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What is the right topsoil to use for turf or seed

With the improvement in the weather you might be eager to get started on laying your new lawn.

In my experience, gardeners and even some landscapers, will spend a lot of money on specifying the best turf available but will often overlook the most important constituent of good grass - the top soil that is needed to maintain a good root-zone.

I have been around landscaping for a lot of years and a common mistake - and I have been guilty of this too - is to buy freshly screened top soil from site clearance and demolition contractors.

Advice on buying a garden chipper / shredder for free compost and mulch

I am feeling chipper - please excuse the pun - because the whole world is getting really serious about sustainability, regeneration and sustainable products and services.

2008 has seen a massive rise in the sale of wood splitters, firewood sales, wood burning stoves and chainsaws because many households are turning to burning wood as opposed to expensive energy sources such as oil and gas.

Gardeners are also extremely concerned with putting something back into the soil and the environment.

Spring and autumn lawn fertiliser

A good looking and healthy lawn does not happen by mistake and those gardeers who are envied by neighbours are proud because they have done the right things at the right time.

Feeding your lawn is essential for a good root-zone or leaf blade. Ignore or neglect this important process and you will face an uphill battle.