lawn overseeding
 

Hi,

A friend of mine recently bought a house and wants to restore the lawn
in his small town garden. Since he is not really into gardening, he
asked my advice (as the "green fingered friend"!). So, I'd like to have
yours as well if you don't mind. The lawn is quite worn out, but
relatively weed and moss free. The big problem is that the soil is
*very* uneven (lots of bumps and potholes). My advice was: dig it all
out, level it and restart from scratch, but I think he is a little bit
daunted by the prospect. So, apparently, someone proposed to level the
lawn by spreading a mix of compost-sand over the existing turf (and
filling tyhe holes) and then reseeding on top of that. Could it work? In
a way it's the same technique used for small lawn repairs, but much
bigger scale... I told him I was not sure, and that he should certainly
first see if the drainage is ok before putting a layer of soil on top of
a compacted not well drained one.

What do you think? Would it be acceptable?

Philippe

"Philippe Gautier" wrote in message
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Hi,

A friend of mine recently bought a house and wants to restore the lawn in
his small town garden. Since he is not really into gardening, he asked my
advice (as the "green fingered friend"!). So, I'd like to have yours as
well if you don't mind. The lawn is quite worn out, but relatively weed
and moss free. The big problem is that the soil is *very* uneven (lots of
bumps and potholes). My advice was: dig it all out, level it and restart
from scratch, but I think he is a little bit daunted by the prospect. So,
apparently, someone proposed to level the lawn by spreading a mix of
compost-sand over the existing turf (and filling tyhe holes) and then
reseeding on top of that. Could it work? In a way it's the same technique
used for small lawn repairs, but much bigger scale... I told him I was not
sure, and that he should certainly first see if the drainage is ok before
putting a layer of soil on top of a compacted not well drained one.

What do you think? Would it be acceptable?

Philippe

Yes it will work. At my last house, I dug a huge pond and used the soil to
level the lawn. It was covered to a depth of about 8 inches along one side.
I seeded on top and it grew fine.

--
Martin & Anna Sykes
( Remove x's when replying )
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sykesm

"Martin Sykes" wrote in message
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"Philippe Gautier" wrote in message
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Hi,

A friend of mine recently bought a house and wants to restore the lawn in
his small town garden. Since he is not really into gardening, he asked my
advice (as the "green fingered friend"!). So, I'd like to have yours as
well if you don't mind. The lawn is quite worn out, but relatively weed
and moss free. The big problem is that the soil is *very* uneven (lots of
bumps and potholes). My advice was: dig it all out, level it and restart
from scratch, but I think he is a little bit daunted by the prospect. So,
apparently, someone proposed to level the lawn by spreading a mix of
compost-sand over the existing turf (and filling tyhe holes) and then
reseeding on top of that. Could it work? In a way it's the same technique
used for small lawn repairs, but much bigger scale... I told him I was
not sure, and that he should certainly first see if the drainage is ok
before putting a layer of soil on top of a compacted not well drained
one.

What do you think? Would it be acceptable?

Philippe

Yes it will work. At my last house, I dug a huge pond and used the soil to
level the lawn. It was covered to a depth of about 8 inches along one
side. I seeded on top and it grew fine.

--
Martin & Anna Sykes
( Remove x's when replying )
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sykesm

Thanks! I'm sure he will be relieved!

Philippe