3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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Got House, Got Lawn, av loadsa money but got no time, but still got lawn.
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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quote:
Originally posted by willay
James stop justifying yourself to the likes of Steve and Ben 
Exactly he's free to do as he pleases. I just don't see the value in it.
Some would probably say the same if they were good at tiling/plastering and someone was going to pay someone to perform these tasks.
Not too bothered about my grass, but it doesn't look fantastic. I just give it a really short cut so as to not look proper ropey with the amount of weeds coming through.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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Tiling is somewhat skilled work.
Cleaning the house, and watering the grass is not
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
Location: Berkshire
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I suppose that is subjective.. If you want a bowling green for a garden and a clinically clean house its hard fucking work..
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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It's not as simple as watering the grass.
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VrsTurbo
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
Tiling is somewhat skilled work.
Cleaning the house, and watering the grass is not
Tiling isnt a skill. I did my entire onsuite in a weekend. I'd have a cleaner tomorrow but the misses dont want a stranger cleaning the house 
[Edited on 18-05-2016 by VrsTurbo]
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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My lawn is coming along ok. A few bare patches that I need to sort and I have been playing football on it too with my lad. 
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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I put some Resolva Weed but not Lawn Killer on the several dandelions that have sprouted. Will see what happens.
Even doing that for 10 minutes makes James grass company more appealing.
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Ellis
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Registered: 11th Sep 07
Location: Aberdeenshire
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Some progress. No Haimsey effort yet though. Still pretty patchy.
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Generation
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Registered: 7th Jul 09
Location: Essex
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Road has changed colour too! Powerful
Stuff
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Haimsey
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Registered: 8th May 05
Location: Nottingham Drives: Corsa B
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quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
I put some Resolva Weed but not Lawn Killer on the several dandelions that have sprouted. Will see what happens.
It killed my grass when I used that
Ellis, nice work, it's coming along nicely.
Marcy Marc 
White Sport Progress Thread
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VegasPhil
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I'm mowing mine later will get a pic!
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Ellis
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I hope you have a mower with a roller.
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Graham88
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quote:
Originally posted by Haimsey
quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
I put some Resolva Weed but not Lawn Killer on the several dandelions that have sprouted. Will see what happens.
It killed my grass when I used that
Ellis, nice work, it's coming along nicely.
Well it's killing the weeds off and grass has survived lol. I was quite careful with it though and just sprayed it on the leaves like it said
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Ellis
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I seem to have my weeds issue under control but the grass has taken a turn for the worse. On one side I have normal fine blade grass but on the other I have big patches of wide blade grass which looks dreadful if I'm honest; it grows faster than the rest too 
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Ellis
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More progress. Patches are beginning to fill in but still have a weeds problem.
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nibnob21
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Registered: 16th May 10
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The previous owners seeded a large area of the garden in early Spring last year but it's a bit sparse so I'm trying to thicken it up. I used some seed and feed to try and fill in some patches but all it's done is improve the grass that's already there as opposed to adding to the thin patches. Think it's a bit late now to starting seeding from scratch so that'll probably have to wait until next Spring now.
MX5 Project Thread
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Ellis
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Similar-ish problem here. The feed & weed stuff has improved the already good grass but not killed the weeds or helped the weaker areas.
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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Reading up for my grass/garden project for this year. Want it looking good.
Thinking scarifly mid late march (southern England should be ok), then chuck a weed/feed down and mow. Then overseed any bare or sparse patches mid late April.
Love gardening 
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
Location: Skoda Octavia Estate, Ford Puma
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My garden looks terrible at the moment. Full of weeds!
I've had a so called gardener look after the grass for the past 5 years. There is a story behind that...
Suggestions on how to bring it back as cheap as possible?
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SetH
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Registered: 15th Jul 01
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Mugged of by a lawn care man? how is it even possible for someone to fuck up taking care of a lawn
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Kyle T
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Registered: 11th Sep 04
Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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The Green Thumb franchise stuff gets really bad reviews our way on, I think it's luck of the draw whether they're any good or not.
I put a bit of work into my lawns last year, front of house is north facing and gets mossed up like mad so that was the bulk of the effort - got the rear looking pretty nice.
I didn't scarify or anything - I just jabbed both lawns with a fork for a few hours and then put down some generic weed/feed stuff from the garden centre. It wasn't branded, just in a sack.
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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Purchased a lawn mover which arrived this morning. Waiting for a strimmer to arrive. All low end bosch kit with a couple of years warranty. I'll get some before and after photos.
I've no budget really for the garden this year. There's a post that needs replacing and bits of fence i've been meaning to replace since moving in. I think i'm going to get stabbing with a fork, pull out loads of weeds and seed.
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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I started treating the garden back in 2019 but did very little last year apart from the 2 weekly cuts.
Got someone this year to do 6 treatments and have to say even after treatment 1 the grass looks a lot greener and thicker.
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SetH
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Thank you for the update you lovely man. Can you please respond to my U2U from November 2018?
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