get some good potting soil, a couple of bags as needed and fill the holes I
would bet by the end of next summer they will fill in quite nicely on their
own
Or what I would do instead with better results and less chance for weeds to
get established is to fill the holes with this soil slightly, leaving room
for new sod. Do not buy plugs, go to your local sod company and buy full
pieces of sod and make your own. that way you can cut them to fit precisely.
You'll like the results much better and is only slightly more expensive than
plugs, if any more expensive. plugs are pretty expensive when figuring it
out by the sq inch. I can get sod for $1 per piece here in south Florida. I
would only get plugs if I was filling in a few very small area (8" or less)
and only a few of them. Cutting your own is almost always cheaper.
Ultra cheap? cut plugs out of your own yard and use them instead. good luck,
JT

"RB" wrote in message
...
We have a St Augustine yard. Around the outer perimeters, brush we
cleared
was piled up. When the loader came along to pick it up, we ended up with
holes and gouges. These hole are approx 2-3" deep, and usually around
1-2'
in diameter. The holes as are if a big spoon scraped them out.

Now we're trying to figure out the least expensive way of fixing the
problem. Options seem to be:

1. Have grass/sod put in where holes are. Disadvantage of this is having
to dig out the holes to a uniform level so that the grass/sod top placed
in
the holes ends up being the proper level to match up with the rest of the
yard.

2. Simply fill the holes with topsoil, and let whatever grass there is
come
back gradually.

3. Do nothing, and let whatever grass there is come back gradually,
filling
in with leaves and grass clippings, over time.

Obviously option #1 is the most expensive.

Thoughts, please