LEVELING A LAWN. THE HOW and WHY to TOP DRESS THE LAWN
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- This video will show you how I level a lawn to make it look flat. This will help to take all the bumps out of the lawn. This is a slow and long term process that if done yearly can make your lawn look great.
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Makes me happy to see people leveling off a yard properly.
I was all in...made the drag and put down 45 yards of sand. It needs to be done again, but the wife says Noooo. I will wait until next year! It was a very noticeable difference! Thanks to the best how-to channel on the TH-cams!
You differently want to use a Gorilla cart, my cart was horrible. When it dumped 3/4 of the sand stayed in, so had to shovel it out.
Awesome. Thanks for the comment
I’ve sanded my lawn 2 times since starting to watch your channel in 2017. It’s AMAZING!!!!! Sands the best.
I just did this in Norway for a few weeks ago!
It really did the job! Awesome Connor!
Only did this because you gave me confident to do it 👏🏻👏🏻
I plan on doing this once the lawn dries up a little more, I live in Ontario, Canada. I'll be using a sub-compact tractor with a box blade and two wooden skids screwed together. The two skids side by side worked well with pulling around the yard before the initial seeding. Hoping to get the lawn nice and smooth over the next couple years. Great videos, thanks for sharing!
This was a nice change in pace from your usual videos. I'd like to see a little more of these.
It def works! I have the 36" rake from R&R and love it. I only got a little leveling done last year, planning to do a lot this year! Always enjoy your vids!!
Connor loved the video goo to see some lawn videos while we’re all still getting the spring fever up here in Canada. Stay safe man
I've done this before per you videos and it helped drastically!
I did it last year and it went really well. I plan on doing it again in May.
4:00pm in the arvo Down under perfect time for a cuppa and Connor vid 👌🏾
I did this after watching the videos and it made a huge difference. No regrets and will do it again this year too. I’m also paying $50 a ton for my masonry sand but it’s worth it
I have definitely done some leveling with great success. This year I am going to go big and do my whole yard. I only have 5,500 SF, but it will be done completely this year.
Did it for the first time last week! Can't wait to get my reel mower out again
I occasionally do this sort of work with my super garden tractor and loader. And even just back dragging a four foot loader bucket on float over the sand makes a tremendous difference! I’ve even used dirt or clay and it has helped fill in ruts really well. The Bermuda here grows right through anything less than 2 inches thick. Love it.
I need to do some of this on my St. Augustine grass. Thanks for the info.
I need to do some sand leveling on my yard definitely after watching your leveling videos. My lawn could highly benefit from it.
did this in my yard with a compost / sand mix and it did help a lot!
Connor - I've seen several of your videos about leveling but this was the best one because it was so informative about what to do, what not to do and why. Don't know if I'll use sand to level my yard because the dips/low spots are fairly significant at this point. Going to try highly screened top-soil first and just bought the leveling rake. Hope it works well!
I’m planning to level once I get some problem areas grown back in. Hopefully this fall or next spring. Each section is 400 sq feet. Appreciate your posting this and all the details, I took notes!
Started last week on leveling small yard in tucson. 107 everyday. Have the lawn leveler. Bermuda runners growing 18” in 12 days. Filling in great. Yard never leveled in over 20 years. Looooking great
Conner, I have 24 tons of sand coming this morning to do my first lawn leveling ever. Have a huge yard, made my drag like yours. Wish me luck.
I definitely need to level my lawn....but that project will wait. I‘ve been planting dahlias, peony’s and lots of veggies. You’re at the core or all my yard work inspiration so thanks!!!
Did my first mow today! 4 inch tall mow! I wish I had the setup Connor does. Love the look.
I did this too this year. Inspired by your last leveling video !
Awesome. Cool
Connor, great video buddy. Thanks.
Did mine last fall and it made a massive difference!!! Bought a R&R rake like Ware uses and a gorilla cart. Spread 5 tons across 5k Sqft. About to order another 3-4 tons and to it again!
Great info! Cleared up a lot of questions I had.
Did this last summer with the wrong sand but still had positive results. Just took a little longer for the larger pieces to disappear. Also switched to a reel mower and honestly can’t believe how many looky-Lou’s we have! People think we switched to AstroTurf. Very satisfying!
Sweet! Just welded up a 36" level lawn rake last night! Excited to use it and I'm kinda tempted to do a round up/reno this spring cause I'm antsy...
Really enjoy these videos keep up the good work
I've got some sand leveling to do this year myself - I need to get one of those rakes!
The Lawn Care Nut lawn lute big Al
Check out R&R products website the have some killer lawn leveling rakes. That where I bought mine.
Yeah you really should get one. They are extremely useful
Hey Lawn Care Nut! Ive been working on my homemade lawn rake/lawn lute. The design isn't perfect, but it does work and it's cheaper than buying one! ifoughtthelwn.wordpress.com/2020/03/01/levelling-the-lumps/
I need to do this. I moved in to a newly build house and there so many dips or holes left when grass was installed it wasn’t installed properly. Should I wait till next season since its a new lawn?
Thanks connor mate good video
I did this whole procedure for the first time yesterday with about 5-6 tonnes of sand. As I spread the sand and it started settling, it also revealed a lot of small pebles, so I'm sad about that, but hope it wil be fine. Next time I gotta get some better sand and a motorized solution for transport (I did the shovel/wheelbarrow and you're right, that was hard work).
Absolutely leveled my yard due to your videos last year down here in Mississippi. Going for my second time this summer on my Bermuda and then hopefully getting a reel mower soon!
Great informative video sir. I listened very carefully and read all comments. Has anyone done this on TTTF? The closest I could mow is 2 or maybe 3 inches due to all the bumpiness. Naturally, I have the universal fear of killing the lawn so I’ve been standoffish on this so far and I think Pete is the only Lawn guy with TTTF. Thanks to all, you guys are great!
I had to use 25 tons for half my yard. If you’re like me and rehabbing warm season, not with an awesome yard like yours the sand is going to run around after leveling. It needs the turf to hold in place too. Love the videos. Your yard makes me more jealous than anything that not a golf course. Love the channel, love the mowers, although I think my toro 3550 might make you a little jealous. Keep it up. Great yard, great channel, great content that’s also funny.
I really thought you killed that guys lawn on the first time when you turned it into a beach. Good to see the progress. Fall of 2019 I killed my lawn, rototilled 4" of mushroom compost into the first 8 inches top soil (no sand), then leveled with a level lawn rake and rolled it, and planted KBG. It's only about a 1000 sqft. Looking good so far, but definitely had some frost heave (even with a mild Boston winter) and critters digging around hasn't helped. It's got some shady spots, so I'm over seeding again this spring with KBG and mixing in some fine fescue. Plan to add a 50/50 mushroom compost/sand top dress this fall with about a quarter inch application. These videos and Ryan Knorr's videos have been incredibly helpful and inspirational. My wife says I'm addicted!
Not only do I love all the lawn care info. But you could kill the 'dad' game on social media. You look more like a Dad than my dad. rock on!
incredible tips, thanks!!
Done this after watching your vids and even made a drag like yours but a bit shorter .. just need to get a reel mower now
Good boy. Get a cylinder mower
Thanks for your insights!
Those rakes are pretty sweet, hoping to use it for the first time on my bermuda in the next week or two. My sister's boyfriend owns a machine shop up north so he hand welded me the whole thing himself, 36" model.
Haven’t tried it, but I am building a new house with a new lawn and may do this in future years!
I’ve been watching your videos for about a year now, since your sand levelling video went big. I really want to do it soon! Purchased a small ride on that should fit through a 30” doorway to get to the rear of the house. I’ve just finished fixing it up this winter, and once I’ve got a gorilla cart or similar (that will fit through the door way too) I will hopefully tackle this project. I need to, the lawn is awful. I really want a nice flat lawn!! 😫
I've been waiting for this update video!
As always very informative. Just to say in UK the levelling tool is often referred to as a "lawn lute" and yes expensive here too.
Great video. Shared it in a private Facebook group, so my friends can see it. We have a soccer field that needs to look like your front yard :)
Great video
Definitely done this because of you. More sand this year
Just finished mine today. Put down about 1ton per k. Cant wait to put the reel back on it
Need to do mine this year
I fill big holes with top soil, sand for fine tuning “bumps”
I love this. I have a dog and I don’t want to deal with mud!
Did it and was great.
I do this on my golf course every 2 weeks very light. Two times per year very heavy with Aeration. On our putting greens and tees. The more you do the better the surface gets.
Amen to that
I’m not quite there but anticipating next year for sure. I have a mole problem I’m trying to remedy. I just found out juicy fruit kills moles so there is about 8 or 9 moles that will rip soon.
Sand is a Amazing add...reason Golf courses use it..Ive got a Slight down slope yard and sand holds better than dirt
I attempted some leveling today...... not quite to that standard but if I can stop my mower falling down craters I feel like Its a victory!!
This looks awesome! I will hopefully do it this season. I need to buy a level lawn rake & a Gorilla cart first. :/
Almost completed spreading 10 tons of sandy loam with 10% compost mix over 1000m2. Just 150m2 to go.
Screened to 10mm which was a bit stoney. Shovel, wheelbarrow and a landscaping rake. Absolute monster task over the weekend. Probably 1 evenings work remaining.
Seeding this week and then the waiting game begins...
Next year will stick to a screened 70:30 topsoil and sand mix and probably only half the amount required.
Thanks for the inspiration!
so great. Sounds like a win
Exciting to see leveling each season. PITTL
Great yard video to get 2020 started. I have a yard rebel addiction. Y’all got any more of them yard videos
Love your videos Connor, lol. Great personality!@
I did this in the fall but I used topsoil instead of sand. I was doing it in conjunction with an overseed/renovation, so I was raising the yard several inches in some areas. I used 4 yards of Topsoil on a 1500SF front yard and still didn't have nearly enough to get a perfectly flat finished product. In the end, it looks so much better than previously but it might take another entire renovation to level it enough to where sand could be used for fine tuning.
Cool. Great to hear a success story
Been considering dressing my lawn. Maybe the bossman will let me borrow the ProPass :D
Great video Connor, how many square metres/feet is you mates lawn. Keep the videos coming need entertaining in lockdown 😂🇬🇧🏴
Great video explaining the sand leveling. Did mine last year for the first time and will do the second round this year. It's a must for reel mowing. Could use your help this year tho, got a fresh Coca-Cola in the fridge for ya haha
Connor Ward The Sand Consultant. 😎👊
hi connor, i live in thailand, its hot all year round so i was advised not to level with sand, as the tempature will burn the roots, i have used potting soil [ black soil ] and its better, but needs another go, because my low spots were up to 4 inches deep.
I haven’t done this yet but I’m really considering it now. But I do have some drainage issues that need to be fixed first.
Alex N me too.
Drainage is a PITA people seem to overlook.
I haven't done this yet, but it is in the multi year plan.
This is the most informative video I've watched on leveling a lawn with sand. You've answered a lot of my questions but I do have one more. Does it have any adverse effect on your pre-emergent barrier? If any weed seeds get on top of the sand would that be a problem or will it die off once the root tries to go deeper and reaches that line?
It would be preferable to apply the sand topdressing and work it in before applying the pre em applilcation. However due to any reason the sand topdressing could not be completed before the optimal timing of the pre em application, make the pre em application. Usually, there will be minimal if any weed seed in the mason sand mix and any small amount of weeds could be easily taken care of with some spot spraying of post emergent herbicides.
Levelling my lawn this spring up in Ottawa Canada. I’ve been searching for golf grade sands (70/30 or 80/20 - sand/peat moss mixes approved by USGA) but much harder to get my hands on in smaller quantities. Will probably just go with the mortar sand after watching this video and hope for the best. Btw.. the levelling rake works wonders!
You could mix peat in yourself
Unfortunately a lot of the bagged cubes have a lot of junked mixed into it like twigs and such
Hey, Dave. If you're talking about a Levelawn or similar, I'd like to know where you got it. I found a Canadian supplier, but they wanted my first born child and I can't get it from Amazon.com because they are limiting the types of items they ship up to us north of the 49th parallel until the pandemic is under control. Thanks from London, ON.
My back lawn isn't perfectly flat as my neighborhood rain water goes to a man made creek. But it's only a 2ft drop over 50ft. Will sand still work for the bumps or wash away?
AHH, I just did this a week ago. Cost €160 for one ton of topsoil/sand mix delivered and wasnt even screened. I overseeded before and fertilised after watching the lawn tips video in Australia. Anyway, thanks from one Conor to another
yes... I love the name. Good to hear the success story
I did this with dirt, a shovel, and the back of a rake, took me a week lol.
Connor, do you know what type of pull/tow wheel barrow he was using in the video? I like the way he was able to fill it up and dump it
I have bermuda so I have sanded many times and I have many times left to go.
Haven't done it yet, need to get the brush cartridge for my Allett mower to make it easier.
Dude, do it!
Love the leveling aspect of using sand, which is what I need for my lawn. Is it best to do after aeration?
NO! Yes, I was shouting. First of all, aerating is not necessary (probably ever), but if you get any clods of aerator leftovers in the sand, you'll never make it level. Clods from soil or aerating create furrows behind the drag that require more work to get out.
If you thought you needed to aerate for some reason, try using a surfactant spray instead. Give that 3 weeks to work and you'll feel your soil softening. Use the screwdriver test to be sure. I used baby shampoo at 3 ounces per 1,000 square feet once back in 2012 and never needed it again.
My tall fescue grass is really bumpy with bare spots. What order should I level/top dress my lawn? Should I cut the lawn, dethatch, seed, then put mix of topdress/sand and level? Thanks for any info! Great channel too!
It’s crazy that I recognize where your driving while your talking
I did my front yard last summer, problem is that my front lawn is sloped and too much rain washed it all down hill. I ended up with random wet clumpy piles of sand. I think I will do my back yard this season, it's flatter.
Here in the Nederlands i have don it and it looks good
Boy Blokdijk wat voor zand heb je daarvoor gebruikt? Normaal zand, of heb je brekerzand gebruikt? Ik wil dit namelijk ook gaan doen.
Jaap Leenstra gewoon straatzand / stopzand
Next time you top dress, look into a cocoa mat. (Baseball field groundskeeping) Drag it after the metal drag for super smooth results.
In the PNW. Going to donut this fall with seed as well.
I might mix some soil with first round. Not sure
Any ideas on how to make a hand drag? I have (2) 400 sq ft lawns, planning to do a section at a time. Thanks!
Does the sand affect your sprinkler heads (like clogging up)
I have like 4-5” deep rut like runs where the sprinkler system was installed as well as some pretty big hole like low spots. How should I tackle those befor I begin a sand or leveling process?
What are your thoughts on doing a compost/sand mixture? My lawn needs severe help both in nutrients and leveling.
I need one of them Gorilla Carts and Level Lawn Rakes.
I am planning on doing this in the fall at my house. What recommendation would you have as a rate per 1000 for a lawn that needs a decent am out of leveling? Also any recommendations of where to get the sand from in Davis County or SLC county?
Hi Connor, would you use spring pruning wood ashes to level lawn holes and humps? then cover it with a very thin layer of soil. Do you think it would work as well?
Did it for the first time two summers ago. 3 tons for 3000 sqft. The before / after was amazing. A good landscape rake makes knocking down the piles much easier. Plan to do it again this Spring with leveling rake.
So my yard is like rolling hills lol. So It's impossible to level with sand. But I was wandering if the sand leveling is good for all grass types? Specifically saint augustine. I guess it's still good though since there are many smaller spots. Some 4 or 5 in deep.
Trying it right now and it seems to be working.
NIIIICE... yes it works
My lawn is very uneven -- holes, sinking along buried irrigation pipes, you name it, and patches of different grasses to boot. I can't mow it lower than 3" without scalping down some areas to the roots. I guess it's gonna be a multi-season project. One objection to sand only that I heard is that it heats up and may damage the roots. I also live in Utah, so you know how hot it gets in July/August.
What do you suggest for large holes? My yard as dug up to replace gas lines and they had to take out large tree roots. Well it’s left me with deep holes in large patches. Should I use soil then sand over time after it grows.
I did my lawn and the only thing is that it wasn't screened and I didn't screen it so now theres a lot of rocks in the lawn, I'll do it again and make sure its screened and see what happens! Thanks for the tips and tricks