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On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:53:33 +0000, MM wrote:
I'm preparing a patch (75 m2) of virgin soil for sowing a lawn. The builder left the area roughly rolled, but I'm now raking and removing stones and getting a fine tilth on top before sowing grass seed. I want to get the most even lawn possible. I am raking and rolling, and it's kind of level, but with pockets and gullies. When I fill these, rake and roll over, I tend to get humps instead. How do the pros do it? I would think the only certain way would be to use formers and a tamping beam as if one were preparing a sand bed for a driveway, then finally loosening the surface before actual sowing. Any hints, web site referrals etc most welcome. Get rid of the roller. All it does is compact the soil under the high spots. Go buy yourself a long 2x4 (or whatever the standard size of framing lumber is in the UK), or even a 2x6 or 2x8. Attach an eyebolt at each end in the long edge, tie a rope between the bolts, and start dragging the thing around. It will scrape down the high spots and move the soil it scrapes off into the low spots. Protocol: dig over and rake. Drag your drag. Then water to settle all the loose soil. (Or, given that you are in the rainy UK, wait a few minutes until the next shower is over.) (Is joke, smile!) Leave for a few days so the loose soil really does settle, then repeat. You might want to consider feeding the area at the same time: between the water and the fertilizer, you will encourage weed seeds to germinate. You can hoe these into oblivion when they are still wee seedlings, and your hoeing will disturb the soil and expose more weed seeds to be annihilated in the next round. If you do this for a fairly long period, say until the end of this coming summer, there will be many fewer weed seeds in your soil and your lawn will be correspondingly more nearly weed free. Lots of work and time? Yes, definitely, but you don't get something for nothing. And gardening is an activity that demands patience to attain good results. HTH -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, BC, Canada to send email, change atlantic to pacific and invalid to net |
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On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 18:28:35 GMT, Derek Dear
wrote: On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:03:37 GMT, lid (Rodger Whitlock) wrote: I want to get the most even lawn possible. I am raking and rolling, and it's kind of level, but with pockets and gullies. When I fill these, rake and roll over, I tend to get humps instead. Use rake fairly upright, no stretching, then I used a six foot plank on edge to check for hollows. I didn't write that. Watch your attributions, please. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, BC, Canada to send email, change atlantic to pacific and invalid to net |
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