Lawn care advice please

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I've decided to stop using Greenthumb for lawn care treatments, because the price keeps increasing and our lawn isn't even looking good any more. When I first started using them the lawn looked lush and green but now it's yellowing and sparse in patches.

I'm looking for advice about improving the lawn ourselves. We are going to buy an aerator and a scarifier and use them in the autumn, as I understand that’s the best? I need to order some kind of feed and weed but I don't know which to choose, whether to get liquid or dry and whether to get a push along spreader. Also I do want to consider wildlife and not use anything harmful- we have a big back garden that we leave wild for nature but I like the front lawn to be relatively weed free really.

Thanks

Lawns aren't hard. Just mow it regularly. That's the main thing. Twice a week if possible, medium length - not really short. And a good hard rake every now and then to get the thatch out. You don't need an aerator if you have a garden fork.

Rather than weed and feed, plant clover. That feeds it, stays green in drought better than grass does, and it's excellent for bees.

And when I say 'every now and then' for a dethatch raking, I mean 'rarely'. Once a year or once every other year. You don't want to get rid of thatch entirely because a light layer of it holds moisture in and helps prevent compaction.

"Yellow and sparce" sounds to me like every lawn in hot, dry weather that is not being artificially watered regularly.
If you don't have moss, aeration with a fork will be fine. Do it before a period of showery weather is forecast then brush grass seed mixed with fine compost into the holes.
If you want to spend money/effort, order a tonne bag of top dressing and brush that all over your lawn (after scarifying/aerating).
As above, cut little and often = twice a week. Invest in a robot mower to do it for you.
I like Westland Feed&Seed as a general purpose fertiliser. I don't use a spreader - I'm just careful to manually sprinkle it evenly.
Don't walk on it. The best lawn I had was the year before COVID before it was trashed with the kids playing out every day!

Old-fashioned I know but there's a book called 'The Lawn Expert' by DG Hessayon. Buy a second-hand copy off Ebay or wherever, and follow the step by step instructions in there.

Thank you everyone for the advice. I would love a robot mower!

Lidl have a robot mower in-store next week for £200.

What do you do if you have moss?

My experience is either learn to love the moss or get a company in.

The Lawn Expert book is brilliant but I found the amount of work required for a seriously mossy lawn was just endless and back breaking.

I've tried loving the moss but there's something about it's slightly luminous green colour that puts me off.