Last weekend we dug, tilled and raked the soil but then got frustrated working out the levels. This time we made a decent leveling gig which spanned a good portion of the garden. The first strip was quite a bit of hard work as it required a fare amount of soil to be shifted but the second strip proved to be a lot easier. We did manage to sow grass seed on the first strip and we used a combination of Scott’s Kentucky bluegrass and Perennial ryegrass. That added up to a total of 14 lbs of grass seed which does seem a lot, however we followed this lawn sowing video and I think visually we got the same spread of seeds. We also applied some lawn fertilizer in the process. By the way the grass seed is blue in colour and I have no idea why.
We didn’t sow the second strip as we had run out of grass seed and also the light was failing. We also need to go back next week and grade the bank to the left and the section by the garage before we sow.
We timed packing up our gear on Sunday pretty well as the sky opened as we were putting away the last tools. If you read our last post you’ll know that we don’t have any running water and that means we can’t water the seeds so we are hoping that we will get enough rain for them to germinate. We are also hoping that one of our neighbours will let us run a hose from their house, so fingers crossed on that weather/neighbour front.
This is the current weather forecast for the week.
Lawn preparation. 8th – 9th June, 2019
Lawn preparation. 23rd June, 2019
Don’t forget to plant some trees temporarily in readiness for moving them in 20 years.
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I really think you need that water! I just reseeded a lawn and nothing was taking after a couple of weeks, but carried on with the daily watering each sunset (got an automatic system) and now it’s amazing a lush and puts the rest of it to shame!
Yes we do need the water. Hopefully talking to a plumber this week to see if we can get a tap installed. Also we’ll see if we can talk to the neighbours this weekend. Glad your lawn did well 🙂