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Lawn - is something terrible about to happen?

susan 21susan 21 Posts: 1
in Problem solving

Hi,

I have a large bumpy lawn with a 4 foot high hill at the back strewn with brambles and weeds.

I paid a "man with digger" to remove the hill to flatten out the garden.  He scraped back the topsoil and grass.  Then moved the clay'y hill to flatten out the garden.

He now suggests putting back the old topsoil and grass (with old grass mixed up with the topsoil) on top of this flattened clay'y earth and then re-seeding with grass.

I am unsure whether this will produce a nice lawn, I can't find anything online which suggests this sort of thing? 

Any advice very gratefully recieved.

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  • Zoomer44Zoomer44 Posts: 3,267

    Can you post pictures of your lawn, I'm no expert but other posters may be able to advise.  

  • Dave MorganDave Morgan Posts: 3,123

    Go to the projects section, page 2, how to sow a lawn from seed. Its the perfect advice. Oh and keep the topsoil, it'll make a great seed bed for the grass seed.

  • Tina_i_amTina_i_am Posts: 173

    What is your main concern?

    Is it the clay base will be poor drainage to a future lawn or the old top soil and grass will ruin the lawn?

    Sorry no answers, just thinking out loud.

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