ALPS
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I've heard of your forum here, so I thought I'd come check it out and see if I could get some advice...
I'd like to turn the overgrown field next to the house into a halfway decent lawn. When I bought this old farmhouse two years ago, the "lawn" was pretty small, and most of the remaining 6 acres was neglected pasture (I'm guessing pasture for farm animals due to old fence posts, etc..). Last summer I bought an Ford tractor and a brush hog and cleared the "east lawn", an area about 200x300. I've kept it cut down, cleared some brush and small trees, but the ground is pretty rough and rutted up in spots -- not suitable for mowing at all.
I've asked around as to the best way to trn this into a lawn and got lots of different answers. I'd like it to be nice, for when the kid gets older and needs a place to play, so it needs to be level and with grass, but then again, I don't need a golf corse either.
Any thoughts or help would be appreciated. Thanks
OK-- maybe a little more info?? One guy said use drags, and that would be enough, while someone else sugguested getting discs off a local farmer. There is still some roots, small stumps and all that weedy sod to deal with, so I'm thinking the plowing/discing may be the way to go. Any help??
I'd like to turn the overgrown field next to the house into a halfway decent lawn. When I bought this old farmhouse two years ago, the "lawn" was pretty small, and most of the remaining 6 acres was neglected pasture (I'm guessing pasture for farm animals due to old fence posts, etc..). Last summer I bought an Ford tractor and a brush hog and cleared the "east lawn", an area about 200x300. I've kept it cut down, cleared some brush and small trees, but the ground is pretty rough and rutted up in spots -- not suitable for mowing at all.
I've asked around as to the best way to trn this into a lawn and got lots of different answers. I'd like it to be nice, for when the kid gets older and needs a place to play, so it needs to be level and with grass, but then again, I don't need a golf corse either.
Any thoughts or help would be appreciated. Thanks
OK-- maybe a little more info?? One guy said use drags, and that would be enough, while someone else sugguested getting discs off a local farmer. There is still some roots, small stumps and all that weedy sod to deal with, so I'm thinking the plowing/discing may be the way to go. Any help??