I have wild strawberry growing throughout my lawn in my backyard. It appears impossible to get rid of as it grows underneath the grass and just creates an entire interconnected system. Once it has developed as it has is there…
If I wish to buy some compost for the lawn, do I have to wait for the middle of September? Will storage in an old garage make cause the compost to lose its constituency of being light, consistent, well rotted,…
For the 400 square foot lawn space, how are the grass roots stressed by composting? My biggest concern was smothering the plant by using too much compost, when I do schedule composting. An aggressively pruned city European Beech tree has…
If I want to aerate a small lawn in west end toronto, can I bob my bow rake up and down across my lawn and my neighbours’ lawn? It just cuts down on my clutter, and I just want to…
Dear MASTER Gardener
I have planted red creeping thyme (Thymus coccineus) along my front yard by taking out the grass. They are super ground cover. I put them in a year and a half back and they have taken over…
With my neighbour, we share a small lawn which is about 20 feet by 30 feet. I’d like to buy some top dressing, and a video suggests using a special levelling rake. Our lawn is level, so could I use…
Hello,
Is there a good time in spring when I can aerate my lawn?…
I live in North York and I have noticed new type of grass or weed that did not exist before in my garden. It is also present in many other gardens in the neighborhood. Patches are now of the order…
Can I eliminate the lawn by just using black landscape fabric over it and bags of mulch?
What low lying evergreens, that take minimal care, would you suggest as I am away a lot.
Soil is essentially clay.…
I live in midtown Toronto and have a small, west-facing front lawn about 15 x 25 feet in size. The lawn gets plenty of sun in the afternoons.
The lawn covers an area that used to be an interlocking brick…
