How to RENOVATE your LAWN the SIMPLE way!

[@jduffy4851]

Amazing!

[@NoviceGardener]

Cheers!

[@ellea1449]

Great video, thanks 👍

[@NoviceGardener]

Nice one!

[@antonmoons3294]

What a great no-nonsense video! I like how you keep it simple and explain that you just want to create a 'good looking' lawn instead of some other guys who're going all-in for the 'perfect' lawn that requires daily maintenance to keep up with. My lawn looks kinda like this one in your video and I'm triggered to do your exact steps; although I'm looking at 500 m² of lawn so I guess it's gonna be a little bit more time-consuming for my part 😅 There's just one question if I may ask; would you recommend using compost (instead of top soil) for spreading onto the lawn after passing with the scarifyer and also for adding on top of the new seeds once they're laid? Thanks!

[@vladimirminkov9245]

I love your videos and this spring(NZ is winter now) will see if it works for my lawn, but one comment nothing simple cutting every 3 days and applying products scarifying, dethatching weed removing , ..., every month :) But great thanks

[@NoviceGardener]

Cheers! Very true - it can be quite the task in between work!

[@VideoBaseie]

two questions i'm unsure about. Firstly my garden is a mess its a new build and the garden is just a lump of clay with poor drainage. I've killed off all the grass with roundup. Can I use a rotavator to just turn everything up now or do i need to remove the dead grass? Is there anything I can do to help with drainage and to promote the water to actually soak into the ground rather than sitting on the surface

[@NoviceGardener]

Once the grass is dead from the Roundup application, you don't need to remove the dead grass. It was just naturally decompose over time. A french drain could help with any water that is sitting on the lawn. Ideally, when you seed or turf it, don't get the lawn perfectly flat, it should have a slight fall so that any water that is sitting will drain away (you'll hardly notice the benefit of this, but is it crucial - otherwise your lawn will end up with waterlogged patches). And if it's a heavy clay soil, you might be best getting some quality top soil on top. 100mm is ideal, but whatever you can afford to put down will do the job. I hope that helps!

[@VideoBaseie]

@@NoviceGardener Thanks a mill. The garden already has a grade that runs towards the house. So I'm going to put an acodrain along the front of the patio to capture that runoff. Hopefully with loosening everything with the rotavator and adding the top soil that should do the trick. Worst case is a add a French drain later if the acodrain isn't fixing the issue

[@James-sf5bb]

Superb job done there, it’s a huge improvement and you explained it very well. I think from now on, I’ll exclusively use A1 products as they just seem to perform well and you’re not barraged with instructions that mean nothing to you 🤣🤣.

[@NoviceGardener]

That's exactly why I use their products. Really easy to understand. There are a lot of products out there with so much jargon on them! And you can almost try and put too much stuff down, and at that point, what is actually having an impact on the lawn!

[@tinheadtinhead6505]

Good result. Did you use the bladed dethatcher or the springtime scarifier?

[@NoviceGardener]

I used a bladed one. I sometimes use the spring tine rake attachment to rake up any loose thatch that is sitting on the lawn, but that's only if the lawn is quite thick already.

[@romestunna_1227]

Hello mate which seed spreader do you recommend,drop feed or rotary? Cheers mate

[@NoviceGardener]

To be honest, I've not tried a rotary. This is partly because of how it distributes seed/fertiliser. I feel like I've got more control in smaller spaces with the drop spreader. But I may pick a rotary one up to give it a go - I may be wrong!

[@romestunna_1227]

@NoviceGardener OK mate,I heard that rotary is better used on larger lawns,also drop feed is best used for seeds instead of fertilizer because you don't want to seeds to be spreading everywhere,but like you said I might be wrong as well lol

[@DeanooKidd]

Hi lad, im just curious to know, I have a dog and im a bit concerned about renovating my garden as the dog would use the garden to go toilet etc and if im renovating ill be putting down all this new stuff and there would be chemicals in there, isit still ok to let the dog go out to the garden?

[@NoviceGardener]

Completely fine for dog to go on. If you put down liquid iron, it needs to have fully dried. But I've never had any issues with my dog going onto the lawn after applying fertiliser. You may just want to take them to the front to wee after you first do this - just for the first day.

[@DeanooKidd]

@NoviceGardener nice one man, will do! I have all the stuff bought, just waiting for a good day now to do it all, few and far between in Ireland 🤣

[@rugs108]

Would you not been better off killing the grass with round up with round to get rid of weed grasses?

[@NoviceGardener]

I considered it. I did this at the same time that I killed a different lawn off completely with Roundup. I wanted to see how much of a difference it would make. It's safe to say that the difference was huge! I'm posting a video this morning with that project.

[@bogboy90210]

Did you do this project in June? I thought it would be hard to get the seed growing in the heat.

[@NoviceGardener]

Yep, back end of May/June. It's all about how much you can water the lawn. The weather that we have now is perfect as we have a bit of rain everyday as well as good temperatures. If you can avoid a heatwave, it's ideal!

[@middletonboys]

Have you considered using adblue as a fertiliser, it works a treat on my lawn 👍

[@NoviceGardener]

I've not, I'll have to look into it!

[@antbans5137]

What's actually in ad blue ? Are you at the wind up ?

[@reynoldslot]

@@antbans5137 horse piss

[@philipford3921]

Nice vid mate. Do you do this for a living? Lovely way to earn a living.

[@NoviceGardener]

I don't, but if I didn't have the full-time job that I do, I'd certainly spend my life doing this!

[@stevo1970]

Some weedol on that lawn In a couple of months will make that lawn amazing. 👌

[@NoviceGardener]

I'm planning to get some down over the next few weeks! Fingers crossed!

[@antbans5137]

Have you seen Daniel hibberts products bro ?

[@Ray_ray11]

His products are very expensive.

[@NoviceGardener]

They seem to get great results! I may try some different lawn care expert products next year. Might use certain products on certain lawns to see how they turn out.

[@James-sf5bb]

I’ll be totally honest with you here with regards to Daniel hibberts products. I’ve been using all his stuff and I’ve spent a small fortune, and i haven’t noticed differences between his and A1? I got suckered into the whole brand idea, as many other will have or will do. But personally, i don’t think it’s worth the extra expensive over other products, what you need to remember is, he’s a professional and he has a great understanding of what products to use and when. Once all my stuff is used up, I’ll be going back to using solely A1 products, which not only perform great, but they are no nonsense no hype quality products. Hope this helps

[@NoviceGardener]

I had a look earlier and it does seem quite expensive if you buy it all. Buying a lot of products that you need to regularly apply can start to stack up! Cheers for letting me know!

[@MrBraveheart92]

With all the effort and time taken - are you not better off just lawing new lawn?

[@NoviceGardener]

Didn't take too much effort, just a few hours really to begin with. But waiting for the new seed to come through does take some time, I'll admit!