If you stick to a good lawn-care routine throughout the whole year, you should be able to keep your lawn in great condition. This means regular mowing, using an electric or petrol strimmer to take care of the edges of your lawn, fertilising, watering etc.

However, what happens if you have children who play on the grass, or if you’ve neglected the health of your lawn for a while? The quality of your lawn will quickly drop, and you’ll be left with a tough job of repairing it.

So firstly ask yourself of what kind the damage actually is. Most simple damage (even to the point where some of the grass has died) can be repaired given enough time.

It is possible that the damage to the lawn is too severe to save it. At this point, it’s advisable to simply regrow the grass. You’ll need to dig up the remainder of the old grass and rotate the soil. Then scatter new seeds (your local garden center can help you choose). Then just cover them with soil.

If you’re regrowing the lawn, you’ll really need to care for it over the next few months. Give it enough water and always use a fertiliser. After it has grown back, continue with your normal lawn care system.

If the grass isn’t beyond the stage of saving, the next most typical type of damage is that you’ve simply let it grow too tall and wild. After this, weeds and fungus are able to easily spread.

When this happens, do not simply grab your lawnmower and cut it fully. When the grass is so long, if you cut it to its optimum height immediately, you run the risk of tearing it up and actually causing further damage.

Instead of this, always begin by simply cutting a couple of inches off by using a strimmer (an electric or petrol strimmer should work fine). Then, let the grass start to “heal”. Come back to it in a few days and cut a couple more inches off. And simply keep doing this until the grass is back to its normal height.

Grass needs nitrogen in the soil to survive. If you’ve neglected to fertilise the soil often, you may start to see the grass get a yellow tinge. If you see this, it’s an indicator of too little nitrogen in the soil.

The most simple way to deal with this is to buy a fertilisation system known as a “step-system”. They’re very easy to apply to the lawn and will help it to absorb just the right nutrients to get it back to its normal green colour.

Just a quick point - if you see any weeds in the lawn (whether it’s already in disrepair or not), always remove them at the root as quickly as possible. This stops them from spreading and taking nutrients away from the grass.

Dead patches of grass (where it’s turned dry and brown) can be a pain to deal with. The best way to repair the area is to simply start again. Rotate the soil and grass slightly, fertilise the patch and spread new seed.

When you’re waiting for the new patch to grow, you’ll really help the grass take root by watering the area often and well. Don’t drench it, but ensure that the grass has got enough water to support its growth.

That’s about all you should need to do to repair your lawn. After you have, the best piece of advice I can give you is to regularly use your strimmer and lawnmower to keep it in great condition.