Don’t top dress your lawn until you read this! The best place for Turf Underlay is under the turf, not on top! Best to use RIVER SAND for filling in divots as river sand does not go hard in the summer sun. The reason we like River Sand is the grass runners can spread easily…
Top Dressing Your Lawn – How to Top Dress Your Lawn Correctly How To Top Dress Your Lawn: Slow day today as we come into a few days of very wet weather – so thought I would shoot a quickie video of a client’s lawn here in Cherrybrook NSW (in The Hills District – North West…
Here is another Buffalo lawn (Palmetto Buffalo in this case) here in Baulkham Hills, in the Sydney Hills area. This one is starting to recover, however, was badly damaged with heat and drought stress last Summer. First things first, fertilise heavily with a slow release granular fertiliser (with high…
RE-TURFING a lawn is not a case of just laying turf straight over exposed soil as I saw some cowboys do the other day. Their preparation was turf cut the the old kikuyu then lay the new Buffalo turf. Two (2) big problems here: they didn’t kill off the kikuyu (and its complete stolon/rhizome structure)…
How To Mow A Lawn Like A Pro !! I was exhausted after making this video, but it was worth it! Seriously, the trick to mowing a lawn is Edge, Blow, then finally Mow !!! One last TIP, always mow with a catcher !! Have a look at our video below on Youtube…
Off to do a quote to rejuvenate a Nara Zoysia lawn at Palm Beach, the first of many sites to call on on today, wish me luck!! There are a few varieties of Zoysia on the market here in Australia, Nara, Empire and Sir Grange zoysias come to mind. Basically, you can look after…
Matilda Buffalo Lawn – This Matilda Buffalo lawn is going quite well for the middle of Winter here in the Hills suburb of Cherrybrook. Matilda, like Sir Walter and Sapphire, is a good Australian Buffalo variety which can…
We all know our lawn goes off in Winter with the shorter days and reduced hours of sunlight. We all have a Buffalo, Kikuyu and / or Couch lawn that slows right down and even goes a bit off colour with the cooler weather. Here is a simple Life Hack that will help your lawn…
How do you get your lawn looking beautiful in the middle of Winter? The cheat’s way is with ColourGuard from Lawn Solutions Australia. ColourGuard is a natural pigment (turf paint) that brings your lawn to life in winter. However, it is important to keep up the basics like your fertilising and weed control. Like us,…
Have a look at this video to get rid of wintergrass in your lawn. The professional herbicide used to control wintergrass is Poachek and its retail equivalent (from Bunnings etc) is Amgrow Winter Grass Killer.