Real lawn care from a real lawn. What actually works on Sir Walter Buffalo in Ipswich QLD — mowing heights, fertiliser rates, weed control, disease management, and the app I built to pull weather, soil science, and treatment data into one place so I'd stop guessing and making the same mistakes twice.
How McPherson Solutions came to exist, why LawnSuite wasn't meant to be a product, and what happens when your husband's personal obsession fills a gap nobody else has noticed. Written from the business side, not the lawn side.
For a year I watered my lawn by timer and hoped for the best. Then I did a 2-minute bucket test and discovered I had no idea what my hose was actually pushing. Here's the maths, the mistakes, and why cycle-and-soak matters on Queensland clay.
Everything you need to know about maintaining Kikuyu grass in Australia. Mowing heights, fertiliser rates, watering schedule, dethatching, weed control, and a seasonal calendar.
I spent two years fighting a losing battle with Couch grass on Coalfalls clay. Grubs ate the roots, Barricade killed the recovery, and I wasted thousands guessing. Here's the full renovation story and why it led me to build LawnSuite.
I tested every lawn care app I could find that works in Australia. Here's what's worth your time, what's US-only garbage, and what I built because nothing else did the job.
I used to scalp my Sir Walter Buffalo down to 25mm every mow. Then I learned why that's a terrible idea, especially on heavy clay in SEQ. Here's what actually works.
Everything I've learned caring for Sir Walter Buffalo on heavy clay in Ipswich QLD. Mowing, fertilising, watering, weeds, disease, dethatching, and a month-by-month calendar.