New Lawn

 


Hello everybody,

I am a complete beginner and would really appreciate some advice.

I have recently bought a property with a garden which needs quite a lot
of work.
 The back garden had a thin strip of lawn with a jungle of
shrubs, trees and
plants on the one side and a large concrete path on
the other.  At the end of
last summer I attacked the shrubs and reduced
their depth from about 2 metres to
just under one and last weekend I
broke up the concrete path.  The plan is to
expand the lawn so that I
have a large lawn in the centre with two small
flowerbeds running on
each edge.  

I haven't got a lot of money to spare and don't think that I can afford
to buy a
whole load of turf.  My problem is the following.  I have one
side of the garden
(where the shrubs were) which is a flowebed.  This
is raised slightly above the
level of the lawn and is currently full of
roots and weeds etc.  The other side
(the old concrete path) is on a
lower level from the lawn ranging from 2-12
inches and is made up of
sand and topsoil.  I would like to have a nice lawn by
the summer.

Any ideas on how to achieve this in the most cost efficient way?

Thanks

Mark


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muellered_2000

 


muellered_2000 wrote:

Sow grass seed.

 


adder1969@yahoo.co.uk Wrote:

Many thanks for this elaborate response.  I had hoped for something a
little
more helpful like the best way to prepare the ground prior to
sowing, the best
time of the year to do it, what to do with my
flowerbed full of roots etc.
Would appreciate it if someone could
help.

Thanks


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muellered_2000

 


muellered_2000 Wrote:

for something a

prior to

flowerbed full of roots etc.  Would appreciate it if someone could

It depends on how energetic you are feeling, but a rotor till will make
light
work of turning over your soils. The plan would have to be to try
and make the
soils as uniform as possible across your area so take some
from one side and
move it to the other and vise versa. Though obviously
the best way to do it
would be to by in some top soil. There are also
soil amendments out there that
you could mix in with the soil to try
and give it some structure. Once you have
your ground ready then start
to think about what grasses you want.


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turf doc

 


turf doc Wrote:

till will make

be to try

the best way to do it would be to by in some top soil. There are also

amendments out there that you could mix in with the soil to try

some structure. Once you have your ground ready then start

grasses you want.


P.S use a sharp spade or even an axe to chop up your roots and then use
a strong
steel rake to pull them out.


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turf doc