Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Mar 04, 2015 7:26 am Background:
* Round-up applied liberally over a month long period * Given a short hair-cut (mower) * Dingo has turned over and levelled (roughly) Where do I go from here? bringing in a cultivator isn't entirely practical due to access limitations. The soil feels sticky and solid due to recent rain. It also smells quite strongly, almost like a swamp? Should I just slap down the turf? (I'm a pretty lazy guy) Should I water and nuke any sprouts that show up before laying turf? Should I do the right thing and bring in some organic soil and cultivate to a depth of 300mm? or has the dingo had the same effect, in a ghetto kind of way? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ ---EDIT 25/03/2015--- I added just one cube of 70/30 mix, to fill in major divets. This was 1 day prior to turf arrival: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This is the day the lawn went down Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ One week later: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 2.5 weeks later: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 3 weeks later Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 3 weeks, mowed Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Does this soil look ready for turf? 2Mar 07, 2015 7:09 pm What was the soil classification when you built? Sticky and solid both sound like clay based soil...Fu's soil prep thread in landscaping and gardening section should be useful to you. They using concrete or timber sleepers? Timber or steel uprights? Any drainage behind sleeper? 3 5900 Use a product like Equisol's Vitalise to clean the deck then coat with a penetrating timber oil. It will look 10 years younger and add value to your home. Visit for… 1 15812 No the fireplace doesn’t work. It’s been enclosed. I’m not sure what was removed, as it was done quite some time ago - well before what I can see with photos online… 2 11589 |