r/GardeningAustralia 🌵 Water Wise Gardener Feb 24 '23

💚 Autumn Lawn Care Megathread & ask Lawn Solutions Australia anything! 💚 ALL SEASONS

Hello Aussie gardeners!

We hope you are enjoying the shift to cooler weather.

For this season's lawns mega thread, Lawn Solutions Australia u/LawnSolutionsAU have kindly offered to help with diagnosing lawn issues or answering any questions. Lawn Solutions are a national network of turf growers with experts in Aussie climates.

They are new to reddit and have started a dedicated lawn subreddit. Give r/lawnsolutionsaus a join.

And check out their YouTube Lawn Solutions Australia - YouTube for great advice and a few familiar faces, e.g.

They'll be around in the comments, but to summon them with a notification, please start your message with: Hi u/LawnSolutionsAU

As usual, we will be redirecting the grass and lawn automod to this thread.

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u/SnooHobbies8747 Sep 01 '24

Hello, fellow gardening enthusiasts!

I'm in a new rental in Brisbane and have a decent patch of grass in the backyard that I was so looking forward to tend to and enjoy.

When we walked on the yard for the first time we realised that, as lush as it looked from the back window, it was actually quite sparse when standing on it. The grass obviously was planted right before we moved in.

We then saw that the ground is quite uneven and "crunchy" to walk on. Seems to me like it might be clay-ish soil and it gets cracky when dry and mushy/swampy when wet (not sure though, as I've never done gardening before).

I'm wondering what I could do to make the yard nicer/better, or how I can add more/ better grass into it without investing loads of money, since it's a rental 😅

I'd appreciate any input so much!

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u/LawnSolutionsAu 🌾 Lawn guru Sep 03 '24

Hi u/SnooHobbies8747, check out our blog here for some helpful tips on how to get the lawn back in shape - https://lawnsolutionsaustralia.com.au/lawn-care/seasonal-lawn-care/spring-lawn-care/