Paul Munns Blog
Which lawn should you plant?
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 29 September 2021
Whether you are putting in a lawn yourself or having a tradesman do it for you, it won’t be long ...
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Lessons learnt from Winter
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 25 August 2021
Throughout Winter, we get hundreds of people coming into our store ask...
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Lawn Seed or Instant Turf?
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 11 August 2021
25 years ago, for every ten customers, nine would buy lawn seed and on...
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Is it the wrong time of year to lay natural turf?
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 27 July 2021
It really is an ideal lockdown project. Even under the toughest level 5 restrictions, turf can st...
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Controlling Winter Grass during winter
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 30 June 2021
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Winter grass, or poa annua, is a persistent weed in Australia, particularly in southern Aust...
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The Benefits of Lawns
Date Posted: 17 March 2021
I read an article this week posted on the ...
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Soil Moisture Management
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 21 January 2021
Last weekend on ABC talkback gardening, we talked about moisture management, with particular refe...
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How often do you mow your lawn?
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 8 December 2020
Some people prefer long lawn, others prefer short lawn. Some water and fertilise often and others...
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DIY Watering system for lawns
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 28 October 2020
In a majority of cases, when our customers tell us about problems they are having with their lawn...
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Weed spotlight - Mouse Ear Chick Weed
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 29 September 2020
Chick weed (Cerastium vulgatum) is a broadleaf weed. It’s very common in home lawns and as t...
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How can you make your lawn greener now - during winter?
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 7 August 2019
Over the last few months, I’ve written quite a few blogs on why this may be so. As a re-cap, lawn...
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Fertiliser spreaders
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 20 March 2019
Most people at one time or another have spread fertiliser out over a lawn. Having done so y...
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How do you get rid of Kikuyu growing in your lawn?
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 27 November 2018
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So if you have it in your grass and you don’t want it, the question is can you get rid of it? The...
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Scarifying your lawn
Date Posted: 20 November 2018
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(The following information applies to Couch and Kikuyu lawns only). When to Scarify Yo...
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Can ants predict the weather?
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 16 May 2018
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There is lots of chatter around the internet asking the question of whether Ants can predict immi...
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Weed spotlight - Spotted Spurge
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 20 March 2018
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It has small dark green/red leaves with spots on them (hence the name) and it has the capacity to...
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How is turf harvested?
Date Posted: 6 December 2017
25 years ago, for every 10 of our customers, 9 would buy lawn seed and 1 would buy roll out turf....
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Preparing for your DIY turf project
Date Posted: 19 September 2017
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Having recently planned a project for a new lawn myself, I was reminded again how many things the...
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How do I lay Synthetic Grass
Date Posted: 12 September 2017
If you’re considering putting in a Synthetic grass in the near future, you will no doubt have lot...
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Lawn Disease - Leaf Spot
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 1 September 2017
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Leaf spot (historically referred to as Helminthosporium but now known as Bipolaris ,...
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