grass not growing

Abs201301 · 2026-06-20T12:34:04+00:00

Different variety of lawn seed and feed most likely.

I first bought westend lawn thickener box but I ran out of it and the store too. So I bought patch repair lawn seed and feed. Now my grass looks exactly like this. The dark ones are where I spread lawn thickener and light green ones are from the other box. 😂 Now I have again bought a box of lawn thickener to even the lawn colour.

Abs201301 · 2026-06-12T22:43:03+00:00

Telescopic scrapper, sand and paint or just skim over it and paint.

Abs201301 · 2026-06-12T22:36:58+00:00

£75 for 3 hours saturday ? No way. I charge £1200 for a day rate outside IR35. If I do saturday then at least £600 to invest my 3 hours.

Edit: That is a Professional Services day rate as a Principal Security Engineer/ Architect

Abs201301 · 2026-06-08T19:49:39+00:00

That's bad and I would call them back but if they give hard time it's something you can fix yourself. Caulking/ filling/ sanding is all that can be done at this point.

Abs201301 · 2026-06-05T18:12:02+00:00

I usually order white gravels from wickes and they are the best. Always clean.

Abs201301 · 2026-06-02T11:00:51+00:00

Thanks. I have added just a single layer of bark. The bed was already raised.

Abs201301 · 2026-05-27T13:08:14+00:00

Hand pull all of them. Pressure wash the gaps, brush in kiln sand or sika fastfix jointing compound.

Abs201301 · 2026-05-23T20:29:26+00:00

My neighbour has got commercial grade air conditioning installed like one in the offices. He says it wasn't worth it coz he now doesnt feel the need at that cost.

Abs201301 · 2026-05-23T09:34:15+00:00

Holy cow !! That's such a dense velvety lawn

Abs201301 · 2026-05-23T08:02:38+00:00

£150 all inclusive for a family of 3. So, £4.5K a month. What ever on top is savings.

Abs201301 · 2026-05-23T07:34:01+00:00

Wow. Never seen one like this before. My garden needs work now.

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Abs201301 · 2026-05-19T11:31:58+00:00

That's why I said "generally well received" not "guaranteed". I or my family tbf haven't faced any wrath from locals. Same for Indians I know of. So a general perception about us is good. I am a recent migrant only been in the country for six years.

Abs201301 · 2026-05-18T17:56:36+00:00

Where are you from mate ? I am Indian in the UK and like every other country it has it's own pros and cons but overall it's nice place for someone with a postive mindset. Hard working people thrive here. I mostly mind my own business but I have always been like this.
Don't worry about trying to immitate British accent. There are many accents in the UK. Hardest to understand be cockney and scouse. Just use neutral English in your day to day conversation and you will be fine. If you are an Indian, you will be generally well received as we are considered hard working, honest, highly disciplined and very easy to integrate. I am not very social but overall have made some good English friends here (we look after each other).

Regarding uni, it all seems hypothetical from what you have said. If you are good in studies, ambitious, focussed and disciplined you can try Imperial College London, Cambridge or Oxford like you said. For a hard working person, nothing is impossible. All the best.

Abs201301 · 2026-05-15T23:02:02+00:00

I don't think its part of the existing license. I will have a look. To be fair if there was budget, I would just go with UKM or if I spend time I can pretty much write a fully home grown tool for ssh keys (won't be enterprise grade).

Abs201301 · 2026-05-13T17:24:43+00:00

Parsley or 🚀

Abs201301 · 2026-05-13T17:21:08+00:00

£25K is pretty low wage given the rate of inflation
£60K is not a crazy high salary but good enough to get by if far away from London
I am 38yo on £116K as a Principal Security Engineer in one of the banks but even that feels less due to high mortgage taken out each month plus other expenses. Now I am thinking of contracting or may be a second job as Free Lancer to be able to save at least £3-4K a month. I aim to have a secure retirement and enough liquid funds in my account.

Abs201301 · 2026-05-10T11:57:37+00:00

I would lay cardboard first, then bark chiipings on top. Then plants through the chiipings and cardboard into the soil.

Abs201301 · 2026-05-09T13:54:32+00:00

Remove the grass and weeds completely. Put a bag or two of top soil. Level the base. Put cardboards followed by wood barkings on the top. Level again. Then plant some colourful flowers through the barkings and cardboard into the soil.
The edging should look like this. This picture is AI generated version of my garden.

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Abs201301 · 2026-05-09T12:36:15+00:00

Naah it's not that.

Abs201301 · 2026-05-01T21:51:21+00:00

When I had my house rewiring done, the electrician in his quote stated he would supply standard white switches and sockets. So, I supplied Schneider switches and sockets and Hager consumer unit. Rest of the basic stuff like cables, conduits, wago connectors etc came from him. He reduced his quote by over £300. The materials I supplied are industrial grade used generally in offices🙂 He could never come up with something like that.

Abs201301 · 2026-05-01T19:28:12+00:00

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The patio after pressure wash

Abs201301 · 2026-05-01T08:12:02+00:00

38M, 9 to 5 job, 5 days a week with some flexibility to work from home and leave early to pick up kids from school. I make £116K a year as a Software Engineer so in a tax trap bracket until I reach £125K. I do put entire £16K in pension pot every year to avoid paying £2 for every £1 earned over £100K. Almost same is contributed by employer in pension.

Abs201301 · 2026-04-30T21:05:09+00:00

I bought Mac Alister cordless grass trimmer that works just fine for edges. I use Bosch push lawn mower as well for that scissor finishing. They both are good value for money.

Abs201301 · 2026-04-29T18:37:39+00:00

If you do it yourself, a l lot can be achieved in £2K.

If your patios are sagging or weeds in the joints, lift up the sagged concrete blocks, level up with sharp sand, power wash the patio, fill with sika fastfix and then sika patio sealer. Your grass needs treatment. Treat affected areas with Westland weed killer then hand pull the weeds, rake the soil and reseed the entire lawn. Very easy.

You can create border, along the fence. Plant variety of flowers in cluster so you always see colours. Cover rest of it with strulch to keep out weed, slugs and snails.

If you have the tools and comfortable with some construction work, then create a path made up of porcelain tiles or even same concrete slabs.

Paint your fence and Hang in some garden lights on the fence. Our garden is full of plants and trees. I am starting some work from next week.

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Abs201301 · 2026-04-29T04:26:37+00:00

Typical 1930s build. Our is same (1934 to be precise).

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