Grass feed/seed

[Nessie]

I took the kids trampoline down a couple of weeks ago for the winter and the grass is none too healthy underneath - some very bare patches - is it too late to do anything about it - as if i wait till the spring the trampoline will be going back up!:032:

[Rufus]

I took the kids trampoline down a couple of weeks ago for the winter and the grass is none too healthy underneath - some very bare patches - is it too late to do anything about it - as if i wait till the spring the trampoline will be going back up!:032:
To grow at all, grass needs a temperature of more than 5 degrees. It also needs warm moist soil. You will waste you time now. April and September are the optimum germination moths, but depending where you live, a month earlier or later will be ok. The seed will rot or be eaten if it does not germinate.

[Meerkat]

mmm - that's on our list of things to do this weekend take the trampoline down that is

[Nessie]

Thanks Rufus - i'm useless at gardening - maybe i should just paint it green!!!

[Rufus]

Thanks Rufus - i'm useless at gardening - maybe i should just paint it green!!!
Well, if you leave it in the same place all year, you can get some coloured chips/mulch and crate a sort of feature!

[Nessie]

Good idea - i only have a circle of grass which is slightly bigger than the trampoline and it surrounded by slate chippings - so may need to think of an alternative to grass as it really is an eye sore! Just wanted to try to save it as i like having some grass somewhere in the garden

[MightyMouth]

Give me the measurements and I will cut a circle of grass from the corner of my garden for you!!

[AngieBaby!]

For future ref a useful tip is to buy a few rectangular garden trays (deep & sturdy enough to hold a layer of turf) then when you trim round your lawn edges with your half moon, sprinkle a layer of soil into the trays then pop the bits of turf on top. If you keep them watered and trimmed over a period of time you'll have created a spare rectangle of turf to replace bare patches. We've got a number of these trays on the go and we use ours to replace the bits of grass Ruby n Ted ruin when they dig big holes or tiddle on the lawn:044:!