How Do You Level And Seed A Lawn?
• Mark out the area where you wish to plant a lawn with brightly colored paint in a spray can. • Dig over the soil within that area to loosen it. • Hammer flat-topped square-headed wooden stakes at each corner of the area and 4′ to 6′ apart in the ground in each direction. • Level the stakes with a carpenter’s level placed on a board which is long enough to reach three stakes. Each stake should protrude from the ground by 3″ to 4″. • Adjust the stakes as necessary to ensure that they are all level. Always work with the board over three stakes; left to right, right to left or diagonally. Do this until all the stakes have been made level. • Add some rich soil to top dress that already in place after all stakes have been adjusted. This topsoil should be uniformly level with the tops of all stakes. • Fertilize the area according to the seed producer’s instructions. Scratch the surface area with a bamboo rake or a light lawn broom and your lawn area is ready to seed. • Lay out a grid in the
• Mark out the area where you wish to plant a lawn with brightly colored paint in a spray can. • Dig over the soil within that area to loosen it. • Hammer flat-topped square-headed wooden stakes at each corner of the area and 4′ to 6′ apart in the ground in each direction. Hammer flat-topped square-headed wooden stakes at each corner of the area and 4′ to 6′ apart in the ground in each direction. • Level the stakes with a carpenter’s level placed on a board which is long enough to reach three stakes. Each stake should protrude from the ground by 3″ to 4″. • Adjust the stakes as necessary to ensure that they are all level. Always work with the board over three stakes; left to right, right to left or diagonally. Do this until all the stakes have been made level. • Add some rich soil to top dress that already in place after all stakes have been adjusted. This topsoil should be uniformly level with the tops of all stakes. • Fertilize the area according to the seed producer’s instructions.
