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Preparation work for lawn(s)?
I've reached a point with my house renovation where I'm looking to
start a lawn to reduce the "scorched earth" policy I've been running for the last few months. Front garden, was a lawn at one point probably in the 1950's which had turned into a lawn of anything and everything but lawn grass. Three sided border full of plants of every type mixed in with weeds a plenty along with some "green sticky stuff weed" that was a nightmare to get rid of. I've removed the lawn and about four inches of topsoil that was root infested. The border I've been digging over and weeding for 18 months. The soil is classed as I wish I had soil like that by anyone who sees it, no clay as such, nice and loose, drains very well etc. Is there any particular things I need to do before casting the seeds as it were for a new lawn. The old lawn area I need to work on the root out (sorry) the white grass roots, couch grass I think that remain. It needs some levelling up where the old lawn was removed but I've a couple of tons of spare soil in the back garden the birds are using as a playground at the moment to do this with. If anyone has any pointers I'd be grateful. I'm no expert gardener but can dig all day long if I have to and the two bean plants in the back garden are over the fence and reaching for the neighbours washing line with just one cane and some watering. All my previous gardening experience is indoors so these things are new to me. Mark S. |
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