I’m a gardening expert – there’s a big mistake you’re making with your lawn
Gardening news, top tips, jobs and a competition to win a £200 YouGarden Voucher“It’s most popular amongst English listeners, then it’s Germany, and then America – which is just brilliant.

“You’ve got to be very careful with lawns today.”Find out more at www.worldradiogardening.com/WIN! ONE lucky gardener can win a £200 YouGarden voucher. To enter, fill in this FORM or visit www.thesun.co.uk/YouGarden for more details. Or write to Sun YouGarden competition, PO Box 3190, Colchester, Essex, CO2 8GP. Include your name, age, email or phone. UK residents 18+ only. Ends 23.59GMT 14.09.24 T&Cs apply.He started out with his own landscaping business in Chelmsford when he was 21 – then spent 30 years presenting on BBC Essex’s gardening show. SAVE! September’s a good time to think about aerating your lawn. Get ProSpike’s Lawn Aerator shoes for £21.99 from HSD online, or try B&Q’s £8.99 version. He added: “From all our listeners the most asked question this year is probably what they do about lawns that have grown too long because of the wet, that they haven’t been able to mow them at all.TOP TIP! As we move into September – raise your mowing height on your mower – it will make the lawn look better if you’ve got bare patches! He told Sun Gardening: “I had this idea that online, you could run a streamed radio station, gathering information from different people like jobs to do in the garden, visiting gardens of National Trust houses, RHS gardens, and giving tips and advice generally.
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“That has been this year’s problem. Lawns are growing too fast and then being damaged by people trying to mow them in the wrong conditions. “My advice is to be very careful with your mower. Choose a dry day. Cut very high and keep it high until it dries and then slowly low down.New for 2024 is the Get Growing Stage featuring host, TV chef Marcus Bean, with a daily programme of sessions by expert produce growers. Session themes include mushroom growing, garden upcycling, fermenting pickles, eco bird food recipes and dahlia growing.

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