Today we have done our first such treatment this autumn.
- aeration
- scarification
- grass seeding
A couple of weeks and results should be visible!
If you'd like to see what a single pass with a professional scarifier can pull from your lawn - watch the following video.
March 2019
Paul scarified and treated my lawn at the beginning of March and he is now carrying out fortnightly grass cutting. The lawn is looking so much better. Thank you!
Yesterday we had a perfect day to do some mechanical lawn treatments. It's best to do it once a year - more is not really a better option in this case.
We had done two gardens. Hollow plug aeration followed by light scarification. If you'd like to read more about this service or book it with us then please follow this link
Please do visit this page in awhile - I will add photos of the same lawn and how it reacted to these treatments.
Fingers crossed !
Two days of work have seen this front lawn totally changed. Edges have been defined, poor sandy soil improved with lots of compost - all that well rotovated and levelled, finally a new turf laid which, will now have the best conditions to show it's colours. Mowing with such well executed edge will also be a breeze for the owner.
Have a look please and get in touch if you'd like to get our quotation on something similar.
Over here in Reading / Berkshire a very common soil type is clay, if not heavy clay. Clay soil is a good base to build on, but you can't just leave it to itself.
What are clay soils like?
I do recommend to mix clay soil with lots of compost ( 50/50 ratio ) that help with drainage. It's easily achieved when setting up new areas / flower beds, but what if we have a lawn sitting on
heavy clay soil ? We could still make considerable improvement and lawn aeration is one of them!
Aeration is a mechanical process, no chemicals are being used. In my opinion it really is a best service you can get for your lawn. Unless PH level of your soil is beyond an optimal spectrum for grass growth of 5.5 - 7 there really is nothing better.. but wait .. there's chemicals...You might think I can buy lawn fertilisers, herbicides, moss treatments and yes indeed you can! Using these chemicals will surely help your lawn quickly, BUT it is only a short term solution. Once you stop these treatments your lawn will quickly go back to what it looked like before.
Let me paraphrase..
Chemical lawn treatment is like a bodybuilder on steroids.. You're not building strength in your lawn to make it withstand everyday stress. Chemicals will make your lawn look good but
they won't make it feel healthy and you will constantly need to spoon-feed your lawn.
GIVE YOUR LAWN A CHANCE TO BE BEAUTIFUL AND START AERATING IT !
Do we offer this service ?
You might also want to read more about common lawn weed identification here
Garden Tidy up
Paul did a great job clearing my garden which had been neglected for nearly six months and was heavily overgrown with bamboo & ivy. He arrived on time, work was done exactly as discussed and I’m really pleased with the result.
