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re: Best way to level front lawn?
Posted on 4/14/25 at 3:25 pm to FMtTXtiger
Posted on 4/14/25 at 3:25 pm to FMtTXtiger
Topsoil is deconstructed forest products. You would want mineral soil. Mineral soil is made of sand, silt, and clay. There isn't a whole lot of organic material in it so it won't decompose.
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Posted on 4/14/25 at 3:31 pm to bayoubengals88
I have spots with play sand and a spot with top soil. The play sand only filled in much quicker with Bermuda. This could be different for other types of turf I imagine. It seems to absolutely love the sand.
Posted on 4/15/25 at 7:51 am to FMtTXtiger
Sorry, I just showed my age. The "top soil" stuff sold bagged now is pretty much just small-size mulch.. At one time top soil was the 1st few inches of dirt stripped from land being leveled for development.
Posted on 4/15/25 at 8:32 am to LEASTBAY
quote:I don't know why, but this seems to be 100% true.
It seems to absolutely love the sand.
Posted on 4/15/25 at 9:00 am to Ping Pong
The “only way” is sand but I’m in DFW and have a clay yard that doesn’t take sand well at all so I am composting a couple times per year to get a better loam before I can sand. In the mean time, I just cut low anyway, and when I scalp, I take a rake and beat out the scalped area an inch or so. I have Bermuda so it heals quick. I can mow at 1.5” without really bad scalping now or even lower with the small reel. Not perfect but better every year.
Posted on 4/15/25 at 9:26 am to Ping Pong
The part of my yard that is bermuda, I scalped pretty good early one Spring, put dirt/sand mix, with nitrogen fert mixed in, covering basically the entire yard, raked it in, then watered it every morning for a week or so. Bermuda popped right through it in no time.
It wasn't 100% perfect, but wayyyyyy better and I can level certain areas as needed now pretty quickly. I'm always finding little low spots and throwing a shovel of the mixture on it and stepping on it to keep it in place.
It wasn't 100% perfect, but wayyyyyy better and I can level certain areas as needed now pretty quickly. I'm always finding little low spots and throwing a shovel of the mixture on it and stepping on it to keep it in place.
This post was edited on 4/15/25 at 9:27 am
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