Meet Couch Tickler

Baileys: So, Jake, your lawn is very impressive. What is it about this stuff that you love so much?

Jake: It's just looks good in the backyard, obviously having, a couple of kids running around on it and, it's a nice little hobby to have as a dad.

Baileys: Do kids deserve a lawn this good?

Jake: Absolutely. Yep.

Baileys: So you had a kids pool blown up on your back lawn and it damaged the lawn at the end of summer, you posted a video about you renovating that lawn. It had 6 million hits. What is it about that video that you think made it so popular?

Jake: The process behind renovating the lawn. I've got a groomer slash verti mower. so I obviously use that to cut up, get rid of some of the thatch in the soil. then I scalpt the lawn back down to like, near dirt and then, put some Baileys Lawn Reviver over the top gave it a good water and kept up the water for the next couple of days and then it took care of itself after that.

Baileys: You have an impressive range of lawn mowers and tools. Tell us a bit about your collection.

Jake: So I've got a couple of different styles of real mowers. One of the red mowers I've got is a verti slash grooming mower. Another one's just your normal real mower. Then I've got just a smaller one that I use on another section of my yard. Then my latest and greatest purchase I got was my new mow master. It was just pretty much a bit of, a treat for myself and a Christmas present I should say.

Baileys: What would be your number one tip for us on what to do for our lawn to make it look its best?

Jake: Make sure that you have enough water getting down. I always run off about 15 ml of water that I'm getting down. If you don't know how to measure that, some people will say you can use tuna cans but all the irrigation stores will, will have catch cups for free. So go in there, grab 'em, they've got measurements on the sides, Spread them around your yard, run your retic and just wait until it gets to about 15 mil. That generally takes about 45 minutes of a cycle.

 Baileys: I couldn't help but notice that you have a putting green on your front lawn. Where did that come from?

Jake: I wanted to do something different to what most people were gonna do this season. It was a little bit of a project for myself to do rather than just mowing some stripes. and to be honest, it's paid off and it's come up better than I even thought.

Baileys: People have this impression that lawn needs to look green all the time. But to keep it, it's healthiest. You do need to be brutal with it times, don't you? Explain that process.

Jake: Yep a lawn renovation when you you scalp it back. If that's what you're trying to do, you want to bring the height to cut down taking it down a few more mill. So going past that one third rule that everyone recommends. It will actually help the recovery and that growth come back through. Then on top of the scalping, that's where a, a groomer, will come in handy cos it'll help you clean up some of the thatch in the soil and you want to get that water down into the soil profile to help that growth and get this color back.

 Baileys: What would you say is your number one don't do when it comes to lawn?

Jake: Don't think that when you've got fertiliser, that if you put more fertiliser down that's gonna make the lawn come back and look better. It'll actually just hurt the lawn more than anything. It's better to under fertilise than over fertilise.

Baileys: So all Bailey's products come with an instruction guide and measurements. They're there for a reason.

Jake: Yep, exactly. And that'll all be on the back. So like I've done, just read the product. Get your measurement to your yard size. If you've got a sprayer, if that's what you are using, with your foliar fertilisers make sure you know your calibration and how much water you need in your sprayer when you are applying the products.

Baileys: Is it rocket science or can anyone have a great lawn?

Jake: Anyone can have a great lawn. I'm no guru. I've just spent the time, read the labels, watched the pros do it and then tried to make things work in my own way and fit into my lifestyle. It's worked out and it's, it's paid off.