Maintaining your law in February depends mostly on the weather conditions.  Only if the weather is mild the lawn care season will begin.

You may start to notice the appearance of worm casts in your garden.  If this is the case then the garden needs to be scattered using a besom when the lawn is dry.

Worm casts

 

DO NOT be tempted to start to mow your lawns before March.  However, providing the weather is good turfing is possible and sowing seeds.  If sowing seeds, then soil preparation needs to be started at the end of February.

 

 

March is when the lawn care work really starts, as soon as you notice the grass starting to grow and weather conditions are in your favour, you should start to rake the lawn to remove any debris, leaves and surface rubbish that may still be on your lawn.  DO NOT rake too hard as you may damage the grass.

 

If you have had heavy frosts during the winter now is a good time to settle the turf by rolling it with a light roller.  A useful idea is to use your lawn mower if fitted with a roller, raise the cutting head high and use this.

 

When cutting your lawn for the first time of the year, you should aim at only cutting your grass at the top, cutting the grass too short at this time will cause the grass to have a severe yellowing colour.

 

For the month of March you only need to cut your grass twice, and this will be more than enough.

Also, in this month, you should keep your eyes open looking for early signs of lawn disease, apply moss killer if needed.

 

You may also consider, neaten up your lawn edges to make sure you have a neat and tidy looking lawn.

Any broken edges can be repaired at this time.

 

You can start your feeding and weeding of the lawn at the end of April, but only if the grass and weeds are actively growing.  Ensure that you follow the guidelines on the feed and weed products, to ensure you are not carrying out any unnecessary treatment of your lawn.

 

If you are using lawn sand you must make sure you spread it evenly over your lawn, make sure that you rake up the dead moss a fortnight later.

 

You can mow often enough to stop the grass from growing too long, but do not cut the grass to low, setting your mower to cut at a height of between 1” to 1.5”, depending on the type of lawn that you have.

 

If you are replacing patches of coarse grass then fill the holes with sifted soil and either grass seed or re-turf, if re-turfing ensure your new turf is properly checked.