Hello everyone,
New member to the forum here. I have very much enjoyed reading up on the variety of topics found on the forum and was hoping I could get some advice on the situation I am in.
Situation:
- Newly built house on 2.5 acre lot. The property was pretty much entirely overgrown with weeds. I have spent this past summer cutting down the weeds and spraying them with herbicide to try and get them under control. So far it's been pretty successful as they have been reduced significantly from when I first started.
- We live in Canada so winters are cold so I was planning on seeding next fall. Want to take the time to get the property prepared correctly to hopefully increase the chances of success in planting the seed next year. I recently had the property rough graded using a bobcat so the ground is now fairly packed in certain areas and has tire ruts all over the place which will need to be leveled out again prior to laying the seed.
My thoughts/plan - this is where any input or advice will be very much appreciated!!
This fall:
- Give the entire property another good spray of roundup to try and kill all remaining vegetation on the property.
- Till the entire yard to break up the packed clay ground. My fear in doing this is that it is going to open the seed bed to just create even more weeds that have been controlled. Not sure how else I can break up the compacted and rough ground though.
Next year:
- Continue to spray herbicide to kill existing weeds that pop up in the spring.
- Till ground in late summer to get rid of all the dead weeds and break up ground further.
- Harrow entire property to try and smooth out the ground for seeding.
- Seed in the fall
Based on my all of my research, I just can't seem to find a consistent method of going about this so I'm not sure if I'm heading down the correct path or if i'm going about this in the wrong way. If anyone has some experience with this or can share their advice it will be very much appreciated!
Thanks
New member to the forum here. I have very much enjoyed reading up on the variety of topics found on the forum and was hoping I could get some advice on the situation I am in.
Situation:
- Newly built house on 2.5 acre lot. The property was pretty much entirely overgrown with weeds. I have spent this past summer cutting down the weeds and spraying them with herbicide to try and get them under control. So far it's been pretty successful as they have been reduced significantly from when I first started.
- We live in Canada so winters are cold so I was planning on seeding next fall. Want to take the time to get the property prepared correctly to hopefully increase the chances of success in planting the seed next year. I recently had the property rough graded using a bobcat so the ground is now fairly packed in certain areas and has tire ruts all over the place which will need to be leveled out again prior to laying the seed.
My thoughts/plan - this is where any input or advice will be very much appreciated!!
This fall:
- Give the entire property another good spray of roundup to try and kill all remaining vegetation on the property.
- Till the entire yard to break up the packed clay ground. My fear in doing this is that it is going to open the seed bed to just create even more weeds that have been controlled. Not sure how else I can break up the compacted and rough ground though.
Next year:
- Continue to spray herbicide to kill existing weeds that pop up in the spring.
- Till ground in late summer to get rid of all the dead weeds and break up ground further.
- Harrow entire property to try and smooth out the ground for seeding.
- Seed in the fall
Based on my all of my research, I just can't seem to find a consistent method of going about this so I'm not sure if I'm heading down the correct path or if i'm going about this in the wrong way. If anyone has some experience with this or can share their advice it will be very much appreciated!
Thanks