hello my name is Katie Rocha and today I'm going to show you how to do some
basic log maintenance now unless you're a professional greenkeeper everybody's
lawn has a little bit of wear and tear and it's a great time of year in spring
to kind of deal with any issues that you have whether you have pets or children
playing football everybody's long could do with a bit of
TLC now this one here has got some weeds coming up in it and also lots of moss
and dead such the first thing I'm going to do is Rick how all that muscle and
fat because what that does is it suppresses any sunlight getting through
to the grass seed and that stops the grass being able to photosynthesize and
the create new leaves so all that dead still has to come out okay so getting
rid of all that moss and that has revealed that is actually quite bare and
there's not much living grassing there now all this have come out of this small
area and it's perfect for the compost decomposed really quickly into something
that will be beneficial to the garden or you could leave it in a small pile for
the wildlife it nest off now I'm going to use a doozy Gruber this tool here to
really get down to any tap roots and weeds that are in the lawn and there are
definitely a few in this spot
now be sure when you pull out any weeds from the lawn but these don't go in your
compost pile we must always be kept separate I think that sells out and now
how when's the top dress with a fine layer of topsoil so we're just going to
sprinkle this in and this is just going to give the new seed the best stuff
now this does look a little bit more unsightly learning did actually but
hassle at worst Forex and looking better and then a few weeks you will ever know
you how to patch here now I have my long feed and this is mixed with a fertilizer
and I'm just going to sprinkle it on evenly and gently on top of the topsoil
this is a rye grass which is perfect for a hard-wearing lon Hicks and now I'm
going to put some more topsoil on just to protect it from the birds because
they manage to find any seed like this within minutes I mean funny pigeon find
it Asifa we've gone in circles you just want to disguise it a little bit it's
really important that the grassy comes in contact with the soil pop list so
what I'm going to do is improvise and I have this nila I'm going to press this
on and make sure all my seed is in contact with the ground on the topsoil
and I knew gentle Walter always when you saw on any seeds you must cover rules on
the end of the water income so it gives a nice gentle sprinkle and doesn't
displace the seed and then it was in a couple of weeks a little bit of sunshine
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