How to revive your lawn without using a hose

Raise the height of cut slightly, but keep mowing to help grass cope with the last of any warm dry weather and stop it compacting when the cold and wet arrives. If you’re looking for a new mower, the cordless Bosch CityMower 18V-32-300 is super-easy to handle.

Breathe life into your tired lawn by going over it with a hollow tine aerator tool. During summer, soil shrinks and loses some of the pockets that allow air and water to reach the grass roots. Each hollow tine picks up a plug of soil and removes it so water and air can circulate better.

Neaten up those hard-to-reach bits around trees and borders now, and wherever and whenever you fancy.

If the sun hasn’t been the only lawn-scorching culprit, Envii Neuturine Dog Urine Neutraliser naturally breaks down the nitrogen in pee to repair, improve growth and prevent future burns.

A feed now will green up your lawn and make it grow thicker – so there’s less chance of weeds and moss getting a look in – and toughen up roots and grass ready for the worst of the winter weather. Miracle-Gro Autumn Lawn Care also kills existing moss in 7 days.

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It’s time to wake up your rake! Removing moss and dead grass now means rainwater can get to the roots.

During drought, grass shuts down and turns brown, reawakening and greening up when rain arrives. You were right not to turn on the sprinkler during hot weather: it puts unnecessary pressure on mains supplies. But for eco-friendly lawn quenching when you’ve added lawn seed, the best solution is a big ol’ water butt connected to a sprinkler using a Mac Allister 400W Water butt pump.

We’ve had plenty of garden guests this summer, including some visitors of the weed variety that have outstayed their welcome! And we’ve actually had fun showing them the green-bin door thanks to the Fiskars Weed Puller, which has a stainless-steel claw on a long handle – no digging or bending required!

After aerating and raking, lawns can look sparse but now is a great time to add new grass seed while soil is moist and temperatures mild. This will thicken grass and keep moss and weeds at bay. Buy a quality fast-germinating seed mix and new grass should pop up within 7-10 days.

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