Lawn Maintenance

Can anyone help me?
My lawn was a new one 4 years ago - having been laid following the erection of my new house - therefore, I think it has allsorts underneath it! I have cared and tended my lawn with love, but over this summer it has developed many unruly bumps which my lawn mower (if too low) catches and scathes! I would like to know how to get rid of these bumps - a frustrated Julia

dig them up? I'm not sure how else you'd get rid of them.

Hi Julia, best to use a mower with a small roller on the back, like an old-fashioned cylinder mower, and keep the blade on the middle setting so as not to scalp the bumps until they flatten out which they should do when u mow in the winter months.

Thank you for replying. Don't fancy digging up - too much like hard work!!!!!!
I bought a lawn roller in the spring for my new lawn at the front of the house - so I'll use this in the winter. I will also look for another mower like the one described. Might be able to get one second hand of e-bay or something. Thank for your advice. Julia

Help!
My lawn isn't new, but something (squirrel / fox / badger) has been ferociously digging it up throughout this year. It has never happened before and it looks awful!!
Any tips on how to repel these crater creating fiends without harming them?

Helen, if it is badgers then I would recommend a lawn dressing something like lawn sand which treats the grass but makes the worms & lavae unpalitable.

dmcb, is it wise to scarify your lawn before the last winter cut, or cut then scarify to clear out the dead grass.

Hello everyone. I wonder if anyone can help me, my girlfriends garden suffers badly from yellow patches, its where the dog's wee, should i treat it as normal with lawn fertiliser? Plus is there anything i can put on the lawn to prevent this happening after ive repaird it. Many thanks. Jae

I had the same problem with yellow patches because of my dog. I read an article in a paper about a year ago telling you to add a squirt of tomato sauce to the dogs dinner as this acts as a neutraliser. I started doing it and after about a week of two I started to notice that there were no yellow stains! It works! The only time I get a yellow patch now is if I forget to add the sauce! Gwen

I have got that 100 hundred uses of vinegar book and it says in there if you put a small amount of cider vinegar (no more than 1 teaspoon per large bowl or the dog won't like the taste) in the dogs water bowl it will stop the wee affecting the grass.

Check out skilos pet supplies for a product Called Dog Rocks. They work.

Hello gardeners, new to this site hope some one can point me in the right direction. i've just gone over my lawn with a electric rake to remove moss etc, this as left a spxxxx appearence to the lawn. Do i feed or seed at this time of year (june)...thanks.

magic balls
Seed should not be needed. Feed and water. The scarifying is a severe process and the lawn will usually look wrecked. It recovers.

magic balls
Seed should not be needed. Feed and water. The scarifying is a severe process and the lawn will usually look wrecked. It recovers.

thanks mondaychild
its worked a treat, as you say it looked wrecked but as recovered and is actually green again....thanks.