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tilling front yard
You did the right thing by calling ULOCO. If you have cable, you can bet
that line will be shallow. If you hit your gas line they probably did not install it correctly or your grade has changed. You'll have to call a private company to mark private lines like gas to light or grill or electricity to outbuilding. -- Baine |
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tilling front yard
You might want to call the phone company too, if all the wires to your house are underground.
I assume if you have an Invisible Fence for your dogs, you know where that line is too (or you could find out by using the dog collar and noting where it beeps). One thing to consider about tilling is that you may uncover weed seeds, so you should give them a chance to germinate (and be removed) before you plant grass seed. Good luck! and keep us posted, Anne Lurie NE Raleigh "Chi" wrote in message m... I am planning to till my front yard as part of rennovating my lawn. Do I need to worry about underground gas/electric lines? I have already called to get the utilities to mark my lawn. Does anyone have any advice? |
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tilling front yard
On 30 Jul 2004 06:24:59 -0700, Chi wrote:
I am planning to till my front yard as part of rennovating my lawn. Do I need to worry about underground gas/electric lines? I have already called to get the utilities to mark my lawn. Does anyone have any advice? I can offer some advice about the lawn part: after you kill the existing lawn with glyphosphate, remove it with a sod cutter. Do not till the dead grass, it does not (as one might think) become organic mulch - you end up having to rake it all out and it is the most backbreaking sort of labor. After removing the old turf with the sod cutter then you might want to till the soil if it is compacted. The old turf slabs will eventually compost into good topsoil but it take at least a year. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- |\ | ( \/ |\ |V| |\ -|- |) | \/ | | | |\ ( / /\ |V| |-||_ ( /\ |/ @| | |-| | |\ | /\ |^| | |/ ( .\ \/ | | |
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