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Flooded Lawn

paulmellorpaulmellor Posts: 11
in Problem solving
Hi

I'm originally from the UK but have since emigrated to Canada. I live in Saskatoon and for all of the winter our gardens are covered with snow. Unfortunately about 2 months ago the water main on the street burst and the easiest way for the water to come out was part of our front lawn. The snow has melted about 2 weeks ago and we have about 1 inch of heavy wet mud on the surface of the lawn. The mud is slowly drying out but is still too wet to rake off. I'm unsure what to do. Should I wait for it to dry or try scraping it off with a spade or just call some to remove it? The last 2 option will obviously damage the grass but I'm not sure whether it will be dead anyway before the mud had dried out. I have attached a picture. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks 

Paul

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  • glasgowdanglasgowdan Posts: 632
    edited April 2018
    Just leave it there and reseed it?
  • Xander RanderXander Rander Posts: 70
    I would contact the council or whatever the Canadian equivalent is and tell them to re-grass your lawn :D

    But failing that I would rake it now with a engineers/soil rake just to let the grass breathe and see what happens.

    Sorry to hear you were flooded!
  • treehugger80treehugger80 Posts: 1,923
    might be worthwhile giving it a spike over with a garden fork to let some air deep into the soil, top dress with some sandy soil with seed mixed in once the frosts have stopped, as i know it can get hot there in summer and grass seed doesn't like heat.
  • DesthemoanerDesthemoaner Posts: 191
    Dig it over, add some good quality topsoil to the surface and reseed. 
  • paulmellorpaulmellor Posts: 11
    Thanks for the suggestions. I decided to gently shovel it off, which should let it dry quicker. I'll rake it once it's dry, aerate, fertilize, overseed and see what happens. Anyway 3 hours later at least I can see some grass. Some grass was actually growing through it, so hopefully not all is lost. 
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Sounds a good plan!  It's looking better already.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
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