Revamping Spring Grass: Tips For A Greener Lawn 

I really need to make a start in the garden ....... as I watch the rain running down the window and the wind blowing through the trees here in east Norfolk! 🤣🤣🤣

There's a very handy tool from Fiskars which allows you to pick those weeds, roots and all when standing up. Much faster and saves your back and knees.

Hi. So the first run you did with the tines is actually called dethatching. The second run you did with the blades (you called verticutting) is actually sacrifying. You only really need to do the second one. Verticut is similar but raise the blades just for the grass, not into the soil. Also look into compost lawn spreaders. Thank me later 😂

That drone chase footage is great :)

Very nice video, thanks for all the info!

What you really want is a green carpet, how lovely.

Stuart, an avid subscriber but with an unfortunate contradiction to your video. Not a negative point on you because I thought the same having followed the directions on the back of the weedkiller boxes that talk about starting in MArch and the growing season, that I believed it was. Firstly though as has been mentioned by some others, do yourself a favour and get the Fiskar tool. It's a game changer both in terms of time and the thanks from your back the next day👍. Now to the chemical weedkilling. You refer to weedkilling being done a month or two earlier. Yes, some manufacturers talk about starting earlier BUT that is in optimal conditions and the VERY earliest. They don't tell you that unless the external environment and growth is exactly right, it'll have little to no effect!! I spoke to one of the major manufacturers having spent a couple of hundred pounds on the chemicals and treated the lawn in exactly the correct method, with the strongest of doses that was recommended. I'd say

Always amazes me how brilliant you are at the film making sir. It’s the fundamentals that make it engaging to watch and you do just those. Keep it up.

Thanks for another great video. Always enjoy your projects and learn a lot. The tip on just spreading some compost on the lawn is so cool. I didn't know this was a thing so trying it this weekend. Everyday is a school day. Thanks again.

I say Stuart compost on the lawn what a splendid idea! I shall most certainly be attending to my lawn in this manner.Thank you.

I wouldn't have thought more seed was necessary on an existing lawn, just bare patches. I know what you mean about chemicals not working as tried loads of the bottled stuff you attach the hose and spray (as it's easy) with no joy. The granules work though, but must be spread evenly or actually causes scorch marks. I did this once with a well known brand but ran out half way through and couldn't do more for a few weeks. After a while you could clearly since the difference, with the half I'd done looking lush, healthy and green and the rest still yellowish.

Thanks for that, theres something about being sat here supping tea watching you sorting your lawn that is so enjoyable 😁

Waited over a year for this video lol 😂 👍

11:08 - Thanks for sharing those memories of your youth.

I have really enjoyed your content, as iam a carpenter. However the last few years I've really been getting in to nature as it's so beneficial to our mental wellbeing. A note on lawns, they're Barron sterile inventions, thought up not lobg ago. Dandelions are a very important wild flower, not weed, just stop and see how many bees are on them at this time if year, a great early source of nectar. I recomend watch joel ashton wild your garden on RU-vid for more info.

I fully agree with the compost as grass nutrient. I use a landzie compost spreader to save time and effort and I highly recommend it. The other advice I would give is that instead of rye grass (probably the worst grass seed you can use really) you go for bent grass. You will see the rewards offered by a grass that looks after herself and that is perfect for stripping…With rye grass you will always lose the battle against weeds, in particular poa…

Yous might all think ime mad, but I mix Adblue and put that on my lawn. It's like 50ml to 2 gallons. Adblue is around 70% Urea, which is PURE nitrogen and greens up my lawn like crazy 👍 Tip of the month !!

We're into Spring?! Are you sure we're not still in our third winter? 🥶😆

It's £10 a bag ! Awesomely thorough two days work which I'm thoroughly admiring from my armchair.

This is exactly the same thing I do. But put the Jacks Black Down with a metal cage roller, cheaper than a Landzy. So easy. And this expert is absolutely correct. Follow And your lawn will be great.

Watched the video, went to the DIY shop, bought 300 litres of Compost & this weekend I'm hoping I can finally solve & also fix with a garden rake why I have & no longer have the crappest lawn in the Grove. 👍

I can attest that compost over grass seed works wonders.

Great video as always, love the drone shots 😊

Stuart, great advice and content as always.

Excellent drone footage. Really helped situate what you're doing, Stuart.

ooph, that's a lot of hard work, Stuart! You deserved more than one can of something cold, you deserved a whole barrel!

What a cracking tip to use compost. Thanks again for the great content. What a lovely chap

i find half a teaspoon of kitchen table salt placed in the centre of dandelions on a fine day makes them dry up and wither, with no effect on the surrounding grass. It seems to kill the root too

Nice work

Brilliant video, love your channel too! Thanks very much and look forward to more 😃

Well done, great video. Totally makes sense.

Admire you for all your hard work ….

Nice video again.

Haha the country music! Thank you for the entertaining video and the expert advice 🧩🧩🧩

Drag mat of sorts on the back of your tractor mower would speed things up to getting that drink earlier👍

Fiskars Weed Puller would have saved you considerable time Stuart. Great channel, keep up the good work!

Please try using shredded leaves as a compost. You’ll be impressed.

Video production quality, including dron shots following you, is amazing. Yard work too 😊

Thanks for the tip about using compost. Must give it a try 👍

Thanks Stuart, you definitely deserve that cool drink ! I often get out and do some lawn maintenance early in the year if the weather allows but with all the rain we've had this winter it would have been detrimental to start while the lawn was so wet, so like many others, I guess I now have a lot of catching up to do !

Dandeliion leaves are delicious. Boiled/steam with a bit of olive oil, salt and balsamic. Wish I had more growing on my lawn!

Excellent vid Stuart. Production is off the chart. Second one is scarifying.

I did exactly this to my moss-filled lawn last spring and it transformed it. Definitely worth all the hard work 👍

Excellent video and at just the right time as I’m trying to improve my lawn. I’m going to do everything you’ve just shown because it’s probably the simplest, comparatively inexpensive, logical lawn care video I’ve ever seen. Thank you Stuart 👍👍

Thanks Stuart, I know from experience that is a tough job but well worth doing.Your lawn will no doubt look amazing in the months to come. Thanks for sharing 🙂

I’m just doing my daughters lawn as it’s full of moss and thatch. Great to see you have used the same method as I’m doing. The only slight difference is I use a 50/50 mix of compost and top soil to top dress.

Proud to say no weeds here. Already done the weed killing last year. this year done aerate and reseeding the bad spots. Gras is already growing and in a week or 2 depending on the wheater i can start cutting again. Always intrested to learning more

About 5 weeks ago, I actually did get out there and give the lawn a first cut, a few days later I applied some lawn feed / weed-moss killer. Most of the moss has gone black now, and the grass is super green. But I need to now do what you're doing in this video and scarify the whole lawn. It's got a LOT of moss in it, so when that's gone I can spread a bunch of lawn seed. My lawn is about half the size of the part you've done in this video, so hopefully won't take too long 🙂 thanks for the video

I used a similar technique for dandelions. A long screwdriver to make a hole around it and needle nose pliers to get the root. The hole closes after next rain

Wow - the 'raking compost into the lawn' trick is a real game-changer for me. It reminds me of how we used to do it in Zimbabwe. We even used a top layer of tobacco a few times as well (yes, seriously - waste tobacco was cheap because there was so much good quality tobacco being cultivated).

Another great video mate. I absolutely love your content, so easy to watch. I’m an installer of digital tv equipment, CCTV and data networks abd have my own channel too. If there’s ever anything relating to what I do you need to ask a question about, please feel free to get in touch. Keep it up mate. Cheers

Another great video. Would be nice to see an after video showing how the lawn turned out.

Can't early weed kill and rehab your lawn in spring (which is a yearly thing you should do if you actually care about your lawn). Scalp it as low as you can, scarify it, overseed it and you're good to go. Best thing to do is stay on top of it through the year. Also Fiskars make a super nice weeding tool that saves you having to be down on the floor. If you stay on top of the weeds and you keep the sward nice and thick with a yearly scarify and overseed you shouldn't really ever need weed killer - moss killer, maybe, lawn sand, but never weed killer. You're definitely best off cutting the grass super short before scarifying, btw - if your lawn doesn't look like somebody has been through it with a plow when you're done you're probably not doing it right, it'll recover in a few weeks even if you really strip it, even without seed (but you still need seed). In re compost, if you have an uneven lawn get some with sand in it because it'll fill in the depressions and won't rot down and will help with drainage.

Great video but a lil tip for you, no neeed to use the metal tines on ur allet ti scarify use the other smaller machine with blades does better job. Also mow the lawn reallly short

Thanks.

Spotted a future diy job for you Stuart. Some extension sides for your trailer. ;-)

Seeding and then covering with compost is a very strong strategy. First saw this from @DanielHibbertLawnExpert

Many thanks. You have just reminded me to spread some compost on my lawn. Luckily, only 1/3 of my garden is grass.

That's not a house and garden it's a small country estate!😂

Great help that one Stuart ! I don’t have the greenest of fingers but really trying to get the best front lawn on the street 😂 guess what I’ll be doing this week 🍻

Those landzie compost spreaders are great. I've seen people make them DIY style with plywood ends and chicken wire, maybe a ProperDIY video opportunity 🤔

"So the only thing you need to do is: Get the weeds out with a knife, dethatch, sacrify, cut and then bring out compost." Almost sounds like several things 😅 Joking aside: Thank you very much for the compost idea! I already brought out pellets but thinking about it: Bringing out a whole new layer makes wo much sense.👍

Love the Chanel from Freddy

My late father told me how to get dandelions out: He said you need to hold every single leaf in your hand while you pull. I've found it helps to mentally visualise the root coming up while you pull firmly.

Some great tips Stuart,thanks for the video.👍👍

Somebody had fun with a drone! 😊

To kill the weeds mix 50% glysophate (Round up)50% water in a Jam jar. Paint a little of the mixture on to each weed head of the weed. Leave for 10 days and the weed and root will be dead and will not grow back. Be careful not to spill or paint the existing grass as it will kill it as well. I has to be easier and more long lasting than the knife method good luck

We have a tool that looks like a corkscrew which is great for pulling out those types of weeds that you were cutting out with a kitchen knife.

Good job but verticutting is usually done with a vertical blade and not into the soil. The scarifier should be used deeper, cutting through into the soil. I like to go about 10mm with a scarifier, that leaves a nice channel for your seed to work into. Also get yourself a compost roller, they are great for spreading a nice even layer and any larger material is left inside, this can then be chucked into your compost pile.

We have a RU-vid channel showing other steps to do this also Been watching U for few years now

Having just this weekend, decommissioned our large raised vegetable patch, I have two large piles of compost (yes I filled my vegetable patch with shop bought compost 😂). I now know what I will be doing with the surplus. Thank you and great work on drone shots. Did you have someone control the drone or use rhetorical follow me feature?

Someone's been watching Daniel Hibbert's channel

Some gaff that😍

I must say this, for me you peaked at 0:29 ... :D that was a like wow moment when you got that finish.

I really like the simplicity of just adding compost. It would be really useful if you could show us how the blades of the scarifiers compare. And if you could indicate how far down we should get the machines to rake out that thatch so as to get the balance right between being effective and scalping the lawn! The vertical scarifier sounds like it does a different job to the larger motor mower scarifying blade. I have an electric scarifier with two types of fittings, one being solid metal prongs and one being a wire-type structure, and I suspect you may be using the same (not sure). You were lucky to find some sun ☀️! PS, any tips for getting rid of the multiple ants nests that seem to have moved in? Last year I fought them off through the summer, but they won the day, especially the nasty brown ants 😢

I'm going to be doing my own next weekend so a week timed video, thanks Stuart. I won't use the save compost though. I used jack's magic improved formula 2 years ago and it had pieces of glass, brick and half a clothes peg in it.

Much cheaper to buy a ton grab bag of compost. Do you not find a big patch of empty lawn a bit boring? There's not much to look at when you're sat outside having a glass of wine.

Mr Stuart…. I remember seeing one of your older videos about your lawn where you used that Fisker weed puller! Was there a reason for not using it this time? I’ve just ordered one the other day, so I’m hoping you don’t say that it broke and didn’t last very long!

Where did the weed puller you featured a while ago get to? Would save getting down on your hands & knees with a bread knife. Oh, and the drone / overhead shots are fab.

Stuart please could you do a ‘who am I ?” Video please eg it would be interesting to know a bit more about you eg your background, jobs, life and what’s lead you to the YT start. I enjoy the videos but you always wonder how did you get to where you are now and I saw you had a Dubai channel? Thanks

Iron sulphate. Best.

When you gonna get some sheep Stuart? Clarkson could help you get started!😂

I enjoy your videos, however, I think you will get better results if the lawn is cut short before to get good seed to soil contact. Regards

Wahoo! 1st comment. Great channel

Does that process work on bald heads?

😂 you so need a twist weed tool. Standing stab twist done tap root and all 😊

The trouble with my lawn is I have more moss than grass. But at least its green! 😳 That looks like a whole lot of work! 😜

How long do you leave it before the next cut? Don't want to hoover up the seeds.😊

Can you give us a list of every tool that you have used. I like the machine that you used vertical?

Great video, what brand workshoe do you wear?

3:14 you missed a power tool opportunity here, a reciprocating saw would have done it nicely. 😂😂

Frost on the windscreen these past few days still, I'm not exactly chomping at the bit to get out in the garden at the minute! I only do basic lawn maintenance as I rent and I'm loathe to spend money on someone else's garden.

How soon after this process do you wait before first cut?

Can you make a separate gardening channel like your engineering one?

I watch all your videos - very helpful - thank you. I need a suggestion from you, my garden is filled with earthworm castings, and I can never get rid of them. I rake them when the weather is dry, but on wet days, they come up again, making piles of earth on the grass everywhere. Any suggestions how to get rid of them ?

No mow May.

Wish i was this dedicated to my grass. I just cut it as quick as possible and leave it for another month or so.

Do you have a before and after impression?

Do the birds eat most of the grass seeds

I need to rip it all and turf