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How to prepare the ground for a lawn

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wilkes | 12:40 Wed 13th Apr 2005 | Home & Garden
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What preparation is required for a lawn
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Wilkes it would be confusing to try and explain everything here so have a look at these website, they do it better than I could.

http://www.farnaby.com/how-to-care-for-your-turf.htm

Rowland. A good guide to preparation and laying a new lawn.

http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/techniques/lawn3b.asp

Good luck

Lindy Loo's sites are certainly good information.  As indicated, one has to make the determination as to how you intend to install the new lawn, i.e., installing sod (I think it's turf in UK), or seeding.  In either case, again, as the sites indicate, surface preparation is important.  I would only add a few tips.  If you install turf, don/t spare the watering.  At least 1 inch every two or three days for the first two weeks.  Second, if you seed the area, obtain seed oats, the kind farmer's use to grow that crop and mix it with your grass seed. (About 4 to 1 ratio.) It will come up first and provide shade and draw water and nutrients to the surrounding oat and new grass plants.  We call it a nurse crop here in the western U.S.  At the first mowing, the oat crop disappears.

At any rate, I'll add good luck! as well...

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