"Jay Chan" wrote in message
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I've had similar problems with my lawn. We have mostly sand and rocks
with
very little topsoil. For a few years I've been reseeding and using
fertilizer. This year I spread about an inch of peat moss in the worst
section and within a month I had *much* better grass there. Now I plan
on
doing the whole lawn with the peat moss in the fall. I was amazed at the
results.

Great! I have three LARGE bags of peat moss sitting in my garage that
I need to use somehow somewhere anyway. Just to be in the safe side, I
will mix it with finished compost before applying it to the bare spots
in my lawn.

One question:
Do you put the grass seeds _before_ spreading out peat moss?

I let the peat moss settle well before seeding. The compost/peat moss mix is
a good idea. Phisherman made a good point about peatmoss not having
nutrients like compost. Maybe you could do like I did and just try it in a
section first, then do the whole lawn if it makes a difference.

Leslie



Thanks.

Jay Chan