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Care for established
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Although it is a living, growing organism, a
lawn, like an indoor carpet, is subject to wear and tear. You may have to make
running repairs from time to time.
A busy walkway, over part of a lawn or through a narrow gap, often
wears bare and becomes muddy. Lay paving slabs here to use as stepping stones,
being sure to set them slightly below the general level of the lawn.
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• Trodden down
edges are a common problem, easily corrected by cutting out a turf, in spring
or autumn, reversing it and re-cutting the edge. The gap created within the
lawn is easy to fill with soil and re-sow with a pinch of grass seed.
• Thin patches, caused
by regular wear should be scratched with a rake, in autumn, to create a tilth,
and resown.
• Where hollows
appear, lift the turf from these and back-fill with a little soil, before
replacing the turf and rolling until flat.
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Cutting a new
edge
Deep hollows require
the turf to be folded back
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