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Thanks r896neo, do I lay the wet mix directly onto the soil I have flattened? Should I aim to to lay a smooth level of the mix and then put the slabs on that, or should I "dot and dab" on each slab?

Hi, I am planning on installing a 8x6 foot garden shed. I had planned on using a pro-base style base, but I have a load of 2x2 foot paving slabs that are otherwise going to waste, so it probably makes more sense to recycle these as a base instead. I have read various instructions on how to...

Thanks. You are right, they were pollarded (I forgot the correct term!) I'll hang on until late winter then.

Hi, A couple of years ago I moved into a house that had 3 lime trees that had grown to about 35 or 40 foot. I ended up having to get someone in to take them down to about 12 foot for me. From that point on, I wanted to keep them at that height by cutting them back myself and the guy who did the...

Thanks both for your replies.

Thanks for the quick reply. Saved me a day of running back and forth the the tip killing my car's suspension in the process!

Hi, I posted a similar question in the gardening forum and did not get a response, I thought maybe I'd get more luck here. Apologies for the duplicate post, but I really need an answer on this quickly. Can you put concrete slabs into a concrete base? (i.e. I am planning on pouring a base and...

Hi, Can you put concrete slabs into a concrete base? I plan to put in a 5m by 3m summer house and an 8ft by 6ft shed in next year. I have loads of slabs from old patio and paths. I have kept hold of them in case they can be recycled in this way, but my local council are about to start...

I was in your situation this time last year, and thanks mainly to the advice of r896neo, have seen good results. I dug out the roots a few times and was always disheartened by the number which grew back very quickly. I was worried that if I seeded the lawn too early, I'd end up with loads of...

Hi, I am after some advice on when and what to feed a lawn. My garden has two parts, one of which I seeded a lawn on last autumn, which still has some weeds and brambles in and the other which has a lawn that has been established for years but has a quite a lot of weeds and clover in. I have...

Thanks for the reply. I'll leave it for now then.

Hi, With much help and advice from this forum, I seeded my first lawn in late September. Its taken really well and I gave it what I expected to be its only mow of the year in early November. Given the warm weather however, it continued to grow, so I mowed again in late November on the highest...

Hi, I have just sown my first lawn and am starting to consider how I will attack my other lawn next year which is a slightly different proposition. This area currently has grass on, although has a lot of weeds. The land also has a lot of divets (mainly caused when I heavily reduced three lime...

Hi, I have just sown my first lawn (seeded just over 6 weeks ago) and gave it its first mow this weekend just gone and all looks pretty good. I plan now to leave it until spring (I assume further mowing at this time of the year would be a mistake?). The lawn has covered the area quite well...

Thanks for your reply r896neo, I think you have answered just about every question I've asked on this forum, so I'm very grateful for all your help. I'll hope some magic happens in the bare patches then, although I am worried that some of these are several square feet and have barely any growth...

Hi, I seeded my first lawn 16 days ago. It is approx 12m by 8m. It has started to come through but I am worried about patches that still seem pretty bare. When I laid the seed, I used a rotary spreader which I thought was my best chance of getting even coverage, but it didn't really happen...

Thanks both for your answers. r896neo, When should I put the fertliser down, before I seed or at some point after? I had read somewhere to put 4 in 1 down a few days before seeding but based on your comment and the instructions on the pack (not to use on a new lawn, or if overlaying to allow 8...

Hi, I am in the process of preparing my garden to seed a lawn in the next couple of weeks. I have read quite a few suggested ways of doing this and one of the key pieces of advice seems to be not to put off the first mow. Given I won't be seeding until mid/late September (which I believe to...

What grit sandpaper should I use? I heard that anything other than fine risks ruining the surface (but that was the site that specified acrylic latex paint) Thanks again for your help.

Thanks, a nice simple solution, ideal!