AN EASY WAY to LEVEL YOUR LAWN with everything you need to get it right
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- Welcome to an easy way to level your lawn with everything you need to get it right. I will be showing you step by step how to fix bumpy lawns. From how to prepare the lawn before you begin. How to find the low spots the material I am using today is USGA sand to level my lawn.
I will be looking at different tools and methods. professional vs DIY. And show you how the pros do it
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:09 Some quick tips
00:40 What we are levelling the lawn with
00:50 How to tell where on the lawn needs to be levelled
01:36 Leveling the lawn with sand
04:22 Tools needed to level your lawn and spread the sand
08:27 Conclusion and final thoughts on the best methods and tools.
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This video covers everything about the sand that I use czcams.com/video/ZlAH4KUCjGw/video.html
I had a mole who trashed my lawn within a year of having new turf layed ☹️. Now I have a task to fix so all tips or videos would be useful.
This video Robbie. I like how you showed using basic tools found around the house all the way to a lawn lute. Great content!
Thanks Ron 👍 I'm always trying to break down professional methods on lawncare and show my viewers how they can take methods used by golf courses etc and apply it to their own lawns.
Top dressing and levelling this week, it’ll be my first go at it. Time to put everything Premier Lawns has taught me into practice! Thanks Robbie!
Happy days!
This advice worked out really well for me because I already have one of those huge mats outside my back door! Top tips, thanks so much.
Perfect 👍
My goodness
I'm going to now have go out with my brush, to brush in sand soon, the neighbours will think I have lost the plot completely.
I have been taken out weeds with my steak knive and a bucket for the last two days.
Thanks Rob again for more humiliation in my estate.
Jiffyman
Legend, just wait until they see you out with the drill.... czcams.com/video/VRf2P3Q68Xo/video.html
I had a rubber crumb kids play surface patio put down. Every spring after it had dried I would go out and vacuum it with a Dyson to get the loose crumb up. Once you've done that, nothing embarrasses you any more.
Thank you for comparing these different leveling systems and for those good advices.
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I really appreciate your videos. This one and the scarifying one especially as building work has ruined my front lawn. Can't wait for the warmer weather now to start the repair work. Thanks again and God bless 🙏
Thanks very much ❤️
I love how you give cheaper options. I actually have 4 of those black mats for a home gym in the garage, might pinch one now!!!! Mat seems less effort, and better on the old back!
I'm always looking to save you guys the cash 😁👍💰
Robbie do you time this always right!! Looking at top dressing levelling reseeding this week ! You are a star as always cheers mate ! Pint still here on the bar for you
😁😁😁😁 Happy to help! 😁😁😁😁
I am going to find a restaurant kitchen mat today to hook to my little JD Tractor, this is brilliant.
Sounds great 👍❤️
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At first i thought it is not in English🤣 I needed a minute to adjust
We have English subtitles available on all my videos 😂 for people that don't understand my northern Irish accent. Welcome to the channel ☺️
Great video again Robbie. I use a pallet myself for leveling but I love how that mat works too. May switch to that.
Pallet works, bit heavy though. We used one to level the lawn last year
Just made that drag mat you recomended. I'm very happy with the results, thanks!
They work really well, store it flat not rolled up
I was thing when's the brush coming out 🤣🤣 first time I did it I came up with the genius idea to use my artificial grass power brush created a sand storm lol
I've just brought my first home an I'm a landscaper myself just started the garden aiming for bowling green flat 😏🥺😂
The pallet drag is a great idea! Thanks for the video
No probs 👍
good tip about storing the mat robbie, the one i made gets in the way of getting my mower out. Now i'll just leave it on the floor. Thanks.
No probs 👍
Отличные советы, всё понятно на интуитивном уровне.
Однозначно лайк!
Very educational, thanks for the video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Lovely job - Fantastic lawn and garden
Thanks 🙏👍
Beautiful job. Thank you for all conseils . Congratulations from french. Merci
Thank you very much!
Thank you for sharing … helps a lot that you tell us how that tools work 👍
Glad to help
Robbie
Thanks for the video . I’m doing a lawn for a charity project in September so appreciate the tips
What and who is that for
Great video as always Robbie.
Thanks Scott 😊
Nice one Robbie, fed up of dragging the pallet around the lawn so I’ve just ordered the mat. Cheers mate 👍🏻
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Brilliant, thank you and very well explained. It looks like the grass was quite short at the start whereas my "lawn" is quite bumpy and to get it that short I would end up with bare patches. So do I need to attack the bumps and reduce them first, or maybe fill the holes somehow? Thanks
Great video Robbie and brilliant tips. I have one of those mats I bought 4 years ago for using in the caravan awning but decided it was way to heavy and it's still in the bag! It's 1.5 x 0.9 m and only 8.11 kgs but I am sure it will suit my needs. So that's a job for my list tomorrow once I find some rope ha! Cheers, great work 🙂 (Edit: I found rope I'd bought from one of my trips to our favorite well-known German stores where the middle aisle has many useful things to buy just in case you might need them! 😀 )
Happy to help!
Great content again. Thank you.
Thanks ☺️
Thank you very much! A lot of useful information. Like and greetings from Russia.
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Приветствие из Северной Ирландии
Very useful! Thanks a lot
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WOW!!! SOLDIER, YOUR RIGHT, THIS VIDEO HERE. GOT SMILING AND GRINNING, I'M MOTIVATED, JUST SUBSCRIBED 👍 GREAT JOB.
Good man, welcome to the team!
If you like top dressing videos and want to see how they do it on a golf course, check out this video czcams.com/video/CvVtjPXghgA/video.html
@@Premier_lawns_official Ok, thank you so much
@@Premier_lawns_official Thanks
@@Premier_lawns_official Hey Mr. Robbie, could I make a drag mat out of a small chain link fence?
Thank u Robbie I like your explanations! I’ve never seen the mat method. I work in a restaurant kitchen , maybe I’ll borrow one and try that! I’m planning on doing multiple steps in a few weeks... dethatch, aerate, overseed. I assume leveling would come after aeration? Can u advise? Thank u sir!
Going to try the mat, my lute is ridiculously heavy. I've used a wide broom for renovations and also dew removal, great simple tool 👍
There is a reason golf courses etc use mats - its fast and easy.
Do not understand how a mat can fix a bumpy lawn. It’s not rigid
@@guymauve0 again it depends on the undulations on the lawn 👍
@@guymauve0 maybe tie rods onto the mat like every foot apart
Excellent video and channel thanks 🙏🏻
Thanks for the feedback 😃🙏🙏🙏
Love your videos ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you ❤️👍
Great job thanks for sharing cheers
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I can't believe you're in N.I.So awesome. Your place looks like Bermuda.
Hi Robbie can you point me in the the right direction of getting my grass back to match the rest of lawn basically I’ve had the kids pool up all summer and packed it away yesterday it’s totally gone do I need to strip it out and reseed or will it come back with a scarifer and top dress ? Thanks again regards tom
Using a mat is a brilliant idea!
It works a treat 😊
Hi Robbie, thanks for another great video l am going renovate my lawn in the next week and I would like you to confirm I’m doing it right as it is my first time
Mow, scarify, mow, hollow time Aeriate, fertilise, seed, Spread 70/30, then water and cover with fleece. As I say it’s my first time and I don’t want to go pear shape Thanks for your time mate
Sounds right, food luck with your project 👍❤️
@@Premier_lawns_official Thanks a lot Robbie keep ‘em coming for us novices Brilliant help😀
Cheers Robbie.
Good one.
Neil
Thanks
Hello! Great tutorial! Is this a technique that I can use if my garden has "deep holes" (3-7cm deep, completely unleveled) ?
Hi Robbie, really liking your videos, we moved into our house last year and the gardens weren’t looked after at all so these videos are a great help. Robbie, how much grass did the 1 ton of sand cover? Many thanks, looking forward to watching and learning more from you
It will really depend on the lawn, the humps and hollows etc. 1 ton might only do 100m other gardens it might do 250m2
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I've got one or two lawns that i'm planning on doing shortly but i was thinking of using compost Robbie.
Compost is great for seeding no good for levelling
Looks easy as long as you have a lawn as level as the one you’re working on .
Little and often is key
I find that on bare soil a reversible lute it great at cut and filling soil if you flip it over to the sharper side.
Thanks for the tip
I have a ride on mower and would love to get the nice lines that you have on your lawn, any tips? I use a mulching plug, not sure if that makes a difference.
Great channel. What about ye!
Loving the videos Robbie, i had my lawn dug up and replaced 2 months ago, it was so bad it needed 5t of top soil to get it slightly level, however, the team that did it were not as careful as you and there are some major undulations in it. How would i best address this? In places some of the dips are about 2 inch's in depth.
Get them back to fix it.
You should show how to level a lawn that's seen some wars. This is a near perfect lawn.
Great video. I just bought a drag mat thanks to your videos. What's the best period to overseed? Now or around March? Greetings from Belgium
I like this time of year best as the soil stays warm, but things start to dampen down as September rolls on
Another great video. When you renovated & overseed it would have been as level as you could get it - so for clarity please can you confirm :
1) a soil/compost mix on top of seed is appropriate?
2) Top dressing with USGA or 70/30 sand is primarily to fill in any small dips, voids & imperfections ?
The use of say a Landsee compost spreader (I’m not promoting such) would distribute nutrients in the form of a compost (as opposed to sand - having very little nutrients).
Your point about ( 100% ? ) compost alone being a poor levelling medium is interesting & noteworthy.
I suppose I’m clarifying…… sand, soil & compost all have a place & their uses in lawn care ?
Hi Graeme
My lawn is built from 70/30 sand/soil so there is a lot of sand already there.
70/30 is great for levelling or soil (screened is best)
Compost is no good as it breaks down
I didn't on this occasion want to get into why I'm using sand and everyone else should use soil as that would cause some confusion
I always try and encourage people to use soil over everything else.
But yes you are right in your comment
@@Premier_lawns_official Thanks very much for taking the time to reply. Have a great weekend.
Love these videos. Always learn something. Where i live USGA sand isnt available. Which alternative is best for use on my lawn. Is play sand or river sand ok?
Let's turn it around, do you have sandy soil? If not a high quality screened topsoil may suit your needs better
I don´t even know why I watched this video but it sure was fun to watch.
Thanks!
Hi Robbie great videos and advice, im looking to level a patch of garden with lots of undulations, looking at using a lawn lute to help can you recommend one there are lots out there to choose from?
Cheers
He used a mat cuz its easier.
Love the videos Robbie. Just bought a new house and the garden needs TLC and would love to do the majority of the work myself. Where do I start???
Should I start with scarifying, aerate, over-seed?
Check out the premier lawns community group on Facebook, they can help with that 👍
@@Premier_lawns_official Thanks Robbie, appreciate the steer 👍🏼
Fantastic video Robbie I have used both the drag mat and lute when I was an apprentice the mat was better for a large lawn a firm called Sisis made the drag mat and lute
Sisis make some great tools. The lute is too much like hard work for me haha
@@Premier_lawns_official the lute was indeed hard work okay for a small area. The council I worked for 42 years ago had a Sisis Auto Trac for the sports centre were there had 4 football pitches and 2 rugby pitches plus an all weather surface it was like gravel on top of a hardcore base. The Auto Trac was a ride on machine which used a selection of implements like roller, lute and a rake
I made my own lawn rake , Isaw a vid on youtube how to make one and found some aluminium box lying around on site. But its a uphill battle when you have four crazy border collies ripping up the grass :)
The collies will make that a challenge all right. Bella used to be a tear away but has calmed down. 4 Bella's... Well that would be crazy 😧
@@Premier_lawns_official I have a Bella , Tippy , luna and a Jess . And Bella is the nuts one .haha
@@adejohnston6831 Luckily my Bella has calmed down, used to be nuts though!
I live in the States, DC to be exact. I'm preferring to try to rehab my lawn. I have a Dethatcher that has a scarifying feature. I also need to level my lawn, so I'm going to do the mat. Should I do the dethatcher before or after the leveling? Also, can incorporate overseeding into this process? Thank you. Loved video!
Hey Teddy, welcome to the channel!
Dethatch first, then seed, then level, mat in and feed
Serious question: my back garden is a mixture of weeds and wildgrass. It’s lumpy and bumpy. How would I get rid of weeds only.
A compost spreader such as the “landzie” does pretty damn good job of spreading “dried” sand.. I actually bought a WALENSEE as it’s 50-60$ less then the landzie. Imo the welensee is better then the landzie and for less$$. Lobe the tool. Spreads sand dirt compost perfectly ..
I didn't get the chance to try the landzie with sand so don't know to be honest
Hey Robbie! Big fan of the overseeding and lawn leveling videos. I'm aerating and overseeding in September but would like to level some sections of the front lawn (even bought a lawn lute). It's almost August, should I hold off on leveling or is there method you would recommend to tackle both? TIA - Sean in Chicago
Depending on your dips, this video might help you
czcams.com/video/3xzVmX4-STA/video.html
I'm in Ireland and unsure of your weather in Chicago, might be a bit hot to do seeding?
This whole concept of using sand to level your lawn seems to only be appropriate for fairly minor imperfections. I have a depression in my lawn caused by the removal of a tree trunk some years ago and the deepest part of the depression is around 6 inches. I'm not sure that there is a solution short of digging up most of the lawn, adding dirt and recreating the grass layer.
This video is perfect for you czcams.com/video/3xzVmX4-STA/video.html
Can you advise a worm deterrent on a close cut quality lawn ? when wet they dont brush up and if missed make a spot on the lawn like concrete..
There isn't much on the market in the UK now for worm control
Robbie what would you recommend to top dress the lawn with I have a fine lawn made up of fescue and Bent. When I originally laid the lawn it was on a loam and sand mix.
That sounds like a nice lawn, good sand if you can get it.
You should contact some local golf clubs, even walk in and have a chat with the greenkeeepers and ask where they buy their sand.
The key thing is if you start using sand, get the right stuff and keep using it. This video should be useful to you czcams.com/video/X3v2g6Hybps/video.html
Wow the guys lawn is like a pond on a calm day. Nice job, sir.
Thanks 🙏
2:38 looks like a Neil buchanan art attack picture
What about ya Robbie fantastic 👏 video as usual
Thanks Finn 😊
Been watching you channel for a while now and love the content. Recently moved house and the lawns needed a lot of work. Still not to my liking so im going to do a full lawn renovation in a few weeks time. Looking for some advice though, for a tree root protruding out of the lawn and lots of other separate roots about an inch or so in the soil. Basically in the thatch layer. Is there any fix for this?
Dig it out, if it's to big get a tree company in to grind it for you
@@Premier_lawns_official Top man cheers. Hopefully it wont kill the tree.
@@Alan-om8mr yes within reason, hard to give general advice at times, always apply common sense
Robbie would you use the mat on new top soil for a new lawn for leveling before seeding?, Or after applying seed?
Thanks
This video should help czcams.com/video/HEQ1-qztvEY/video.html
Excellent tips, thank you. Do you have any suggestions on how to get rid of moles?
We don't have moles in northern Ireland
@@Premier_lawns_official Thank you for the response. I wish the same was true in my back yard.
@@brianandtarryn haha no probs 👍 hope you have a great weekend
Hi Robbie, great vids and tips, wish you were here around Manchester,… wondering if best to kill off and re- seed or scarify hard and back seed/ level and fertilise, I’ve some weed type grasses in small patches, killed clover and moss, sand and soil sports mix levelled in spring but needs some more on this autumn, advice welcome it’s approx 100sqm, so not huge, not sure how to post pictures, thanks from Alex Manchester UK
We have a private group called the premier lawns community group on Facebook for stuff like this. The community can help you 👍
@@Premier_lawns_official thanks Robbie, have just re-watched your related series of videos, ,… will join group as well, thanks Alex, Manchester
@@bbqman8877 glad to help
Robbie, can you recommend any were in the North down area we're you can purchase desent sand for the lawn, thanks, Jim.
Best to phone round the quarrys
Brilliant videos Robbie. Where can that type sand be got?
its very hard to get in small quanties
Lawn lutes are very expensive the drag mat looks an economic alternative. Certainly going to follow up on this.
Costs around £35
i have a lawn 10m x 4m... do you think a rubber mat 1m x 0.5m is good/ heavy enough to level a lawn that was freshly turfed over 5 inch of new top soil 5 months ago??
That's not really what it does to be honest
What do you think of plastic lawn reinforcement buried under the grass? Was thinking of putting it under my lawn for football use.. not sure what type of grass to use, either.
For a high traffic area like where the kids use as goal it works well for
Hi Robbie , great advice on leveling , but I just can not get USGA sand here in my area . The local sand and gravel merchant has never heard tell of it . Any ideas would be appreciated .
Which would be nearer to USGA, building sand or plastering sand , someone said sand from a beach would be ok . Thanks in advance .
Don't use sand. It has no place in a lawn
Great video, thanks. I know you said you're not a fan but I have some quite big dips to try and level. Do you have a link for the silver 30inch lute at all pls?
www.boydgolf.co.uk/100360/info.php?p=30&pid=2237120&ack=9
@@Premier_lawns_official Legend! Cheers
@@andybolton7345 I can see that website crashing this weekend lol
Thanks for the video. You say not to use compost. What about top soil?
Yes soil is perfect, compost is no good as it breaks down it will cause the surface to be uneven.
Here is a video of my using soil to topdress
czcams.com/video/S2bdoZxwjVo/video.html
Robbie - love you videos and obviously your lovely English accent. I have a quick question: I have a pretty decent size of lawn and unfortunately not easily accessible. The main issue I have is the subject of your video. The question does leveling the lawn in small steps make sense or would you recommend to take the hustle and ask a delivery company to deliver 2-3 tons of soil/ sand?
First up, I'm from Northern Ireland, not english ffs 💩 How much material you will need will depend on your own yard. My lawn was pretty level to start with...
@@Premier_lawns_official …my sincere apologies. Your Irish accent!
@@retoulrichgareus3457 😂😂😂😂😂💥💯
Don’t know if you’ve covered in a previous episode, but what should I do if I have pretty big “holes” in my lawn? The lawn was in pretty bad shape when we bought the house and now I’m trying to restore it to its former glory. But there are massive, like dips that makes it very uneven.
I got you covered, here you go :)
czcams.com/video/3xzVmX4-STA/video.html
@@Premier_lawns_official Awesome! Thanks
Hi, how do you fill massive dips in the lawn? This is a good dip is it a case of adding topsoil and resending it as it only part of the lawn near the flags that have dropped?
add more soil
Greta video and channel.
Does the grass grow up through the sand ok?
Yes the Key thing is not to cover it to much
Great job...!!!
What kind of sand are you using for topdressing please?? Any links where to get it from?? Thank you in advance
The sand I use is hard to get in small quantities, it's called USGA sand. Best to phone around some quarries local to you
@Premier Lawns ok thanks for your advice... Good luck buddy!!
@@eugeniucastravet4222 your welcome
Hi Robbie,
Need to overseed and do some levelling on a clay soil based lawn. Am I best to fill big dips with sports sand and then a layer of soil for the seed the soil ontop of the seed too?
Or would the levelling and overseeing need to be done at different stages? I'm keen to use the sports sand to try and improve drainage.
Started drilling today to aerate too - given its a clay based soil, am I best leaving the holes empty and open or filling with sand?
Thanks 👍🏻👍🏻
It's hard to grow grass in sand. A good screened topsoil or 70/30 is what I would use
@@Premier_lawns_official a 70/30 for the overseeding and levelling out? Thanks for the quick reply 🙂
@@allanreid6612 yes for both :)
Ive got a really heavy lute I bought on ebay, your dead right, its a workout and a half and my lawn is quite small, but I think a mat would be too big, so really, its horses for courses I suppose.
Yes, small spaces a lute is probably better or if your lawn is really uneven. We use a professional drag mat for nearly all the topdressing we do
Great videos Robbie. Can we get a link as to where to buy good sand in England. I have tried to find your stuff but failed. Also is it ok to put a lot of sand on like they do in the states and let the grass grow through. Thanks
The sand I use is very specialist. No links I'm afraid 😔
@@Premier_lawns_official can you recommend another type of sand that we can use instead then.
I live where there is endless freeze thaws. My lawn is like walking on golf balls. No point top dressing. My lawn can be up to 3" higher than my concrete in winter.
Where are you located?
@@Premier_lawns_official wisconsin usa. In a winter season the temp passes thru freezing daily for atleast 3 months
Hi Robbie - I need some advice re my lawn: it grows between 1cm and 2cm a week during the spring/summer months, and I'm not sure why, or how I can get it to grow slower! I'm having to cut it every week to keep it looking tidy. Thanks in advance.
How much are you feeding it? Maybe think about reducing it a bit
@@Premier_lawns_official hi Robbie, thanks for the reply - I don’t feed it anything!
where would be the best place in Belfast area to get sand for levelling a lawn. And what sand would you recommend
Contact Irwin's and ask them for HS master's sand 👍
Hi Robbie, where can you get (Lisburn/Belfast area) USGA sand without paying an arm and a leg for stuff from garden centres.
Do you want 20 tons of it?
@@Premier_lawns_official lol, nooo. Robbie I would only need about 1/2 a ton at the most. Although the overall garden front and back is a few hundred square yards it is mostly over steep banks between 8 and 10 foot high at the back and side of the house but at the front there is small flat lawn areas of a total under 75 sq yards that I want to get it into a nice condition and a more formal first class lawn but the rest will be a mixture of banks of Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Camellias along with flower beds some structural terraces faced with railway sleepers and walkways and paths. I leveled it up this smaller area 2 years ago with a good well screened topsoil from the garden but its as bad as ever after the wet winter we've had. The only thing I've no personal experience using is the good sand but its gets scarifieried, aeration and well fed when needed by myself. I just don't want to the trouble of re-turfing it yet but it wouldn't be the first garden that I've thrown the head in air over, killed the grass and started over. If you or anybody reading this knows of anyone with about half a big bag or thereabouts left over it would be more than enough for what I need and I'm happy to pay for it just not at a pound a kg for garden centre bags. Thanks G
What would you do for raised bits of the lawn - my lawn seems to end up full of small bumps ..
I have a new planned later in the year on this. Either fill in the hollows or remove soil from the bumps
Hi Robbie,
It looks like you cut the lawn fairly short when levelling. Is that to allow you to see the undulations and make dragging easier? What sort of length would you recommend?
The shorter your lawn, the less you can put on. That's something I didn't say in the video. I cut my lawn at 15mm
Just go with whatever your lawn is usually at
@@Premier_lawns_official great, thank you
First. Cheers Robbie 👌
Thanks John
@Premier Lawns I had a company deliver and lay 2 tons of sand on my 200m2 of lawn 2 days ago. It rained heavily immediately afterwards, and the sand has compacted into very hard crusty clumps. I'm guessing they used the wrong kind of sand. My lawn looks absolutely terrible and feels like walking on a compacted building site. I would undo it if I could. Any advice beyond digging up my entire lawn and starting again?
Hard to give advice on that one, i have a facebook group and they may be able to help you if you post pictures etc facebook.com/groups/premierlawnscommunity
@@Premier_lawns_official Thank you. I'll check it out! 😊👍
Nice one again Robbie. Just one thing though. You mentioned a few months back that you shouldn't use sand to level (although I know many do) as it causes layering of the soil profile. Does the usga sand integrate better than horticultural sand? 👍
Hi Graham, I know... I know Haha
My lawn is constructed out of 70/30 (Sand/soil), I bought in 20 tons/a lorry load of it once the lawn was made. There is a LOT of sand already down there. For most lawns, sand should never be used...
I just looked up Horticultural sand, according to google its sharp sand.... USGA sand are rounder and don't compact. The water runs through it, its why its used in golf greens and golf bunkers
@@Premier_lawns_official cheers Robbie, I'll be using some weed free top soil this weekend. The lutes you featured at least didn't feature the Ryan Knorr one #lutegate 😁
@@grahammacklam4736 I saw that, I'm staying out of that one. I get myself in too much trouble at the best of times!
Lol at the hashtag
@@Premier_lawns_official same here best staying clear of that one. I'll end up opening a can of worms.
I need to level our lawn (400m2) and can get 50/50 top dressing or 70/30 what would you suggest? Lawn is very undulating laid by builders 18m ago and has some deep dips.
70/30 will be easier to dress the lawn with. For Bigger dips more soil would be better
@@Premier_lawns_official Thank you for quick resposne, the 70/30 is OK to then seed into once levelled?
Robbie, I have medium sized (lower end) front and back city lawns. I’m trying to spend my money prudently. Which would be the best purchase for me? A lute, a landscape rake or a drag mat. I know you recommended the mat but my gardens are smaller than yours and I wondered if it might be too big and therefore potentially ineffective
You can use a pallet, that's pretty much free
It depends on your undulations. A lute may suit your needs better. There are no right or wrongs.
@@Premier_lawns_official Thanks for that Robbie. I am willing to spend the money but want to spend it on the right tool. My front garden is pretty flat. My back garden is a whole other story.
A big lawn lute is probably your best option
@@Premier_lawns_official Thanks for the confirmation. Must say I’m hooked on your vlogs. Love the intros👍. Great content. Nice to see someone in this neck of the woods providing quality content that’s relevant to our climate Keep them coming 👍👍👍 Btw, do you have an affiliate for lawn lutes?
@@williamwalker3837 no affiliate link - www.boydgolf.co.uk/100360/info.php?p=30&pid=2237120&ack=9