Comments on: My Front Lawn Is Lumpy And Uneven, How Do I Fix It?

By: fishlake

fishlake — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:06:14 +0000

I think sharmaz is smoking some of his front lawn……
Go to a home/garden center and invest in a “ROCK RAKE”. They are about $15, usually lightweight aluminum, about 3 feet wide with a long handle, and have a metal “squeegee” on one side, and 1/2″ tines on the other. Dump some topsoil in the low spots, and rake it out into the high spots with the tine side. After it looks even, flip the rake over and “grade” it smooth with the squeegee side, sloping it so the rain will run off. Hose it down with a low pressure water hose sprayer [set on rain type setting]. This will compact the soil a bit. Re-fill any settled low areas and repeat. After it’s as smooth as you like, scratch the topsoil [after it's dried] with the tine side, spread some seed, and re-water.

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:00:09 +0000

Fill in the low spots “puddles” with dirt. Throw out some peat moss and grass seeds and cover it with a little straw.

By: Drifter

Drifter — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:38:20 +0000

try putting dirt where the holes are and water. Eventually, the grass will take over and even out. I did it and works great. Also, at the nurseries they sell these small patches of grass about the size of your palm. You can put dirt on the holes and one of those patches of grass for faster and cheaper fixture.

By: Rob E

Rob E — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:44:25 +0000

You’ve got a couple of options that I have used, to level uneven lawn surfaces –
1. remove the low portions, and add soil underneath them, to raise them to the correct level or
2. add soil onto the lower levels, and add some seeds, as well as letting the existing grass plants grow through.
I prefer option 1, if you can continue watering the relaid turf, after it has been dug, and whilsts its roots are establishing themselves. This is just like relaying some new turf, except its your own, and hasn’t suffered from laying about and shipping delays from retailers etc. In either case use something like a piece of wood that you can lay over the surface, to identify dips, and also to achieve the correct height, after new soil etc. has been added.
Option 1:
Cut out strips of lawn, using a spade, add some soil mixed with a general slow release fertilizer to increase the height into the hole you’ve made, ensure that it is moist too before then adding the cut-out piece of lawn back into its position. Ensure that it is firmly put into place, either by rolling it, or lightly walking over it – this ensures that there are no air pockets, that would dry the roots out. Then water it, and continue to do so, especially during dry spells. I’d aim for every day if you can, and overall lawns benefit from deeper less frequent waterings, which you can do throughout the summer. After a month or so you could add a lawn feed top dressing, which will supplement the fertilizer that you’ve added deeper down, which the roots will find.
Option 2-
Needs the same soil to be added, but this is finely sieved, and added on top of the existing growth – the shallow the extra soil, the easier it will be for your grass to grow through it. You can also add some grass seed into the soil mix, which can help thicken your lawn up too. Water it when you’re finished. Again, fertilize with a lawn food, to stengthen it, and get it growing.
Also, ensure that there is nothing that’s adding to the uneven surface of your lawn, such as tree roots etc, which may be pushing some areas upwards. If any cause of the soil becoming uneven isn’t addressed, you may well find it recurring in the future.
Hope this helps. Good luck! Rob

By: sharmaz_

sharmaz_ — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:25:49 +0000

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By: Mark T

Mark T — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:17:06 +0000

You can make your lawn perfectly smooth. What I have done is to use a 2 x 4, 8 or 10 feet long. place this on edge on your lawn. You can then see the spaces below the board where there are dips in the soil. Rake top soil onto the lawn at or slightly below the bottom of the board. Slide the board across the lawn, repeating the process until you are done. The existing grass will grow through the added soil if it is not more than an inch or two deep. The grass will fill in the deeper spots from the edges over time, or you can plant some grass in those spots. You may find that you have a large bump somewhere in the lawn. This bump can be removed with a shovel or hoe (and some elbow grease), again checking for smoothness with the board.
Keep in mind that you want the lawn to be slope away from your house, sidewalks, etc., so that rainwater does not puddle in these areas.