Making a New Lawn From Seed or Sod
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Article by: Philip Swindells A lawn , Teak Furniture for Your Garden: Add a Touch of Something Spectacular is one of the most important features , How To Improve Garden Soil Naturally in a garden. , Outdoor Living Cleanses The Mind, Body, and Spirit It provides an important refreshing green , Starting With Cuttings foil for colorful flowering plants , Landscape Lighting With Solar Outdoor Lighting Fixtures is a Great Way to Save Money on Decorating and a place , How To Improve Garden Soil Naturally for the family to relax and play. However, in order for it to be a success, much careful thought and preparation are necessary during its establishment. The usual methods of making a new lawn , Flowering Cherries are by sowing seed , Pruning Trees and Shrubs to Enhance Garden Views or laying sod. A lawn , Marsh Marigold can be created from seed , Specialty Trees - A Beginner's Guide in either early fall , Discount Patio Furniture - An Easy Way to Get the Best or spring. , Tips for Planting Flower Bulbs As it takes time to prepare the seed , Discount Patio Furniture - An Easy Way to Get the Best bed work should commence well beforehand. The soil , Finding Garden Benches: Get the Perfect Look for Your Garden for a lawn , Lose That Ugly Algae! raised from seed , What Are the Appropriate Plants for My Landscape must be firm and settled. If the area has been recently deeply cultivated, then this can take some weeks to occur naturally. Settlement through rain and the passage of time is preferable to artificial compaction with the feet or a heavy roller. With all lawns , Are Robotic Mowers in Your Future? drainage is important and this should be in place , Finding Garden Benches: Get the Perfect Look for Your Garden before work commences. The soil , Compost Tumblers - Gardeners Love Them should be well cultivated and free from all perennial weeds , Outdoor Living Cleanses The Mind, Body, and Spirit as in the short term these will be very difficult to eliminate. Annual weed , Keeping the Balance of Nature: Pond Water Maintenance seedlings are not such a problem and are easily cut out by the first passes across the lawn , Orchids Plus More Newsletter - December, 2004 with the lawnmower. , Lose That Ugly Algae! Rake the soil , Keeping the Balance of Nature: Pond Water Maintenance out so that it is even. It need not be level, but the surface, if it is sloping, should be in an even plane. An uneven surface will cause difficulties for the lawnmower. , Teak Furniture for Your Garden: Add a Touch of Something Spectacular Once raked out the soil , Fall Garden Planning - Garden Plans for Next Spring and Ordering by Mail should be firmed but not compacted. While commercially there are machines that will do this job, the best method for the home , Fragrant Fine Art: Give your Garden a Design That's All Your Own gardener is to shuffle from side to side across the intended lawn , Growing Great Potatoes area with the feet. Following this, rake out any uneven areas and then lightly rake the whole surface. The lawn , What Are the Appropriate Plants for My Landscape is then ready for sowing. Choose a seed , Fiberglass Pond Liners mixture to suit circumstances. One with rye grass , The Annual Pond Cleanout for a hard wearing lawn, , Flower Gifts one without for a decorative lawn. , Orchids Plus More Newsletter - December, 2004 If the site is shady, then select a shade mixture and always be sure any grass , Outdoor Living Cleanses The Mind, Body, and Spirit seed is treated with bird , Are Robotic Lawn Mowers in Your Future? repellent. Instructions will be provided as to the rate to sow according to the mixture of grasses , Benefit from the Expertise of a Landscaping Contractor it contains. Roughly mark out the area in square yards, , Garden Sheds - More Than Just Storage using the end of a stick or a bamboo , Tips for Planting Flower Bulbs cane run gently through the soil. , Teak Garden Benches Choose a container that will hold the quantity of seed , Gardening Using Trees and Shrubs with Scent in Mind required for each square yard , Finding Garden Benches: Get the Perfect Look for Your Garden and even distribution will be simple. Keep well watered until well established. Although creating a lawn , Outdoor Living Cleanses The Mind, Body, and Spirit from sod is a little more expensive than from seed , Flower Gifts it can be used by the family a lot sooner. If laid during spring , Are Robotic Lawn Mowers in Your Future? it can be used throughout the following summer. , What Are the Appropriate Plants for My Landscape A seed , With So Many Choices For Patio Furniture, Finding The Perfect Set To Complement Your Yard Is Easy raised lawn , Teak Furniture for Your Garden: Add a Touch of Something Spectacular sown during the spring , Tick Bites is unlikely to be capable of sustaining foot traffic until late summer , The Secret to Pruning Apple Trees or early fall. , Finding Garden Benches: Get the Perfect Look for Your Garden A fall , Are Robotic Lawn Mowers in Your Future? laid lawn , Teak Garden Benches established from sod should be ready for use the following spring. , The Annual Pond Cleanout Soil preparations are much the same for sod as they are for seed. , Pruning Trees and Shrubs to Enhance Garden Views The key is a friable, well firmed soil , Garden Sheds - More Than Just Storage free from perennial weeds. , Finding Garden Benches: Get the Perfect Look for Your Garden It should have been allowed to settle naturally and then shuffled across with the feet to firm the surface before raking level. It is useful both for leveling and to aid the rooting of the sod to spread a thin layer of sand , Are Robotic Lawn Mowers in Your Future? over the prepared lawn , Finding Garden Benches: Get the Perfect Look for Your Garden area to take out any slight unevenness. There are various different grades of sod, but meadow sod should generally be avoided. Rarely is it a wise purchase. Traditional meadow sod is exactly as described, rarely weed-free and often containing undesirable grass , Growing Great Potatoes species. Not only does it produce a mediocre lawn , The Secret to Pruning Apple Trees but unless very carefully managed will spread grass , Benefit from the Expertise of a Landscaping Contractor weed seeds , Fragrant Fine Art: Give your Garden a Design That's All Your Own into surrounding beds , Orchids Plus More Newsletter - December, 2004 and borders. Cultivated sod will cost a little more but it is a worthwhile investment. If the lawn , Care and Fertilizer Tip to Create a Great Lawn is for the family to enjoy and to play on, then a sod raised from a seed , Teak Garden Benches containing rye grass , Designing Your Garden to Attract Hummingbirds is ideal. If it is merely a decorative feature, , The Annual Pond Cleanout choose one comprising a mixture of finer grasses. , Benefit from the Expertise of a Landscaping Contractor Sod growing , Keeping the Balance of Nature: Pond Water Maintenance is now an extensive and very professional industry, so if there are any doubts about the most suitable mixture to select, do not hesitate to contact a local , Marsh Marigold sod grower for advice. , Viburnum in the Garden Sod is lifted in strips and rolled up for transportation. Unroll and lay it as soon as it is received. Remember it is a living product , Organic Gardening Intro and subject to rapid deterioration if not handled promptly. It is laid on the ground like a carpet, , Rose Gardening: Water, Sun and Shade the edges being tightly abutted to one another. Lay the strips on the same principle as bricks in a wall, , Lose That Ugly Algae! with the joints arranged alternatively. Firm the laid sod down gently and brush sharp sand , Flowering Trees - How to Make Your Garden Shady and Beautiful at the Same Time into any cracks. Water , The Secret to Pruning Apple Trees freely until it has become well established. If watering is neglected the strips will shrink and the lawn , Controlling House Plant Pests will be ruined.  |
  
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