We have been away and very busy with Christmas, my 'Sir Walter' lawn is couple of years old and looks terrible, I think it's dead, what do I now?

As bad as it looks, it can be saved especially since it is a 'Sir Walter' lawn, any other type of lawn I would suggest to re turf.

You need to understand that the Sunshine Coast has gone through a very long, hot and dry spell, we only have had 164mm in the last seven months, in the last month we have broken the record books for the number on days over 30 degrees, this all has an affect on the condition on homeowers lawns, the subsoil moisture levels are gone, empty. The local paper said we have broken an 71 year record for lack of rainfall for the month of January. 

You will be surprised as to how well 'Sir Walter' can recover.

Solution

Remember your 'Sir Walter' will repair it self, depending on how bad it is as to how long it will take, to aid this repair process you can do the following: Just be on the look out for lawn grubs as they like a healthy lawn this time of year, for more info see