Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 May 02, 2009 3:30 pm Hi Fu, could you please help with general steps in repatriating the rear of our yard? what do we do with this grass to remove it? Do we use roundup? Do we cut it back first ? Do we get rid of it totally & start from scratch? THere's lots of junk (rocks,bricks,etc) somewhere beneath it & lots of compacted soil, we've been told, made by the excavators. We don't want to level it as we'll be installing an enbankment or small retaining wall between it & the lower level. Just need ot know how to go about cleaning it up ready for new turf. Thanks in advance Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ ALSO, a question about Murrayas, Fu : We want to plant them along our fenceline. I've read that they can grow to about 6mtrs tall & 3 mtrs wide. Is this in extreme cases ? I've had them for years in our previous home & they were large, yes, but not to those huge dimensions. Built the Eden Brae Cambridge 34 Family with Boston Corner Facade Re: CALLING FU MAN - sequence of steps in repatriating our yard 2May 03, 2009 9:33 pm Hooley Dooley I'd be hiring a skip and a dingo or a bobcat to clear that Peaceful and Davinci may have some ideas too. Some explosives may help too ... sorry shouldn't joke about that Wow this is going to be cool! I mean you have a totally blank canvas to work with On a tighter budget, round up may have some effect but I don't like the chances. That is a lot of area to spray domestically! "fusilade" would be the best option but is expensive at around $150 a litre which is the smallest quantity sold. That covers a hectare! It is nasty stuff too but the only good spray for all that grass to be gone guaranteed. It won't harm your shrubs as it is the opposite to weed and feed. You really do need to get that rubble out because this will cause headaches later when things get warm and you end up with dead patches in the lawn. Too many times I have found the cause of these to be piles of building rubble, plaster, rocks after the client has shelled out a fortune in the past for every treatment under the sun. The bricks and rubble can heat and dry the soil in that spot. Before laying the turf cultivate (you can hire a cultivator) to losen it up. I'd also get lots of "powerfeed" onto it. Like lots! The humic acids will assist in breaking up the soil. It is far superior to using Gypsum. The humic acids can also be found in worm castings which if you can find in bulk will be a huge benifit to the soil. I would also be looking to souce a local supplier of certified organic soil in bulk before laying the turf. Always spend you coin on the soil and never the plant Murrayas can be a hand full in north Queensland and even invasive in some cases. In sydney they will grow tall but I'd imagine not that tall, even if you guys are getting a more subtropical climate. You should be right there. They are an excellent hedge and very fragrant easy and fast growing in most cases Re: CALLING FU MAN - sequence of steps in repatriating our yard 3May 04, 2009 7:09 am Fu Manchu ::hyst:: Hooley Dooley I'd be hiring a skip and a dingo or a bobcat to clear that Peaceful and Davinci may have some ideas too. Some explosives may help too ... sorry shouldn't joke about that Noooooo, you shouldn't be joking Yep, it looks pretty bad , especially to novices. Actually, it looks a bit daunting, but I imagine it just LOOKS bad. Quote: Wow this is going to be cool! I mean you have a totally blank canvas to work with Quote: On a tighter budget, round up may have some effect but I don't like the chances. Quote: You really do need to get that rubble out because this will cause headaches later when things get warm and you end up with dead patches in the lawn. Too many times I have found the cause of these to be piles of building rubble, plaster, rocks after the client has shelled out a fortune in the past for every treatment under the sun. The bricks and rubble can heat and dry the soil in that spot. Before laying the turf cultivate (you can hire a cultivator) to losen it up. I'd also get lots of "powerfeed" onto it. Like lots! The humic acids will assist in breaking up the soil. It is far superior to using Gypsum. The humic acids can also be found in worm castings which if you can find in bulk will be a huge benifit to the soil. I would also be looking to souce a local supplier of certified organic soil in bulk before laying the turf. OK so i've taken all that in & it sounds good to me, now to explain it all to my DDH who is "garden illiterate". Quote: Murrayas can be a hand full in north Queensland and even invasive in some cases. In sydney they will grow tall but I'd imagine not that tall, even if you guys are getting a more subtropical climate. You should be right there. They are an excellent hedge and very fragrant easy and fast growing in most cases Thanks FuMan...that'w what I was hoping you'd say Many many thanks for your expertise & time in responding. it's always greatly appreciated Built the Eden Brae Cambridge 34 Family with Boston Corner Facade Re: CALLING FU MAN - sequence of steps in repatriating our yard 4May 04, 2009 5:44 pm Well maybe you know heaps on things I don't I bet what ever it is you do, you know more than me I'd lean toward hiring a bobcat and get the site cleared and sort of leveled off. Quick and easy for you. Or hire the dingo, they are loads of fun and it will keep your hubbie or yourself occupied for ages even after you finish the job Make the kids a BMX jump or something or make hubbie a BMX jump or maybe you would like to do jumps on your bike Get learning some good veggie info for the beds/garden. a short video on growing your own food... http://www.greatgardens.info/video/vid_popup.php and check my sticky at the top of the forum page Re: CALLING FU MAN - sequence of steps in repatriating our yard 6May 04, 2009 7:46 pm "repatriate" ? Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. - Dale Carnegie Following these simple steps will help you mitigate unwanted costs, have your expectations met and give… 0 4534 can someone with more experience give me their insight? land is pretty much flat its pretty much at the top of a hill. left and right neighbours are flat in line with my… 0 7465 2 4385 |