Looking after your lawn
Plain advice for the lawn at home, from a greenkeeper who spent his working life on fine turf: when to feed, how to deal with moss and weeds, mowing, and how to put a new lawn down properly.
Former head greenkeeper at Lahinch
Free
Lawn jobs for the month
One short email at the start of the month from late February to October, the months your lawn is actually growing.
Help with your lawn
A plan for your own lawn
Wherever you are, send me photos and I will tell you what to do, month by month.
£195
The online lawn care serviceIn Dumfries and Galloway? The first visit is free
This month on the lawn
What to Do on Your Lawn in Winter: the White Frost Rule and a Winter Checklist
- Rake the leaves off once a week
- Brush off worm casts when they are dry
- Stay off it while there is a white frost
- Get the mower sharpened before spring
Start here
Through the year
- AutumnFeeding for winter, and getting the moss out
- AutumnAeration, topdressing and mowing heights
- Autumn and winterTopdressing your lawn
- Winter · nowThe white frost rule and a winter checklist
- WinterWhy your lawn needs attention in winter
- WinterMowing and moss control over the winter
- WinterAerating and edging over the winter
- The whole yearYour lawn care schedule through the year
Moss and weeds
Feeding and seaweed
Mowing and mowers
New lawns, seed and turf
Pests and problems
Artificial grass
About Duncan Gray
I spent my working life in greenkeeping: head greenkeeper at Lahinch, then in charge of nine bowling greens for Kyle and Carrick, including Ayr Northfield for the World Championships. The same care works on a lawn at home.
Ask Duncan about your lawnLawn jobs for the month
What to do on your lawn this month, and what to leave alone. One short email at the start of the month from late February to October, the months your lawn is actually growing.
From me, and never passed on.