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Any advice on laying turf on a newly dug patch?


Prepare the ground well, get it level and compacted, traditional this is
done by sort of shuffling across the area many many times on your heels
with occassional light raking.

After laying don't let it dry out (fat chance at the moment!)
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea