New Content By Kate Wall When caring for a lawn organically, many of the commonly used lawn care products are not considered appropriate therefore product alternatives are often sought out. The reasons for organic lawn care are...

New Content By Kate Wall There was a time when almost every Australian backyard lawn also doubled as a cricket pitch. Lawns were all the same grass, were open, sunny places that got mown regularly and then the sprinkler got put...

Special care practices need to be applied to all new roll-on lawns in order that they successfully establish themselves by setting down new roots into the soil and begin successfully and continuing to grow on their own in their...

Making The Most Of Summer Lawns Summer brings both rewards and challenges for lawn owners when the majority of lawns in Australia will be in their peak growing cycle, and as a result - should be thriving if being cared for...

Managing Lawns In Shaded Areas All lawn types need direct sunlight every day in order to survive, there really is no compromise on this fact. By managing shade, choosing the right lawn type and making a few changes to our lawn...

Reasons To Kill A Lawn Sometimes it becomes necessary to kill a lawn, most often to replace a poor performing lawn variety with a better lawn type, to put in a new garden bed or even a sand pit. Whatever the reason for killing a...

Couch Requirement For Sunlight Couch grass often suffers more than other lawn varieties when Winter arrives, this is caused primarily due to it's very fine leaf blade. Understanding why Couch lawn loses colour in Winter or even...

Healthy Lawns Prevent Weeds Pests and Diseases A healthy lawn is the best defence against any infestation of lawn weeds, lawn pests and lawn diseases. Most of these problems which occur in lawns can only do so when the lawn or...

Reasons For Top Dressing Lawns There are only two reasons to ever top dress lawns, the first is to even out uneven lawns or indentations in the lawn's surface, and the next is to add nutrients to the lawn as part of an overall...

The Purpose Of Thatch In Lawns The thatch layer in lawns is the brown section of the grass which sits between the green leaf at the top of the grass and the runners and root system at the base of the turf. The thatch layer...

When Buffalo Lawns Seed Buffalo lawn produces a rather unusual seed head that can be confusing for many people who often aren't sure what they are seeing, I've often had people ask me to identify the weeds that have suddenly...

Winter Lawn Care Most lawns become semi-dormant during the Winter, most noticeably they will slow dramatically in their growth, lose some of their dark green colour and repair from damage will also be slowed during the colder...

Lawn Care For Cool Season Lawns Lawn care for Cool Season Grasses is often different to caring for the Warm Season grass types which are most common in Australia, and this lawn care extends to the methods used to de-thatch these...