The lawn guides
Everything people ask us about lawns: real Melbourne prices, what fixes a sad lawn (and what doesn't), and when the right move is to leave it alone. No affiliate links to fertiliser.
Prices & quotes
What lawn mowing actually costs in Melbourne
A typical 165 m² lawn runs $80-105 a visit. Here's the full price table, what moves it, and why the $40 quote is the expensive one.
Long grass: what it takes to bring an overgrown lawn back
Knee-high grass doesn't come back in one pass. The rule of thirds, the two-stage cut, and why first cuts cost more.
Acreage mowing: when the lawn stops being a lawn
Half an acre in Doreen is a different job to a Mill Park backyard. Where per-visit pricing ends and hourly begins.
Fixing your lawn
Mowing wet grass: why your mower keeps waiting for it to dry
Clumps, ruts and a lawn that looks chewed. What wet mowing really does, and when light dew is fine.
Is your grass dead, or just sulking?
Most 'dead' lawns in Melbourne are dormant couch or kikuyu doing what they do every winter. The tug test settles it.
Patchy lawn? Find the cause before you buy seed
Seed thrown at a patch you haven't diagnosed just feeds the birds. Work out why it's bare, then fix that.
Dethatching and scarifying: what, when and whether your lawn needs it
Spongy underfoot means thatch. Couch and kikuyu build it fast; here's how and when to strip it out.
Watering your lawn: the case for doing it less
A light daily sprinkle trains shallow roots that cook in February. Water deep, water rarely, water in the morning.
Which grass is your lawn? It changes everything else
Mowing height, watering, feeding, winter colour - every care decision depends on which grass you've actually got.
Seasonal
Your winter lawn: mostly, leave it alone
Brown in July is dormant, not dead. Mow high, mow rarely, fight the winter grass, and save the fertiliser.
Spring lawn care: the order matters more than the products
Feed too early and you're fertilising weeds. The September-to-November sequence that sets up the whole summer.
Grass clippings are free fertiliser (mostly)
Clippings left on the lawn feed it; dumped in a heap they turn to slime. When to mulch, catch or bin them.