Name: 1991: The Five Lawns of Maurice Pope | Little England | BBC Archive
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Lawns should be treated as a hobby with pride attached.

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But one mustn't let that hobby become habit forming because you then become addicted to it and other general jobs could result in a loss.

Here we have on display of various selections of grass seed.

The finer the seed, the higher the price.

So I personally used a selection containing rye because rye helps the lawn to wear better.

He really loves being in the garden and he goes out early in the morning and stays out all day without coming in for food.

Here we have various selections of feeds, fertilizers and weed killers.

Using these can work out very expensive and beyond the means of the general public.

There are many tools on the market, but similarly they cost a lot of money.

So personally I buy only the tools that will save me some labour.

When Morris is applying weed clear, I'm the one that's got to fetch the water.

Here I am about the task of applying weed killer.

Before selecting the weed killer, make sure you have read the instructions very carefully to ensure that you're buying the right liquid to do the right job.

If there's a drought, you should not apply.

If there's rain imminent, you should not apply.

The answer to that is that's what it's supposed to do.

Before the weeds die off, they grow, outgrow their strength, finally wither up and disappear.

There are two other problems that can occur.

Hollows, which unfortunately will result in.

When you mow, it will leave the grass uncut.

Bumps can be more of a problem because when you come along with your lawnmower, chop the top off and leave bare patches of soil.

Fortunately, I am reasonably trouble free of perfect.

My two that do cause me a little effort are worms and ants.

They have a tendency to drop seeds of any description which can cause me later troubles.

Other than putting that problem right, there's nothing I can do about birds.

All the plants have got to be just so, the right colors and the right distance apart.

How he loves looking after his lawns and he spends hours on them.

It is essential that your lawnmower is always kept sharp, otherwise tearing of the grass will occur.

It helps the lawn immensely that if you keep going in one direction only, not backwards and forwards like a Hoover.

I make an endeavor to cut mine at least once a week.

The interval obviously will be increased I receive after cutting my lawn.

As with the lawnmower, it is essential that your shears are always sharp or tearing will occur.

I personally have mine sharpened once a year.

I prefer the short handled shears as I have got more control as opposed to the long handle or lopping of the flowers can occur but unfortunately your back can suffer.

I tried to get my wife on this operation but failed in the attempt.

I suffer with hay fever so I can't spend quite so much time in the garden as marth working on the lawns.

Elsie does help me tremendously, especially in planting out the garden with flowers.

This is the lawn raker and I would advise this as it's a very sound investment and will save hours of work and pain on your back.

It will pick up anything from loose cuttings, dead grass and moss that has been previously treated with lawn sand.

Regarding the intervals of using the lawn raker, this will vary depending on the weather but they should never be used when the lawn is very wet as you can see the rubbish it picks up.

But this is never to be put in a compass heap.

Where loans have been previously treated with weed killer.

Here I am carrying out the operation known as spiking.

The purpose is first to aerate the soil, secondly to improve and break up the growth of the roots of the seeds, thereby ensuring maximum growth the following year.

Attending lawns can be a fight against Mother Nature.

Some of the main factors are hot sunshine during the summer, excessive rain and frost.

Whilst one is younger they can be possibly attended to, but

unfortunately as one gets older Mother Nature also plays a part that you're not always capable of doing what you would like, so only do what you feel you're capable of doing and unfortunately suffer the consequences.

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1991: The Five Lawns of Maurice Pope | Little England | BBC Archive

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