On 21/01/2012 18:07, 'Mike' wrote:


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On 21/01/2012 16:30, 'Mike' wrote:
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Propose using some of the compost heap to fill then seed.

Any other suggestions?

Mike



I would have thought that homemade compost material would be too light and
crumbly for a satisfactory lawn infill. You need something loam-based.
Better still, use soil from elsewhere in the garden so that it matches the
lawn soil in that area. Otherwise, you could end up with two bold stripes
of a different shade of green.

In some of your pics, the dumper tracks appear to have compacted the soil,
causing water to lie on the surface. You need to open up and aerate the
soil here before you start filling in.

Hope this helps.

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

Spider indeed it does help. I did try at one point to rake and open it up,
but it seems quite solid. As far as 'elsewhere' is concerned, there is no
'elsewhere', the whole lot, about 2 acres, being landscaped and as far as
possible maintenance free and more for socializing than anything else, such
as the 50th birthday of a friend in the barn last week. (No photos of that
but http://www.myalbum.com/Album=IKAF3YLN typical)

Thanks for your comments.


Any chance of rotavating along the tracks to break up the compaction?
Then /gently/ firm. Cut turves from along the edge of the wall and lay
those along the tracks. Reseed where the turves have been removed (it
won't look so bad by the wall!). If you don't care too much what the
grass looks like, and don't mind the expense, you could always order
some turves for the job rather than cut them yourself.

--

Jeff