Peter Dowdall: How to take care of your lawn in autumn

As he steps in and out between the rain showers, Peter Dowdall shares his seasonal garden secrets

Depending on how "perfect" you want your lawn will determine the amount of time and maintenance you want to put into it. File pictures

I have been dodging the showers and grasping the sunny intervals between them over the last week and I’m sure those around me must have been wondering why I was so upset anytime the clouds opened.

It’s all because of my lawn. It hasn’t been cut in a few weeks because, firstly, I was bold enough to go away for a few weeks, then we had too much rain and then, when I did get out to tackle it, the wheel came off the lawnmower. So now, it’s nearly at the stage where I should ring the local farmer to come with a baler so we can bale some silage. It’s going to be quite the test for my battery-operated machine, but I’m hopeful.