Too late to seed a lawn?

[JumpJockey]

That, basically...! Have we missed the window to clear the weedy brambly end of the garden and seed a new lawn? Guides seem to say early autumn so the grass can take root and be settled in by the winter, but not completely clear about when this is. If we miss now, we've presumably got to wait until the spring, yes?

I think you might be a. It too late and frost and wet would kill it. Maybe clear the space because nothing will grow over the winter anyway, and seed in the Spring.

should be fine now if in the south/south east when was the last time we had proper frost, eh
prepare the ground properly and off you go.

Ah, well we are in the south and not too much in the way of frost! I'm a bit nervous of not having the soil prepared properly - someone's coming in with a digger to level if out and take off the top foot or so as it's riddled with brambles, creeping buttercup, ivy, nettles etc and also very uneven with a dodgy old path down the middle that floods.

We'd then need to leave it a while to settle and get rid of any weeds that appear, and by then it's going to be too cold to seed. On the other hand I don't fancy having the second half of the garden completely muddy over the winter -it's an area about 25x10m... Darn, really wanted to get this done now rather than waiting til spring when the weeds will take off again!

Monty told us on this weeks gardeners world that now is a good time to sow grass seed. Apparently the ground is still warm so the seed should get settled ready for growing next summer.

Oh we're in the same boat JumpJockey

I've almost given up as DP and I can't agree on the best way forward!

DP reckons on weedkilling asap, then at end of November rotivating and chucking some seed down any case, since we might be lucky and have a mild start to the winter. He reckons we can then weedkill again and chuck some more seed down in the spring if needed.

I don't know if we'll just be better to weedkill now (I don't like using weedkiller, but I think if we're ever going to bring the garden back, we might just have to to begin with, and then be VERY good from then on!) and again in Feb, and then rotivate and get some seed down.

I have no clue though

Have discovered today that the people due to clear the far end (who were going to be doing it this week...) are now not able to until mid November, which I think basically stymies the project for now. Gah. Oh well - thanks for the advice :)