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Spreading topsoil and planting grass
Hi all,
I have some questions about spreading topsoil and planting grass. I have recently taken ownership of my new house which was built from scratch. During the building process almost all the topsoil was excavated and what I am now left with is exposed clay. This clay is now starting to harden rapidly as summer approaches here in NZ. Fortunately my section is not big so I don't have too much topsoil to spread. What I do however need to do is to shovel some of the clay around the section in order to make the ground levels a little bit cleaner and neater. Currently there are some lumps on the site where extra holes were dug and the clay was just dumped there. So my questions a 1) What is the easiest wayof breaking up hard clay in order to move and spread at another location of the site. 2) Once I have moved the clay can I just leave it there or should I compact it? If so then what is a simple way of doing this? 3) I'll be spreading topsoil using a wheelbarrow. Any other easier ways of doing this? I estimate 10 cubic metres are required so that would be about 60 wheelbarrow loads! Gonna be a tough couple of days so any easier methods would be appreciated. 4) Once the topsoil is spread, again, do I need to compact it before planting grass? 5) How exactly do you plant grass? Do you just grab handfuls of seed and throw them about? 6) I forgot to mention that there are some weeds present on site. They've somehow grown through the clay. Should I kill these off with some weed killer or can I just bury them under the topsoil? Thanks in advance to all who will read this post and comment on it. Cheers |
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