I need to repair my lawn which has a burnt crater in the middle of it from a bonfire and the rest has been damaged with washed out paint trays being thrown across it etc.
I was thinking about rotorvating it and then laying turf but my dad has told me it will be a lot cheaper (and easier!?) to just seed it on top of the existing grass. He has suggested raking it thoroughly to remove the dead grass and weeds and then sprinkling grass seed around and re-raking it into the ground. He also suggested a very light covering of sand to keep the birds off. Just wondering if any of you can shed any light on this as to whether it might work or what else i should do. I have thought it is worth a shot and if nothing happens within a few weeks i can always resort to the turf?