Sprinkler turn on

[rock_castle]

Early May

[Jefe's AR]

If you have uneven areas or low spots you can rake in light amounts of dirt to the lower lying areas and over time the root base will wise with the new dirt level and eventually (years) you will level out the lower areas.

Builder's sand or Mason's sand mixed with just a tad of compost or potting soil. Not too much, mostly sand. Throw sand down on low spots being careful to keep grass blade tips exposed. Level out. Rain and or sprinkling will finish most of the leveling work. Depending on how 'low' your low spots are will depend on how long it will take to completely level. Be mindful of any weed seed that may be in the compost or sand. Not much you can do about it other than pull or spray any that may pop up.

[Jer]

Builder's sand or Mason's sand mixed with just a tad of compost or potting soil. Not too much, mostly sand. Throw sand down on low spots being careful to keep grass blade tips exposed. Level out. Rain and or sprinkling will finish most of the leveling work. Depending on how 'low' your low spots are will depend on how long it will take to completely level. Be mindful of any weed seed that may be in the compost or sand. Not much you can do about it other than pull or spray any that may pop up.

I found if I tried to use 'better soil' then I had uneven nutrients in my lawn moving forward. We are in a newer development so it's not a big deal to go a couple neighborhoods over where there's mounds of dirt that I can grab a few 5gal buckets of w/o anyone caring. I can get the thinner stuff and then broadcast thread to the lower areas and rake level and then let the water do it's work. I do a very light layer over several applications because I don't want a massive patch that looks different from the rest of my lawn.

[Jefe's AR]

I was thinking about starting a picture thread where people post photos of their lawn, then the hive mind can chime in with ideas.

Today about 11:40 am.

[Jefe's AR]

For reference: May 4th, 2012.

[Skip]

Do you even edge, bro?

J/K. It looks great and as green as it should in April IMHO.

Going to get some snow this weekend that will help even more.

[RblDiver]

Hrm, I just bought my house and have never really known lawn care beyond mowing my parents' place. I know it needs work since some of it's dirt when the fix-and-flipper replaced some concrete or other building bits, and the backyard's uneven (and has some strange grasses from the look of it), and I know I'm wanting to try to fix it a bit nicer. This thread will be handy for that. I might post pics to get input later this weekend.

(Ah the joys of being a new homeowner).

[Jefe's AR]

Do you even edge, bro?

J/K. It looks great and as green as it should in April IMHO.

Going to get some snow this weekend that will help even more.

Edging comes after aeration. Which, this year, happens on the 30th.

[BigBear]

Man,
I need some MAJOR help on my lawn. Very patchy in the front. And just dirt in the back. I've tried for two years laying down seed, etc. I'm just not a green thumb. On the bright side, I finally tore down the back deck and figured out how to get the water turned on in the back yard!! The person who had it before me did some jerryigging on the outside of the house with cables and pvc, etc... some of it is pretty comical. Ha.

[gnihcraes]

I need to mow, it's about 10 inches deep right now. Waiting on the last snowstorm then I can take the plow off the rider and put the mower on.

Don't buy the good grass seed, it grows way too well.