLawn Care There are so many varieties of grass out there, it isn’t a surprise that invading grass is an issue. When a foreign grass invades yours, it’s ugly and annoying, especially after all the care you put into...
Avoid the Damage of the African Black Beetles
Avoid the Damage of African Black Beetles 9 NOVEMBER, 2018 Pest ControlMaintenance The African Black Beetle is a pest that can cause major damage to your lawn. If you remember the horrific scarab scenes in the classic movie The Mummy, you can imagine the kind of...
What Are Those Weird Mudballs In My Lawn?
What Are Those Weird Mudballs In My Lawn? 5 NOVEMBER, 2018 Lawn Care Did You Know? Good news- you’ve got worms… in your lawn. Those odd little mudballs are the biproduct of Earthworms. Their castings are mounds of digested organic matter. Aka, worm poop. But, don’t...