How do I lay turf

[Velvetee]

How do I lay turf?

[BRAVO1]

TOOLS REQUIRED.
1. Old Kitchen Breadknife
2. A 6ft length of scaffold board or a piece of flat wood 10 to 12 inches wide, 4 to 5 ft long.

1. Prepare the ground, ensure that bare earth is free of stones and is flat and evenly raked.
2.Measure the area to be turfed, Length x Width - This gives you square of area.
3.Ring up a local turf supplier, give him your measurements, he should be able to tell you how many you will need (or go to your local garen centre,ask them to deliver as turf is heavy and messy)
4. The turf comes in rolls, working from a far point away from you and working back, so you dont step on your lawn, place the turf in a brick like fashion, ie all the joints not together, use your board as a guide, kneeling on it and bringing it back on each row, this will help bed the turf in.
5, Cut awkward shapes and odd turfs with the old bread knife, use cut offs in small gaps.
6. Continue laying and when finished water well.

DO NOT allow turf to dry out as joints wil split and shrink, use a good lawn feed as time progresses, and allow to grow, dont cut too often in the early stages.

Mike

[landscaper2]

Excellent advice from BRAVO1! Can I just add a small point - dont have small cut pieces on the outside as they will dry out. Drag a whole turf to the edge and cut in behind it.