New Garden - what to do?

whitelightrider

Ok folks,

Managed to take photos of the front and back gardens. Just wanted peoples opinions on whether I should put down more grass seed, fertilise, leave it alone, etc.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

yop

Seems to be a lot of stone on it? U might need to rotavate some of that, pick the stones and reseed

You always put in a few beds with the colored stones and shrubs to cut down the amount of grass

goat2

whitelightrider wrote: »

Ok folks,

Managed to take photos of the front and back gardens. Just wanted peoples opinions on whether I should put down more grass seed, fertilise, leave it alone, etc.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

put down fertaliser before it rains, so the rain when it come it will do a great job,
when you cut, cut it high first 3 times
there is great growth there these days, if you want to give it a liquid feed late these evenings say when sun goes down, it will do a marvelous job

whitelightrider

yop wrote: »

Seems to be a lot of stone on it? U might need to rotavate some of that, pick the stones and reseed

You always put in a few beds with the colored stones and shrubs to cut down the amount of grass

Oh God no. Im not rotavating again. Did that already and sowed and its come up like this. Might just seed the patchy bits, give it some lawn feed and see what happens.

whitelightrider

goat2 wrote: »

put down fertaliser before it rains, so the rain when it come it will do a great job,
when you cut, cut it high first 3 times
there is great growth there these days, if you want to give it a liquid feed late these evenings say when sun goes down, it will do a marvelous job

Hey goat, what fertiliser should I use?

goat2

whitelightrider wrote: »

Hey goat, what fertiliser should I use?

any general fertaliser, there are plenty, cheap or dear they are all the same, so dont go breaking your pocket, any will do,
it will come out lovely a month from that, as it will have grown and you will have cut it, if there any holes, just fill them in with anything you can find, i assure all it needs is a good feen and dont worry about the weeds that come up as after a couple of cuts it will keep them down and they will not be seen after a while, also it will stop these weeds flowering and reseeding, do this as soon as you possibly can, i mean now

whitelightrider

goat2 wrote: »

any general fertaliser, there are plenty, cheap or dear they are all the same, so dont go breaking your pocket, any will do,
it will come out lovely a month from that, as it will have grown and you will have cut it, if there any holes, just fill them in with anything you can find, i assure all it needs is a good feen and dont worry about the weeds that come up as after a couple of cuts it will keep them down and they will not be seen after a while, also it will stop these weeds flowering and reseeding, do this as soon as you possibly can, i mean now

Cool. Ill hit the hardware tomorrow morning and spread it when I get home from work

mossfort

whitelightrider wrote: »

Ok folks,

Managed to take photos of the front and back gardens. Just wanted peoples opinions on whether I should put down more grass seed, fertilise, leave it alone, etc.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

it looks like it got bad weather (waterlogged) after being sown. all you can do is loosen the soil on the bare patches and shak some grass seed on it. a bit of fertiliser and with a bit of rain it should start to grow.

whitelightrider

Guys, was in the hardware at lunch and there are loads of different fertilisers. Ones that kill weeds and help the grass at the same time. Would I be better going for one of these?

goat2

whitelightrider wrote: »

Guys, was in the hardware at lunch and there are loads of different fertilisers. Ones that kill weeds and help the grass at the same time. Would I be better going for one of these?

no no no
it only make it look more patchy
put a good feed of general fertaliser
cheapest you can lay hands on
do the trick better

whitelightrider

goat2 wrote: »

no no no
it only make it look more patchy
put a good feed of general fertaliser
cheapest you can lay hands on
do the trick better

Cool. Ill head to the local hardware and can chat to the guy there. Father in law has a handheld spreader that I can use so I dont put out too much in one spot!! Rain promised for Saturday so Ill put it out on Friday evening.

goat2

whitelightrider wrote: »

Cool. Ill head to the local hardware and can chat to the guy there. Father in law has a handheld spreader that I can use so I dont put out too much in one spot!! Rain promised for Saturday so Ill put it out on Friday evening.

good on you
this day next week the grass will look greener
keep us posted

while you are at
get your herbs in
put them in a big old pot or fish box and you will have beautiful food
thyme, sage, mint, rosemary, scallions, they will all fit in one box
then stuffings and lamb will be brill

magicbastarder

do you want to keep the lawn? might be an idea to put down a load of trees - though the septic tank might be a complicating factor there. they'd help hide that block wall, though.

whitelightrider

magicbastarder wrote: »

do you want to keep the lawn? might be an idea to put down a load of trees - though the septic tank might be a complicating factor there. they'd help hide that block wall, though.

Yes definitely want to keep the lawn. But Im hoping to put either trees or hedging around the block wall.

whitelightrider

Heading to the hardware now to get seed for the patchy parts and some fertiliser. I noticed though that there seems to be weeds and thistles coming up in the garden. Will I just leave these be until the garden takes?

The Sweeper

No, if nothing else cut them back by hand while they're small. If you allow them to grow and seed, then they'll just overrun your struggling lawn. Weed and feed products can leave your lawn exceedingly patchy, you could try using a hand-held glycophosphate spray on younger weeds and just pull up the older ones and allow the grass to take over the bare areas. Depends on the variety of grass you have as well - is it a running grass, e.g. if you try to pull up a handful of your lawn, do you get it roots and all, or are there big running roots through the soil?

tinofapples

I finally tackled my own front garden this week:

This is how it looked on Wednesday morning:



This is how it looks today:





Got it rotivated on Wednesday afternoon by local fella with a 5ft rotavator on back of his tractor (€40). Picked stones and weeds for few hours Wed/Thurs/Fri. My Dad came down Friday evening and a friend called round Saturday afternoon and we tackled the raking and levelling of the ground (Not perfect but good enough for me, I hope), sowed No.2 seed (Bought 25kg bag for €50). Also planted 5 Cherry Blossom trees (€9.99 a piece) along the front of the site.

Delighted with the outcome and hopefully time will delight me more when the green starts spouting !!

whitelightrider

tinofapples wrote: »

I finally tackled my own front garden this week:

This is how it looked on Wednesday morning:



This is how it looks today:





Got it rotivated on Wednesday afternoon by local fella with a 5ft rotavator on back of his tractor (€40). Picked stones and weeds for few hours Wed/Thurs/Fri. My Dad came down Friday evening and a friend called round Saturday afternoon and we tackled the raking and levelling of the ground (Not perfect but good enough for me, I hope), sowed No.2 seed (Bought 25kg bag for €50). Also planted 5 Cherry Blossom trees (€9.99 a piece) along the front of the site.

Delighted with the outcome and hopefully time will delight me more when the green starts spouting !!

Looks really good! I just shook some seed onto the patchy parts last night, and my brother in law is calling this evening and spreading the fertiliser for me before it rains! Fingers crossed itll look better in a few weeks and I can give it the first cut!!

whitelightrider

Folks,

Just wondering. Some of the garden at the front is patchy. Im just wondering if I should put down some more grass seed, and cover it with some moss peat to allow it to germinate? The ground seems hard.

Also Im going to try and roll the garden next weekend. Is it ok to cut the garden some time after that? It will be the first cut.

km79

i also sowed my back garden about a week before yours and it is also patchy due to the dry weather i guess, id say it will come good though. also i believe first cut should be after 8 weeks

whitelightrider

km79 wrote: »

i also sowed my back garden about a week before yours and it is also patchy due to the dry weather i guess, id say it will come good though. also i believe first cut should be after 8 weeks

Hi km79. Did you have to roll yours at any stage? And have you given yours the first cut?

km79

whitelightrider wrote: »

Hi km79. Did you have to roll yours at any stage? And have you given yours the first cut?

yes it was rolled after seeding
dont think ill cut it till end of may

tinofapples

I sowed mine on the 24th April and this is how it looks now:





Patchy yes.

km79

mine is similar drop a rain should bring it on

km79

has your lawn grown much since last pick tinofapples

tinofapples

Not a whole lot. Still very patchy.

km79

]i ma beginning to get worried about mine now. extremely patchy and one type of weed cropping up in bare patches. some areas will probably need cutting soon too. i have posted pics any advice greatly appreciated as this is the second time in a year i have had back lawn done as had to put drainage in in january and redo itDSC02051.jpg

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tinofapples

I'd pull that weed up for starters.

km79

there are quite a lot of them and i dont like the idea of trampling the youg grass around them worried i might do more harm than good . im hoping someone will help me identify them and that the rain tonight will help grass get growing

tinofapples

the rain tonight will help grass get growing

Me too my friend

km79

noticeabley greener today id say first cut next weekend

tinofapples

Wish I could say the same, very very patchy. I fear not watering for a few days may have caused this.

whitelightrider

Mine is looking greener, although still patchy in parts. My father in law is coming up tonight with the ride on to cut it. Says it needs a cut and then roll it and it should come on. Fingers crossed.

Oh and Im going around pulling the weeds out of mine by hand.

km79

for first cut has lawnmower to be set to very highest setting? there are 8 settings