There are many and varied problems associated with keeping a good - or even reasonable - lawn. Quite often the problems are caused by something quite simple. That is, if you know what to look for! Describing a lawn problem seems to be beyond many of the people who write emails to me for help. A brown spot is a brown spot is it not? Well, err no, not always.
Simple problems usually call for simple solutions, and so it is with lawn problems. First though, we have to do an accurate diagnosis of what the problem actually is.
This page will deal with the most common lawn problems that are not caused by pest or disease. By lawn pest, we refer to insects or whatever that are smaller than rodents, dogs and deer! So for lawn pests - such as leatherjackets - we have separate pages - as we do with lawn diseases - a different matter altogether. Lawn diseases are of course problems for the lawn, but here we deal with physical and animal problems.
If you decide to ask us for help via email, please describe the symptoms fully - and if possible, enclose a picture.