who knows about lawns - mine is awful and i would like to make it better.

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I have a large garden which has been neglected for a great few years. I would love to make it look greener, less patchy, vibrant, all round lovely.

I know I have thatch, weeds, spaces, brown grass in parts and that sticky trailing weed that has sticky balls that over takes everything but dont know the name. It has loads of problems.

Its on tiers and it is uneven.

What products can i use on it and in what order. Is now the right time. Am in the south.

Please can someone talk to me about it.

Thank you very much

also have leatherjackets which i thought were a good thign to have but apprently not.

I have Greenthumb come round occasionally to sprinkle stuff on ours. Not sure if it's the best use of our money though...

I hope a proper gardener comes along and posts something helpful soon!

I am not a proper gardener but I was just thinking how my lawn has greened up nicely. My DH poked loads of holes in it with a fork and swept sand into the holes. It looked awful after he had done it but it seems to have revitalised it. I think he put Spring time lawn food on it too.

normal sand? what was the food and when was it put on?

Yes! He nicked it from our now defunct sand pit. The food was evergreen 4 in one.

Garden centres can sell you springtime weed & feed mixtures - there are different ones in Autumn which don't encourage it to grow as much, but the shops will be stocking the spring ones now. That should deal with the weeds and encourage the grass.

But first, it would be best to reduce the thatch by using a lawn scarifier if you have or can borrow one, or else a rake - you just have to be tough on it and scratch it out to give the grass some space.

Once you've done those things, if there are still bare patches then you could use grass seed to fill them in, but if they are smallish then the grass will work its way in from around the gap anyway.