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Chafer grubs held in a hand above lawn soil

How to Protect Your Lawn From Chafer Grubs and Leatherjackets

How Grass Insects Concentrate works against chafer grubs and leatherjackets, how much to use per m², when to treat in the year, how to apply it and how to check your lawn for larvae.

Dense green lawn along a white fence, fed evenly through the season

How to Feed Your Lawn: Dosage, Timing and What Each Nutrient Does

How much lawn fertiliser to apply per m², when to give the three feeds of the year, how to spread evenly and what nitrogen, potassium, magnesium and lime do in the turf.

Hand brushing over a fresh, dense green lawn after topdressing

How to Topdress a Lawn: Dosage, Timing and Soil Life

How much topdressing to apply per m², how to prepare and work it in, when to apply it and what the living fungi and bacteria do in the soil.

Green lawn grown from drought-resistant Arida grass seed

How to Water a Drought-Resistant Lawn

How to tell when your lawn needs water, how deep to water, how often to water a new lawn, what mowing height to use in hot weather and when to feed during drought.

Purple Allium Purple Sensation flowers in a garden border

How to Plant Allium Purple Sensation Bulbs

When and how deep to plant Allium Purple Sensation bulbs, the right spacing, where they grow best, what to plant with them and how to care for them after flowering.

Green lawn and shrubs in a well-kept garden

How to Use Algae Lime Powder on Lawns, Box Hedges and Pasture

How much algae lime powder to use by soil pH, how to dust box hedges, the rate per hectare for pasture, and why lime and fertiliser should always go on separately.

Green pasture with a tree and fence, ready for algae lime

How to Spread Algae Lime Granulate on Pasture and Large Areas

How much algae lime granulate to spread per hectare, when to do it, how to set up a spreader, and why lime and fertiliser should always go on separately.

Squirrel on an autumn lawn covered in fallen leaves

November Garden Checklist: 9 Jobs to Prepare Your Garden for Winter

What to do in the garden in November: clear leaves, give the lawn its last mow and feed, protect bare soil, plant the last bulbs, shield frost-sensitive plants and help wildlife through winter.

Mycorrhiza, rhizobacteria and lava meal. What is actually in a soil improver?

A soil improver works on the ground rather than on the plant. Organifer Activator Mix brings four things together: living fungi and bacteria, worm castings, dried cow manure and lava meal. The fungi and bacteria move nutrients and build structure, the castings and manure supply humus and slow nitrogen, and the lava meal returns trace elements the soil has lost. Each part works on a different timescale, and together they change what the ground is able to do.