@@ShortCutLawn Hi! Can you share what manual aerator you used? I don't have a truck, so currently trying to figure out how to get my lawn aerated (can't haul a rented aerator home).
This was great. I love the DIY leveler. We have a large dip I’ll be leveling in a few weeks. This is much more appealing to me than a $150 level lawn rake.
@@blakejones6206 LOL, seriously. I’ve been tracking the price of OSB specifically. At this time a year ago a sheet was $13.95. Two months ago it was $38, and now it’s $43.
I will say the lawn level rake is expensive but when I topdressed last year, once the piles were smoothed out, I began walking with the rake behind me as a drag system. I didn’t plan it that way, but it made perfect sense as Al did with hisDIY version. The tool is versatile!
Hands down , greatest yard vid I've seen. You are bad ass. I love how you used the hand aerator. I do that too. It's more satisfying when your done. Your house and yard looks amazing.
Beautiful lawn and home.. I’m in the middle of a total lawn renovation in my front lawn. I’m in Michigan doing a full Kentucky bluegrass lawn. Take care 👍🏼
First, one of the best videos I've seen for passing along work, reasons, early status & later results. Absolutely, one of the best. I'm Monterey county also & could really appreciate suggestions. Will be sending you an email...okay it's almost 18 mos after the post. I'll be checking out your other videos. Thank you.
An absolutely immaculate, perfect lawn.Even the sand. Piles shown by the drone looked 👌 perfect. U are very motivational. I poweraked my lawn last week , amazing wat com es out. Nice job , sir !
Hands down...the best sand leveling video I’ve seen!!! You’re like me and don’t mind the hard work. Btw, Allet now? You definitely need to do a head to head comparison with the Allet and Swardman.
Thanks man I appreciate it that! Yes i might film it sometime next week and god only knows when i’m gonna upload it 🙄 I should’ve taken the name “Lazy Lawns” 😁
@@ShortCutLawn @niceAZlawn - that'd be a cool comparison. I've done a bunch of research and am 99% sure I'm going with the Allett Liberty 43, but am at that sweet spot where I can still change my mind.
Maybe when I’m retired I can take the time to be obsessed with my lawn, for now looking for quick fixes to make it presentable. I'm jealous when I see my neighbours perfect lawn but that’s all he does every weekend, I rather do more interesting things with my spare time but it does look nice
I have a landscaper who lives across the street from me so I just tried for years to beat the rest of the lawns but in ‘17 I had him beat and I have to say.. . It felt good. Too good. Now I let my yard die and I just do gardening in the back yard. It’s too much energy to care that much
We need a vid on how to build the home made drag, want to build my own for a lawn project next year to get my lawn level. Your lawn looks awesome and something to aspire too.
Wonderful X10 you will have to go maybe every two three years now. Not every season now. I think it is just right, or when you get dents. Looks right brother. Man we were getting murky skies in Chicago from the fires!!! Hope air quality and people are safe🙏🙏❤️
Looks amazing, thank you for the video. Use of Sand for lawn is so new to me and have a basic question, does it not affect the quality of the soil which roots the grass? Also how does it work when reseeding do the seeds make contact with soil easily and germinate well?
Absolutely brilliant! My Flymo Microlight mower (UK) didn't cut short enough 'till one day I had a brainwave...and strapped 2x2 litre lemonade bottles to it to give 'weight' to press the blade down into the grass! Those of us with just a lightweight, cheap and cheerful, hover-mower should try adding 'weight'...it worked for me! Liked very much indeed and... Subscribed!
LOl this made me remember a physical test (but much heavier) that i had to pass for the Canadian navy, just watching it made me tired. Loved how the grass came back prettier and stronger.
Ok, right of the hop, well done on your lawn sir. Secondly, not the kind of music I would associate with lawn care but whatever. Now I have a new band to obsess over. Thanks for that and carry on!
I can’t do something like this. I have kids and my mail man and delivery guys are always walking over my lawn. I would lose it. I’m just going to aerate and reseed lmaoo.
Great job!! This is a workout! But it could do me good to lose a couple of pounds after staying put during Covid-19. Your video is the first that I have seen a wood leveler made. I thought I had to spend a lot of money buying a metal one, but thanks to you, my husband can easily build one in the garage. Thank you! Great job! 👍
I own that exact aerator and my lawn is so compacted I can balance on the thing without it fully going into the ground... My new home needs some work...
You have to water a couple days before aeration, give it a good soak first. Use a screwdriver and check if water penetrated deep enough maybe 4” or so. 👍🏼
Very satisfying to watch. Like the other comments, your lawn was level to me even before the project. Very tempted to try on my lawn. But it is under a huge oak tree and has lots of roots. Not sure if sand leveling would work this well though.
Seriously, your lawn looked top notch even before the leveling. One question though, did you do anything to the lawn after you leveled it to make sure the grass grew back? Thanks.
Hello your lawn is so fantastic 8:01 ❤ After top dressing was done have you watered the lawn or it is just increased the sand in the last next week? Thank you ❤
Amazing video so great to watch. Cant believe you hand plugged that lawn so perfectly. How much sq. Footage is your lawn. I see you used less than 2 tons of sand. Ill be doing this in spring.
Congratulations. Greate video. I notticed you answer a couple of times about the sand you are using. I'm watching from Mexico and the "fill sand" that we use is very much different. The one you are using is sand from a river? Do you think silica sand might work as well?
Looks absolutely marvellous, I've been trying to level my lawns with sieved soil from my borders and the lawn is better but has a couple of small slightly bare areas that need attention. I will try sand next time, can anyone recommend what type of sand would be the best and where can I buy it from.
I noticed that it clogs whenever you hit a dry spot, what I do is go to a moist section and that should push out the dry stuck plugs. So a good moist soil is the key.
Question for you. How would you combine this sort of more major leveling with your earlier "lawn rejuvenation" videos? I have a decent dip in my backyard that I"m planning on attacking next spring. However, I also need to do a full rejuvenation. I was planning on following your 4 step video series that I believe you did earlier this year. Would you recommend doing the rejuvenation first (in the spring), and then tackling more major leveling (that this video shows) later in the summer/early fall?
Brad,. assuming you have a cool season turf, yes spring would be the best time to rejuvenate your lawn, get your over-seeding and top dressing done and keep your lawn healthy throughout summer then come early fall when temps starts cooling down do your heavy leveling. Leveling with sand Will initially Stress out your lawn so make sure you give enough time to recover before winter hits. Good luck 😎👍🏼
I enjoyed the video. Been doing some research on how to level and overseed my tall fescue lawn in SoCal. Can overseeding be done after aerating and before applying the sand? Or will the sand hinder germination? Any recommendations for how best to both level and overseed?
Last year I over-seeded before a light leveling with about 1/4” of material. And this years leveling i went heavy with about 1-2” material. If I opted to overseed this year I would do it after leveling then lightly rake it to bury the seeds. Key thing is you don’t wanna bury the seeds too deep. 👍🏼
Yes one tiny strip, after not seeing grass after 5 days i got worried and removed about an inch of sand, it was all good and green after 5 more days. It was at my regular mowing height of 5/8”
The part of the video where you show how lawn is starting to grow after sand leveling is so satisfying to watch :)
This was the most satisfying lawn leveling video i've ever seen. Great job.
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And they say that perfection doesn't exist ?? That is how you do a lawn aeration and lawn leveling with sand video Lawn care community. Outstanding :)
Thanks Keith,.. you inspired me with aerating my lawn manually 💪🏼 😎
@@ShortCutLawn Hi! Can you share what manual aerator you used? I don't have a truck, so currently trying to figure out how to get my lawn aerated (can't haul a rented aerator home).
Corona YardBreather
www.lowes.com/pd/Corona-YardBREATHER-Core-aerator/1000384773
What a sensible video.No time wasting chat and subtitles for those of us that are deaf.
One of the best and well laid out videos on a subject I have seen. Nice job.
This was great. I love the DIY leveler. We have a large dip I’ll be leveling in a few weeks. This is much more appealing to me than a $150 level lawn rake.
Messaging in 2021, the $150 rake is probably less expensive than the lumber.
Lol... I’m a woodworker so I know exactly what you’re talking about
@@blakejones6206 LOL, seriously. I’ve been tracking the price of OSB specifically. At this time a year ago a sheet was $13.95. Two months ago it was $38, and now it’s $43.
Wow that’s insane, I guess it was directly related to all the forest fires we had here in the west coast last year.
I will say the lawn level rake is expensive but when I topdressed last year, once the piles were smoothed out, I began walking with the rake behind me as a drag system. I didn’t plan it that way, but it made perfect sense as Al did with hisDIY version. The tool is versatile!
Hands down , greatest yard vid I've seen. You are bad ass. I love how you used the hand aerator. I do that too. It's more satisfying when your done. Your house and yard looks amazing.
Thanks 🙏🏼
Wow...that was a LOT of sand, but it all ended up looking great and flat. Nice Job!
Beautiful lawn and home.. I’m in the middle of a total lawn renovation in my front lawn. I’m in Michigan doing a full Kentucky bluegrass lawn.
Take care 👍🏼
I admire your guys commitment to a nice lawn. I’m that way for gardens. Together we could be unstoppable
Your lawn, is something I strive for. It's incredible!
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First, one of the best videos I've seen for passing along work, reasons, early status & later results. Absolutely, one of the best. I'm Monterey county also & could really appreciate suggestions. Will be sending you an email...okay it's almost 18 mos after the post. I'll be checking out your other videos. Thank you.
Inspirational - again!! I’m going to do this on my lawn. Keep up the good work. Loving the video’s. 👍👍
🙏🏼 thanks
If you do it to your lawn.... do yourself a huge favor and find a billy goat pl1800 or 2500 and aerate with that! Save you a lot of time!
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An absolutely immaculate, perfect lawn.Even the sand. Piles shown by the drone looked 👌 perfect. U are very motivational. I poweraked my lawn last week , amazing wat com es out. Nice job , sir !
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Mad props for manually aerating that entire space!! You are a beast! 10000% worth it to sand level, looks amazing
Thanks Mike 👍🏼
LOL. I was watching you aeratie the lawn and I muted it the sound and started playing the benny hill show music. Thank you for the video.
Hands down...the best sand leveling video I’ve seen!!! You’re like me and don’t mind the hard work. Btw, Allet now? You definitely need to do a head to head comparison with the Allet and Swardman.
Thanks man I appreciate it that!
Yes i might film it sometime next week and god only knows when i’m gonna upload it 🙄 I should’ve taken the name “Lazy Lawns” 😁
@@ShortCutLawn @niceAZlawn - that'd be a cool comparison. I've done a bunch of research and am 99% sure I'm going with the Allett Liberty 43, but am at that sweet spot where I can still change my mind.
Maybe when I’m retired I can take the time to be obsessed with my lawn, for now looking for quick fixes to make it presentable. I'm jealous when I see my neighbours perfect lawn but that’s all he does every weekend, I rather do more interesting things with my spare time but it does look nice
I have a landscaper who lives across the street from me so I just tried for years to beat the rest of the lawns but in ‘17 I had him beat and I have to say.. . It felt good. Too good. Now I let my yard die and I just do gardening in the back yard. It’s too much energy to care that much
We need a vid on how to build the home made drag, want to build my own for a lawn project next year to get my lawn level. Your lawn looks awesome and something to aspire too.
Hard work pays off! Excellent job there and fantastic lawn!👍.
Thx for the tips and video! Well done!
Thanks Eddy!
I gave this video a 👍 then undid it, then hit the 👍 again, just so I could give it two thumbs-up. Wonderful work!
Simply stunning.
You had me laughing on that one Kevin 😂
Well done. Your the first California person I think I may like....
lol 😎👍🏼
Wonderful X10 you will have to go maybe every two three years now. Not every season now. I think it is just right, or when you get dents. Looks right brother. Man we were getting murky skies in Chicago from the fires!!! Hope air quality and people are safe🙏🙏❤️
We still have little fires here and there but the air quality is a lot better now. By the way what is X10?
ShortCut Lawn, X10 is Times ten brother! Sorry 😉 (Wonderful times ten!) 👍
Looks amazing, thank you for the video. Use of Sand for lawn is so new to me and have a basic question, does it not affect the quality of the soil which roots the grass? Also how does it work when reseeding do the seeds make contact with soil easily and germinate well?
I don’t know why I find these videos so satisfying.
Absolutely brilliant! My Flymo Microlight mower (UK) didn't cut short enough 'till one day I had a brainwave...and strapped 2x2 litre lemonade bottles to it to give 'weight' to press the blade down into the grass! Those of us with just a lightweight, cheap and cheerful, hover-mower should try adding 'weight'...it worked for me! Liked very much indeed and... Subscribed!
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LOl this made me remember a physical test (but much heavier) that i had to pass for the Canadian navy, just watching it made me tired.
Loved how the grass came back prettier and stronger.
Yup it was a good workout 😎👍🏼
Wow what an amazing lawn you have there 😍
WOW didn't know you could do this just beautiful I'm going to do this on my lawn
Tied for the best lawn on youtube with Ryan Knorr.
Ok, right of the hop, well done on your lawn sir. Secondly, not the kind of music I would associate with lawn care but whatever. Now I have a new band to obsess over. Thanks for that and carry on!
Great video, all action and no long talking
USA? Nice video! Greetings from Germany! I Love your way of life!
great video...got me all excited for my levelling in the fall :)
I can’t do something like this. I have kids and my mail man and delivery guys are always walking over my lawn. I would lose it. I’m just going to aerate and reseed lmaoo.
Absolutely awesome video. Cant wait to give that a try. I have a ways to go but this video has me motivated to push forward. 👍🏻
Thank you and im glad to hear that 👊🏼😎
Great job!! This is a workout! But it could do me good to lose a couple of pounds after staying put during Covid-19. Your video is the first that I have seen a wood leveler made. I thought I had to spend a lot of money buying a metal one, but thanks to you, my husband can easily build one in the garage. Thank you! Great job! 👍
Thanks Jessica, It’s a workout for sure 👍🏼
@@ShortCutLawn well it pays off. Keep the videos coming please. Thank you. 🙏🏽
I foresee another hunny do list!
His lawn looked fantastic to me!
One of the top 3 lawns out of the youtube crew (my opinion)
I really appreciate that Davey, although I never see myself as one of the Lawn youtube crew, I don’t think I’m worthy enough 🙂
I want that mower so bad. Working on getting the lawn and ground ready. Beautiful lawn you have. 🌱🌱👍🏻👍🏻
I think you won’t be disappointed if you end up getting one
What type of mower is it
It’s Kensington by Allett
@@ShortCutLawn great thanks
Man ur lawn was perfect to begin with. Now... even more perfect-er! Way to go!
Beautiful job if I were twenty five years younger I would attempt it. Going to look for landscaper in my area!
Great video and you have a very nice and well-kept lawn. 👍👍
Very Nice!! - your work definitely paid off. Great results.
Another amazing video bro. I can't wait to start top dressing with sand next season. I will be using your video as a guide!
Thanks Clint 😎👍🏼
I own that exact aerator and my lawn is so compacted I can balance on the thing without it fully going into the ground...
My new home needs some work...
You have to water a couple days before aeration, give it a good soak first. Use a screwdriver and check if water penetrated deep enough maybe 4” or so. 👍🏼
Très bon travail!!!! C'est parfait!!
Merci
INCREDIBLE results! Thanks for update of leveler. I took screen shots.
Your videos are ASMR.
LOL. That neighboring house's "grass". They must hate you. Beautiful lawn.
Great job well worth the effort. Looks fantastic.
Hello, great job and video. Do you water the lawn after leveling each day or just let the sand naturally sink into the lawn?
I just went with my regular watering schedule.
Nice work sir, ur attention to perfection is up my alley!
Thanks 🙏🏼
You could play The Masters on that!!! ⛳️ Incredible!
Beautiful video. At what time are the seeds put? Is it sown first and then the sand spread?
Thanks. 👍🏼 No seeds were sawn on this video, the lawn is already stablished I just added sand for leveling.
Very satisfying to watch. Like the other comments, your lawn was level to me even before the project. Very tempted to try on my lawn. But it is under a huge oak tree and has lots of roots. Not sure if sand leveling would work this well though.
Good video thank you! I will try thats . I have a question about watering and not many people talk about it, what advice do you have?
Nothing special, just continue with your regular watering schedule.
Wow, great work, your lawn looks awesome 😎🤘👍
Wow!!!! Very nice work....never seen this before . Good job!!!
PERFECT LAWN!👍👍👍 I will do my lawn. What kind of do I need to buy sand and which season is better?
Mason sand or fill sand. Autumn is the best time if you have cool season grass
ShortCut Lawn Thank you so much for your help..👍😘
That's guy has a lot of patience 😅. The aeration process was a pain. Good work.
Kudos to you for manually aerating that entire area. I manually aerated small areas when I filled in a few bare spots and it was exhausting.
Yeah it wasn’t easy but having watered the lawn helps. 👍🏼
@@ShortCutLawn that could be why it was so tough for me. I didn't water at all before I manually aerated 😀😀
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Seriously, I'm on super heavy clay. That much square footage with a manual aerator would mean a trip to the chiropractor!
Seriously, your lawn looked top notch even before the leveling. One question though, did you do anything to the lawn after you leveled it to make sure the grass grew back? Thanks.
Just regular watering schedule afterwards, I did though put some high nitrogen fertilizer a week prior to leveling to boost top growth.
looks really good, what kind of sand do you use?
That Bluebank monostand that you have is looking fantastic. KBG is king of all grasses!!!
My Bluebank monostand is my front lawn, I did overseeded this lawn with bluebank last year.
ShortCut Lawn
I remember the 2019 renovation. I’ve seen all your renovation videos.
My mistake. It was Nuglade KBG then the Bluebank overseeding. Looking forward to seeing more of your test plot results.
I should have an update sometime this weekend 👍🏼
Your yard is fantastic incredible 👏!
Hello your lawn is so fantastic 8:01 ❤ After top dressing was done have you watered the lawn or it is just increased the sand in the last next week? Thank you ❤
I kept my regular watering schedule.
@@ShortCutLawn okay thanks but after top dressing was done watered the lawn or you just were waiting for the next watering has came?
I love it..❤️👍🏼.. great job. 👏👏 the hard work paid off.
Amazing video so great to watch. Cant believe you hand plugged that lawn so perfectly. How much sq. Footage is your lawn. I see you used less than 2 tons of sand. Ill be doing this in spring.
Thanks! About 1,500sq/ft
I actually loved this video! You make it look so easy. Did the plugs go in the compost?
I used it to fill in a low spot in the front garden.
The editing to include an areal shot is just topnotch. Not fair when your pre leveled lawn is better than mine.
Absolutely gorgeous ❤️
Top job and brilliant watching it happen ☮️
That just look flawless! Wow
great job, thanks for sharing
Awesome job!! You didn’t have to put grass seed down? And why sand vs top soil?
Perfectly level is bad for water run off, needs to be sloped to mitigate it. Also, how do you keep the Poa out of your lawn?
Level is relative.
I leveled and “sloped” the whole yard back in 2018.
I pluck all the weeds/poa by hand whenever I see them.
You made that aeration look easy mine just clogs and doesn't remove plugs
Great job lawn is beautiful
This guy is a machine!!!
what brand aerator is that
Приятно смотреть на Вашу работу. Отличный результат. Молодец. 👍🏻
Gorgeous. What type of grass are you using? YOu should help your neighbors with their grass.
Thank you, Kentucky Bluegrass.
Congratulations. Greate video. I notticed you answer a couple of times about the sand you are using. I'm watching from Mexico and the "fill sand" that we use is very much different. The one you are using is sand from a river? Do you think silica sand might work as well?
I am inspired by your videos! great job
How do you edge the lawn? Plastic?
Same way you would with a concrete edging/border.
@@ShortCutLawn I believe I have seen something black and round there in 7:16 can you let me know? Thanks❤️
Dang! That was satisfying to watch.
Great job.. what type of sand is it?
And what type of grass? .
Can't beat a good mower ,I have a atco 👌 great job 👍😷
Looks absolutely marvellous, I've been trying to level my lawns with sieved soil from my borders and the lawn is better but has a couple of small slightly bare areas that need attention. I will try sand next time, can anyone recommend what type of sand would be the best and where can I buy it from.
Beautimous, Awesome looking lawn.
One of the greatest lawn leveling video i have ever come across. Looks amazing. What's the name of the mower? I wanted to buy it.
Allett Kensington
Is sand better for lawn? Which kind of sand did you use?
How did the rye hold up in cA summer? Curious as that cultivar is very nice but scared of our harsh summers
Amazing job.
Nice! If I was going to do this but I wanted to overseed, should I put the sand down first and then seed or seed before sand?
Any tips with the manual lawn aerator? Mine always gets clogged after 5-10 minutes.. Thanks and great video by the way !!
I noticed that it clogs whenever you hit a dry spot, what I do is go to a moist section and that should push out the dry stuck plugs.
So a good moist soil is the key.
Awesome job! If I used sand on my lawn I would have concrete. Only fine sifted soil allowed on clay.
I agree, sand is a bad idea to mix with high clay soil.
In Georgia we do it all the time with no negative effects.
Question for you. How would you combine this sort of more major leveling with your earlier "lawn rejuvenation" videos? I have a decent dip in my backyard that I"m planning on attacking next spring. However, I also need to do a full rejuvenation. I was planning on following your 4 step video series that I believe you did earlier this year. Would you recommend doing the rejuvenation first (in the spring), and then tackling more major leveling (that this video shows) later in the summer/early fall?
Brad,. assuming you have a cool season turf, yes spring would be the best time to rejuvenate your lawn, get your over-seeding and top dressing done and keep your lawn healthy throughout summer then come early fall when temps starts cooling down do your heavy leveling. Leveling with sand Will initially Stress out your lawn so make sure you give enough time to recover before winter hits. Good luck 😎👍🏼
@@ShortCutLawn thank you sir! Appreciate it.
(And yes, cool season lawn up here in the PNW).
I enjoyed the video. Been doing some research on how to level and overseed my tall fescue lawn in SoCal.
Can overseeding be done after aerating and before applying the sand? Or will the sand hinder germination? Any recommendations for how best to both level and overseed?
Last year I over-seeded before a light leveling with about 1/4” of material. And this years leveling i went heavy with about 1-2” material. If I opted to overseed this year I would do it after leveling then lightly rake it to bury the seeds. Key thing is you don’t wanna bury the seeds too deep. 👍🏼
and yes you can overseed after aerating
Thank you!
Great job, man! Did you have any spots where grass didn't pop up ? What was grass height when you applied sand ?
Yes one tiny strip, after not seeing grass after 5 days i got worried and removed about an inch of sand, it was all good and green after 5 more days.
It was at my regular mowing height of 5/8”