Firstly, many and sincere apologies for not being part of this community for such a long time, probably four or more years?
The reason is that I had to give up my allotment, due to extra work commitments (working late shifts, working extra hours, extra days, etc), all because of a promotion
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However, in the meantime we've revamped the back garden so that we can grow vegetables in pots and containers positioned on crushed slate areas, south-facing against a new garden fence. All is good in that respect. I have Tigrella and Gardner's Delight tomatoes doing quite nicely in small pots, also Sutton and Banyard Exhibition broad beans, Cobra and Tendergreen French beans, and six Heatewave chilli plants. And today my three different varieties of seed potatoes arrived (can't remember the varieties at the moment), together with the containers they'll be grown in.
However (again) part of that horticultural refurbishment last year was to re-turf the front and back gardens (last spring), which was lovely. But now, as I went to give it the first cut of this spring a few weeks ago, I have been led to believe that I've been attacked by "leatherjackets", and both lawns are patchy and look like they've been ridden over with a trials bike!
1. How can I be sure that I've been attacked by the said leatherjackets?
2. If I have, what are my options, short of re-turfing again?
I have put my question in this section, because I'm not sure where to post questions/queries about lawn care.
Hopefully, someone can give me some advice, and many thanks in advance. Also, if any of you have tips about container growing, please feel free to fire them across!
Regards;
Merf.