Amateur Gardening

Lawn jobs for mild, dry days

THERE are a couple of quick jobs you can do on dry, mild days to help see your lawns safely through winter.

Areas that get a lot of traffic are likely to be compacted underneath, causing muddy spots and soggy, waterlogged soil. You can alleviate this by laying a simple stone path, see right, and aerating with a border fork.

Simply plunge the fork into the ground a couple of inches (5cm) deep,

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