tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608698732315059861.post625189182551598633..comments2023-10-12T08:52:16.586+01:00Comments on Growing up: Pain in the grassHapless gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03491899029088638750noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608698732315059861.post-34733470352908533572012-04-28T06:01:04.694+01:002012-04-28T06:01:04.694+01:00Oh, thank God! In the US grass is king and dandel...Oh, thank God! In the US grass is king and dandelions are a sign of sheer sloth. We re-sodded our grass and through sheer laziness it is now a forest of dandelions. Ah well, prehaps dandelion wine?Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03433116418603812108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608698732315059861.post-66554377323936000802012-04-19T22:53:56.066+01:002012-04-19T22:53:56.066+01:00Blimey, that's going to take some doing. I com...Blimey, that's going to take some doing. I commiserate, I have lawn that struggles under shade and under the thirstyness of a magnolia tree. Each year without fail I am re-seeding an area of it and this year I have given in and gone for a proprietary brand of seed and growing medium advertised by a smug couple with a joke reference at the end of the advert to his bald head. Those weeds need taking in hand, lawn sand, lawn weed killer, feed and weed, old fashioned on your hands and knees with a trowel....any of these. New turf is thirsty, so if you have a hosepipe ban and the water butt is a long way away....happy gardening!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608698732315059861.post-46569808438093859212012-04-17T18:10:55.178+01:002012-04-17T18:10:55.178+01:00I've got a fishtail prong for removing dandeli...I've got a fishtail prong for removing dandelions from the lawn, 6inches long, stainless steel and sharpened between the tails, its an awesome weapon. There is strange satisfaction in hearing the roots fracture before you can remove the plant entirely. Its only after removing hundreds of the buggers that you realise they are one of evolutions wonders. Despite my best efforts to kill them, they thrive. Even with the 'prong removing them root and all, they come back, seemingly stronger than ever. A green-keeper friend tells me the best way to get a good lawn is to year after year keep it cut short, your mowers shortest setting, once a week without fail. But then, wheres the diversity in a green lawn? No bluebells thats for sure.frasermac834https://www.blogger.com/profile/01359564556476538090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608698732315059861.post-31246120340275160152012-04-17T08:44:54.442+01:002012-04-17T08:44:54.442+01:00Beautiful! But where you see weeds, Tom... I see d...Beautiful! But where you see weeds, Tom... I see dandelion and ground elder salad! And dandelion tea, or wine, or jam... You know it makes sense!Nomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03883852903828005065noreply@blogger.com