On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:32:58 -0400, "JohnnyC" wrote:

Zone 5A, Rhode Island, Very sunny lot.

Does anyone have experience topdressing their lawn with compost? Can I do
it now? Does it help? What should I know???

I've got a typical builders lot with typical lousy soil I've tried to amend
over the years. Tilling the lawn is out of the question. I've read that
applying a topdress of compost would really help the soil.

Opinions, thoughts, advice please. I am also trying to switch to a more
organic fertilizer program as well, so any help would be appreciated.

Thank you for your time.

I have top dressed lawns. There's a knack to throwing a shovelful
evenly over the lawn. One year I used mushroom compost (mostly rotted
horse manure) and regret to say I had an enormous weed issue. You can
use compost at any time.