On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 16:21:25 +0100, "G. Able"
wrote:

~hi all.
~
~Been meaning to get round to levelling the lawn a bit - don't mind a few
~bumps but there's some really glaring unnatural-looking 'features'. The
~worst bit that I really want to sort out is a sort of ridge that goes
~straight down the garden, about 15 feet long, 3 feet wide and about 8 inches
~high along the middle. Like someone put a big pipe in or something (not
~that, though, none of the services go in that direction).
~
~Can anyone suggest a not-too-back-breaking way of sorting this out?

Hmm not back breaking? Hire someone? :-)

The usual method for removing ridges is to peel back the turf and dig
out the spare soil and use it for filling hollows, but this is rather
too large a ridge!
There must be something mechanical you can hire. Perhaps visit your
local tool hire shop and see what they have? Mechanical turf strippers
only take an inch or so of soil off, but if you strip off the turf,
then use the machine repeatedly to strip off the soil too, you could
just shovel it into a wheelbarrow and then move it elsewhere in the
garden, putting the turf back when the soil's at the desired level,
watering it well for a few weeks till it reroots.

Best I can come up with having not done this! I once dug out an entire
small lawn instead and replaced it with turf. Looked great for a year
till the surrounding shade got it - now it's full of seedling
primroses and forget-me-nots!


--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

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