A new lawn

[Scooby074]

Looks good.

I like the offset blade. When i put my last lawn in, i made up a drag made from a 6x6 and some chainlink. It worked well to level and incorporate the seeds, but it looks like you got it nice and flat with your blade. Well done!

 

[Sackett2]

Didn't mean to mislead anyone, the offset blade wasn't used in the work on the lawn. It was also bought from Keith at Betst also. Love the offset, difficult to move to the scarifiers / rippers mode. a fair value; a boxblade is much handier.
For flattening the yard a lawn mower with a improvised drag and the box blade and roller set up.

Side note, have had some decent rain and some warming weather coming this week- So far a great start for the lawn

 

[sixdogs]

Wife upset: She is a little short sighted, doesn't see the big picture. All she was concerned about was the mud that would be the front yard all winter..

Use extra seed plus get some water and fertilizer on it and it will green up quick and thick before winter.

I've done a lot of lawns for myself and others over the years and I usually spell out the wife's name in seed discretely in the lawn. Maybe 5 or 10 ft by 20 to 30 ft, depending on things. They love it and whatever inconvenience I have caused is quickly forgiven.
Sometimes, for the right family and if using my six foot Brillion seeder, I double seed a large cross into the back yard lawn and don't say anything. Had 100% praise with that.

 

[Sackett2]

not worthy of a picture yet, but have a 'hint' of green starting to show!!!

 

[LarryD]

I did a little pasture work as well this fall. After spreading around over 10 buckets of composted manure, I tried to wait for at least three lows to stack up out in the Pacific so I wouldn't have to set out sprinklers.

I missed the perfect 7-10 day window by about 3 days but everything is looking OK.

I used a landscape rake to distribute the compost but it really drags a lot of material along with it and that wouldn't do well to cover the seed. So I replaced the top link with a short piece of chain and with the tines curled back, it creates a far less rigid implement and really works better than the fence drag I have. Covered the seed well but still allowed me to lift the implement when needed.

 

[NSBound]

not worthy of a picture yet, but have a 'hint' of green starting to show!!!

I was the same as you, Sackett2 - but have patience! I spread my seed on September 23rd and was getting anxious, but finally that first bit of green fuzz appeared! It's now been 18 days and it's been raining almost every day, with very little sun and warmth to get good growth, but this is what I have now. I'm sure spring will see it take right off. (I didn't seed the far end - that's where the veggie garden will go. It will happen!

 

[Eric_Phillips]

Can I hire you guys out to redo my lawn? I have tried three times to get mine smooth. It was three different areas so I haven't been just redoing the same place over and over. Anyway mine are very bumpy. It doesn't help that I only get about 1-2 days to strip, prep and seed. I just planted about an acre two weekends ago. Prior to that is was bone dry. Now we have been getting good rain but now is 20 degrees colder than normal so no germination yet. Highs this week are in the 40s-50s with lows in the 30s.

 

[Sackett2]

a follow up picture of some "green" this was a month ago, and its looking real nice now. Think I'll have a great lawn for the Grandkids Easter eggs this year

 

[NSBound]

Time to get the lawn mower out!

 

[spruce Deere]

looks real good Was there any rye or something in the seed mix for quick green up? Gunna look real nice next spring