Blog: Greener Lawn

Most people see the dry dead winter lawn in March/April and rush out to power rake and topdress in the spring. Ha! Given a few more weeks and a little ol' fashioned patience with mother nature your lawn will be looking as good as new with or without topdressing. Most experts (Dr Dirt included) actually recommend topdressing your lawn in the fall/September. That way the microbes have a chance to get started, the topdress is worked into the soil by the time of freeze, and the little bugs work through your soil all winter preparing a fertile environment for growth in the spring. Topdressing...

Read More

Top dressing is the process of applying compost, soil, or sand over the surface of your lawn. It has been performed on golf courses since the sport was invented in Scotland, but has only recently become popular on home lawns. Top dressing is a way of restoring balance and microbes to home lawns, building good soil structure and increasing soil flora. I like to use straight compost, especially if you have poor or sandy soil, or a blend with sand if you have clay soil. We have a little premium topdressing compost mix left for $60/yd which will cover 1000 sq ft. It's fine screened to 1/4" or less...

Read More

Top dress your lawn now with good quality top dressing of compost if you'd like to avoid those dry yellow patches in your lawn as the summer heat takes hold. Topdressing the lawn is the process of adding a fine layer of ‘mixed quality soil’ to the lawn surface. Top dressing benefits the lawn as it feeds the microbial life of the soil over a period of time - sandy soils will be able to retain moisture better and so the lawn will be more resistant to drought, clay soils will drain better thus improving root development. Another benefit of top dressing the lawn is that it will help to even...

Read More