Clearing weeds from lawn, animals grazing.

iamtony

Hi all we have lots, and lots and lots of weeds in our lawn, mostly doc, daisy, dandelion and a few weird ones I'm trying to get the lawn up to scratch as the rest of the garden is looking good these days but the problem is I have a rabbit and a few hens the occasionally graze in the garden. Also we have a hedgehog family that lives in the garden and frogs in our pond, plus about a hundred birds the visit the garden daily and I don't want to poison any of them. Do it by hand isn't really an option due to the scale of the problem.

iamtony

Also it's cut every 6 or 7 days.

FrancieBrady

iamtony wrote: »

Hi all we have lots, and lots and lots of weeds in our lawn, mostly doc, daisy, dandelion and a few weird ones I'm trying to get the lawn up to scratch as the rest of the garden is looking good these days but the problem is I have a rabbit and a few hens the occasionally graze in the garden. Also we have a hedgehog family that lives in the garden and frogs in our pond, plus about a hundred birds the visit the garden daily and I don't want to poison any of them. Do it by hand isn't really an option due to the scale of the problem.

I live in a town with a garden and would dearly love that range of animals visiting.
Most weeds will be kept in check by regular moving. I set the blades of my at the start of the year and never vary them. Best tip I ever got.

iamtony

FrancieBrady wrote: »

I live in a town with a garden and would dearly love that range of animals visiting.
Most weeds will be kept in check by regular moving. I set the blades of my at the start of the year and never vary them. Best tip I ever got.

So do I ha, I live in Dublin 17 for Christ sake. But it was a case of build it and they will come. Had an unwelcome visit from a heron the other morning trying to clear out my fish pond(I have a nature pond for the frogs).

The weeds are fine the day it's mowed but after 3 or 4 days at this time of year the buttercups are up and the daisies and the doc just doesn't give up. there's even a section of garden that was under slabs and then when they were moved layed roll out grass and the doc still grew through it. I also have a problem with the dredded bindweed in the flowerbeds and in the greenhouse but the rabbits and chickens love to eat it so I just keep pulling it out, although I would like it gone mind you, it grows so fast it's like so something out of a horror film.

_Brian

iamtony wrote: »

Hi all we have lots, and lots and lots of weeds in our lawn, mostly doc, daisy, dandelion and a few weird ones I'm trying to get the lawn up to scratch as the rest of the garden is looking good these days but the problem is I have a rabbit and a few hens the occasionally graze in the garden. Also we have a hedgehog family that lives in the garden and frogs in our pond, plus about a hundred birds the visit the garden daily and I don't want to poison any of them. Do it by hand isn't really an option due to the scale of the problem.

Stop calling it. "Lawn" and call it a "garden", it lessens the need for perfection, works for me anyway.

Docks can be pulled if you get the nack, something like a claw hammer slid on each side and gentle pull and the big tap root comes out. Once that's out it's dead.

I had allot of docs in particular and what I did was use roundup, piece of 2*1 about 60cm long with a sponge on the end. Dip sponge in roundup and carefully dab it on the plant. Few goes at the "garden" and I had them cleared. It's amazing the number you do on 30 minutes an odd evening.

But in general I'd say relax dandelion is great for bees.