If water beads on your lawn and runs off into the paving, you have water-repellent Perth sand. A wetting agent fixes it, but granular and liquid products are not equal. Here is why liquids win on Perth soils, and when to apply them before summer arrives.

The winter sprinkler switch-off has ended and Perth lawns are waking up. Here is how to renovate your lawn this spring, from dethatching buffalo without damaging the runners to core aeration and why washed sand, not compost, is the right topdressing for Perth's sandy soils.