Category Archives: Autumn Lawn Care

A summary of the blog posts relating to autumn lawn care and the issue you will find on lawns in the months of September, October and November.

Autumn is an important season for lawn care in the UK, with many tasks needing to be completed to keep your lawn looking good for next year. Any neglect in autumn will be become a bigger problem the following year.

Typically, the main autumn lawn care tasks in the UK are an autumn lawn treatment, keeping moss and thatch under control through scarifying and overseeding and repairing and damage.

Autumn is also the most common season for mushrooms to appear and you can find out more about these fascinating organisms in these pages.

Autumn is the time to scarify your lawn

Weather conditions recently have been very difficult for lawns. Drought and floods have weakened grass and caused ‘Red Thread‘ in many lawns. The effect of this has been to reduce the quality of the lawn’s surface and in many cases created the opportunity for moss to develop! But do not worry, Autumn is the best time of the… Read More »

A gallery of lawn mushrooms

This autumn (2013) has been a good year for lawn mushrooms, and I’ve seen a great many varieties on the lawns which I maintain. In 99% of cases, there is no need to worry about mushrooms appearing on your lawn. They are a sign of a healthy soil. Mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of a fungus which live… Read More »

How to scarify a lawn

Autumn is the best time of year to pull out thatch and dead organic matter from the surface of your lawn (a process called scarification). So, in this post, I am going to go through the basics of how to scarify a lawn. Does my lawn need scarifying? Many lawn owners don’t fully understand why they should be… Read More »