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Use Landscape Rake to Spread Compost/Top Soil
I am wondering whether I can use a landscape rake to spread
compost / top soil when I am top dressing the lawn. I cannot imagine how I can use a regular rake (for cleaning leaves) to spread top soil evenly into 1/4" layer. I would think that the excess top soil will simply leak out from the holes in the rake, and I will have to go over the same area repeatedly and I probably will still cannot spread top soil evenly. This seems to be quite time consuming and not very nice. I am thinking of using a landscape rake to spread top soil. Landscape rake is very wide that can cover a lot of area. The soil contacting area of a landscape rake is around 5" tall -- this means I can move a lot of top soil around. The downside is that the teeth in a landscape rake is quite long, like 3". This means it will only be good for spreading a even layer of 2" thick top soil. If I want it to spread an even layer of 1/4" top soil, I will need to modify it. I am thinking of screwing in a long piece of hard board in the inside of the landscape rake to cover most of the 3" teeth to expose only 1" of teeth. I am hoping that I can use it to spread an even layer of 1/4" top soil or compost. Will this work? I don't want to try this unless I am sure this will work because the landscape rake costs $40 and I will not be able to return it if I have screwed holes in it. Is there something else in the market that can evenly spread 1/4" layer of top soil or compost? I don't think I am the only one in the world has this need, right? I tried spreading top soil / compost by hands using the technique shown in a TV show. But that was quite time consuming and very tiring. I am hoping that using a rake is faster and easier. Thanks for any suggestion. Jay Chan |
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