My water utility is the only one in the country implementing a hose ban 

Baz posted:

My water utility is the only one in the country implementing a hose ban 

do you have a large garden?

Saint posted:

Baz posted:

My water utility is the only one in the country implementing a hose ban 

do you have a large garden?

Reasonably Renton ....we live on a corner plot , so have large front garden and fair sized back garden ....at least it used to feel like that when I was mowing it 

Baz posted:

Saint posted:

Baz posted:

My water utility is the only one in the country implementing a hose ban 

do you have a large garden?

Reasonably Renton ....we live on a corner plot , so have large front garden and fair sized back garden ....at least it used to feel like that when I was mowing it 

Our neighbour has a barrel thing that captures the rain water from the drain pipes - have you tried that?

I suppose you can still use a watering can?

Saint posted:

Baz posted:

Saint posted:

Baz posted:

My water utility is the only one in the country implementing a hose ban 

do you have a large garden?

Reasonably Renton ....we live on a corner plot , so have large front garden and fair sized back garden ....at least it used to feel like that when I was mowing it 

Our neighbour has a barrel thing that captures the rain water from the drain pipes - have you tried that?

I suppose you can still use a watering can?

I have thought about that in past ....and yes , I can still use watering cans ...so I’ll keep fit  And it doesn’t start til 5th August ....so hopefully it will be raining by then 

Listening to the radio they said a hose pipe ban can only be enforced if it doesn't rain from the day it was issued

So ... pray for rain - or do a dance 

Cut the grass yesterday - looks like new

No bare patches at all

 . . . and still watering 

Saint posted:

Cut the grass yesterday - looks like new

No bare patches at all

 

 . . . and still watering 

We’ve had a couple of showers of rain in the last week so my lawns are doing fine

Yogi19 posted:

Saint posted:

Cut the grass yesterday - looks like new

No bare patches at all

 

 . . . and still watering 

We’ve had a couple of showers of rain in the last week so my lawns are doing fine

 we had one good downpour recently but it wasn't nearly enough

Today has been boiling

Saint posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Saint posted:

Cut the grass yesterday - looks like new

No bare patches at all

 

 . . . and still watering 

We’ve had a couple of showers of rain in the last week so my lawns are doing fine

 we had one good downpour recently but it wasn't nearly enough

Today has been boiling

It was overcast here this morning and sunny in the afternoon. I’ve got a fan on atm 

We've had plants bloom - I've cut them right back and they're coming again !!!

First time I've seen a second bloom

Saint posted:

We've had plants bloom - I've cut them right back and they're coming again !!!

First time I've seen a second bloom

 Excellent. 

We had a significant amount of rain here today ...so much so that I’m sure I saw a blade of green grass 

Yogi19 posted:

Saint posted:

We've had plants bloom - I've cut them right back and they're coming again !!!

First time I've seen a second bloom

 Excellent. 

I won't mention the front garden aherm . . .

We have an electric raker and I get carried away sometimes and half removed the front lawn about 6 weeks ago leaving huge empty patches LOL

It's only just recovering  

Saint posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Saint posted:

We've had plants bloom - I've cut them right back and they're coming again !!!

First time I've seen a second bloom

 Excellent. 

I won't mention the front garden aherm . . .

We have an electric raker and I get carried away sometimes and half removed the front lawn about 6 weeks ago leaving huge empty patches LOL

It's only just recovering  

 Sounds like the time my eldest son scarified our front lawn to get rid of the moss 

Baz posted:

We had a significant amount of rain here today ...so much so that I’m sure I saw a blade of green grass 

 Just the one? 

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

We had a significant amount of rain here today ...so much so that I’m sure I saw a blade of green grass 

 Just the one? 

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

We had a significant amount of rain here today ...so much so that I’m sure I saw a blade of green grass 

 Just the one? 

Yes, and even that might have been a trick if the light 

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

We had a significant amount of rain here today ...so much so that I’m sure I saw a blade of green grass 

 Just the one? 

Yes, and even that might have been a trick if the light 

Yogi19 posted:

Saint posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Saint posted:

We've had plants bloom - I've cut them right back and they're coming again !!!

First time I've seen a second bloom

 Excellent. 

I won't mention the front garden aherm . . .

We have an electric raker and I get carried away sometimes and half removed the front lawn about 6 weeks ago leaving huge empty patches LOL

It's only just recovering  

 Sounds like the time my eldest son scarified our front lawn to get rid of the moss 

That was the plan but the dead grass kept coming and coming

Til nothing was left

It was quite a shock LOL

Saint posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Saint posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Saint posted:

We've had plants bloom - I've cut them right back and they're coming again !!!

First time I've seen a second bloom

 Excellent. 

I won't mention the front garden aherm . . .

We have an electric raker and I get carried away sometimes and half removed the front lawn about 6 weeks ago leaving huge empty patches LOL

It's only just recovering  

 Sounds like the time my eldest son scarified our front lawn to get rid of the moss 

That was the plan but the dead grass kept coming and coming

Til nothing was left

It was quite a shock LOL

 Yes, we got a bit of a shock by the time my son had finished.

Our lawn was weed and feed treated just before the heatwave ...so the weed bit worked ...but the feed bit hasn’t 

Baz posted:

Our lawn was weed and feed treated just before the heatwave ...so the weed bit worked ...but the feed bit hasn’t 

lol One out of two ain’t bad

Baz posted:

Our lawn was weed and feed treated just before the heatwave ...so the weed bit worked ...but the feed bit hasn’t 

I bought the wrong stuff this year

We normally get EverGreen 4 in 1  … it's amazing

Dunno what I got but it's pants compared to EverGreen … so our lawn it not very green this year

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Our lawn was weed and feed treated just before the heatwave ...so the weed bit worked ...but the feed bit hasn’t 

lol One out of two ain’t bad

Yeah , but cos there were a lot of weeds now all we’ve got is a brown mess 

Saint posted:

Baz posted:

Our lawn was weed and feed treated just before the heatwave ...so the weed bit worked ...but the feed bit hasn’t 

I bought the wrong stuff this year

We normally get EverGreen 4 in 1  … it's amazing

Dunno what I got but it's pants compared to EverGreen … so our lawn it not very green this year

Awww 

Saint posted:

Baz posted:

Our lawn was weed and feed treated just before the heatwave ...so the weed bit worked ...but the feed bit hasn’t 

I bought the wrong stuff this year

We normally get EverGreen 4 in 1  … it's amazing

Dunno what I got but it's pants compared to EverGreen … so our lawn it not very green this year

Back to Evergreen next year then?

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Our lawn was weed and feed treated just before the heatwave ...so the weed bit worked ...but the feed bit hasn’t 

lol One out of two ain’t bad

Yeah , but cos there were a lot of weeds now all we’ve got is a brown mess 

 But no weeds 

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Our lawn was weed and feed treated just before the heatwave ...so the weed bit worked ...but the feed bit hasn’t 

lol One out of two ain’t bad

Yeah , but cos there were a lot of weeds now all we’ve got is a brown mess 

 But no weeds 

True 

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Our lawn was weed and feed treated just before the heatwave ...so the weed bit worked ...but the feed bit hasn’t 

lol One out of two ain’t bad

Yeah , but cos there were a lot of weeds now all we’ve got is a brown mess 

 But no weeds 

True 

Yogi19 posted:

Saint posted:

Baz posted:

Our lawn was weed and feed treated just before the heatwave ...so the weed bit worked ...but the feed bit hasn’t 

I bought the wrong stuff this year

We normally get EverGreen 4 in 1  … it's amazing

Dunno what I got but it's pants compared to EverGreen … so our lawn it not very green this year

Back to Evergreen next year then?

Well I bought a whacking great big bag of the stuff thinking i'd got the right stuff 

Saint posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Saint posted:

Baz posted:

Our lawn was weed and feed treated just before the heatwave ...so the weed bit worked ...but the feed bit hasn’t 

I bought the wrong stuff this year

We normally get EverGreen 4 in 1  … it's amazing

Dunno what I got but it's pants compared to EverGreen … so our lawn it not very green this year

Back to Evergreen next year then?

Well I bought a whacking great big bag of the stuff thinking i'd got the right stuff 

Aww, what a bummer. 

Saint posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Saint posted:

Baz posted:

Our lawn was weed and feed treated just before the heatwave ...so the weed bit worked ...but the feed bit hasn’t 

I bought the wrong stuff this year

We normally get EverGreen 4 in 1  … it's amazing

Dunno what I got but it's pants compared to EverGreen … so our lawn it not very green this year

Back to Evergreen next year then?

Well I bought a whacking great big bag of the stuff thinking i'd got the right stuff 

Whoops 

Never mind - shall try it again LOL

Watch this space

I'll have to try it again I suppose

Saint posted:

Never mind - shall try it again LOL

 

Watch this space

 Good luck

Have you been watering your lawns?

Saint posted:

Have you been watering your lawns?

No...have you ?

Baz posted:

Saint posted:

Have you been watering your lawns?

No...have you ?

Lots 

Transformed the back garden - not so the front but I'm cutting it tomorrow anyway.

I'm banned from raking it til 2019

Baz posted:

Saint posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Saint posted:

Baz posted:

Our lawn was weed and feed treated just before the heatwave ...so the weed bit worked ...but the feed bit hasn’t 

I bought the wrong stuff this year

We normally get EverGreen 4 in 1  … it's amazing

Dunno what I got but it's pants compared to EverGreen … so our lawn it not very green this year

Back to Evergreen next year then?

Well I bought a whacking great big bag of the stuff thinking i'd got the right stuff 

Whoops 

Buy some evergreen and mix them. 2 (or 3) parts evergreen to 1 part 'other stuff'. that way you should get  some Evergreen benefit but gradually use up the other stuff and not totally  lose your money.