Too cute - your youngest child coming out to watch daddy working, then wandering around like some peat handed godzilla! When my kids watch me, their daddy, i'm mostly saying, "bloody hell" far too much. I have bare earth I cut and am about to topsoil and sow my first grass. Cheers from Oxford, UK!
Grass daddy what brand of peat moss did you buy. Thanks for sharing the rake info and this video. Amazing info. Just would like to know what kind of peat moss you used as there are several to choose from. Some are organic as well.
The best part was watching the kiddos running around, while you were trying to rake the moss. Awesome job! Thanks for the video. My husband is trying to grow grass as well.
I love to see when kids get interested in what their parents are doing and want to help. They are so smart they will get what you're doing so fast it's incredible.
I just got my Groundskeeper 2 rake yesterday and it is no joke! It grabs everything it touches and I had no idea how much dead grass I had hidden in my lawn. Well worth the money.
Came across this. And noticed your babies are no longer babies. Gotta new one baking and just wanna say 1 dad to another that’s the joy of watching something grow. 🤞🏾
Those are the best times. Those kids are having so much fun. My son used to sit on my shoulders while I mowed the lawn (push mower) 3/4acre and he loved it.
As soon as Mommy dropped off the two little ones on the step I said, "uh-ohhh." haha Each new bag got them deeper and deeper. And then the rest! Adorable.
Your video was very helpful and the peat moss works a lot better than straw to cover grass seeds in the Spring and retained moisture for the grass seeds.
That different bale of peat moss probably occurred when in the extraction process at the peat farm, they hit a vein of perhaps clay or just part of the topsoil if as you say, it was a little harder and had clumps mixed in. Your outcome should be no different. Great prep job as you got the kids to tamp it in for you.
I just bought two of those rakes, and emailed the company to mention your video. Man, this is something I've been looking for! I keep buying rakes, and each one is worse than the last. Doesn't sound like much, but I don't really like raking anyway! Good tools always help.
lol ironically we took their tablets away when they were watching youtube videos without asking. they'll bring it up every birthday and ask for them back but I'm OK with them not having them!
If i could give a million likes i would you did an awsome job on your lawn the children had us laughing so hard i used black cow manure an peat moss from walmart great job keep up the good work...
11:27 Cyathus stercoreus, commonly known as the dung-loving bird's nest, is a species of fungus in the genus Cyathus, family Nidulariaceae. Like other species in the Nidulariaceae, the fruiting bodies of C. stercoreus resemble tiny bird's nests filled with eggs.
Thankz for the peat moss tip its been a weak n my grass spouted i tried almost everything... N plus it looks good even when first put on the lawn. I work in landscape n nobody has even heard of peat moss so ima spread the word haha thankz again man
A laid down peat moss for my new seed. It rained a couple days ago and the peat moss stayed wet the day after, even with no watering and some sun. Should I keep putting water on it or just let it be, even though it looks wet?
I'm about ready to do this and my question is if you just put peat moss over the grass you don't like or is that just dirt you're putting the peat moss on?
Tobias Remy haha nah man they sent me a free rake after I shot the video (a friend let me borrow his) but I dont get paid. I genuinely prefer this rake for peat moss ;)
Great video. I put pete moss down a few days ago. Can you put more pete moss down if the birds start attacking the seed? I didnt use as much as you did.
Man, the kids get to have all the fun and we the parents get to clean them up. Youth is a wonderful thing. I am replanting my yard, too. I've killed and tilled. Going to get a some screened top soil and till that in with the existing soil. I will be planting in the summer. Fortunately, I have an in ground sprinkler system. I'll make any adjustments in the fall. Any tips? I'll take them. Wish me luck.
Also, I dethached my lawn too low and now i have patches all over the lawn. It looks horrible. I blew off all the thatch, seeded, fertilized And threw down pete moss. I never raked the seed into soil b.c i still have grass. Watering 3x a day 7 min each cycle.
I would like to say I'm enjoying this lawn series very much! It's so fun to see all this hard work come to a beautiful lawn. If I must say, I do have maybe one tip for you not trying to bash you or anything but I feel like all those wired grasses and weeds growing is from excess water. If I remember in the comments from a previous video you said you would water 5 times a day 10 minutes a day but you said your sprinkler put out an inch in an hour. So over the course of the day you watering basically an inch of water a day which is way to much for seed. It's even bad if it's established as well as over the course of the few weeks would drown the roots. In my opinion and from what I read watched grass seeds need to be just moist which means lightly water 2 times a day, 3 max. Maybe if you cut some water out the grass seeds could germinate quicker and you will save lots of water.
It's actually clover :( I didn't get it fully killed before the reno. Thankfully the mesotrione in the starter fert is turning it white. As for watering, I'm monitoring it throughout the day.. On hot sunny days the light sprays help but with the overcast rainy days I've had to turn it off.
How many cubic ft was you bags of peat moss? I have 16,000 sqft to cover and by the calculation for 3 cubic ft bags it would take 111 bags at 1/4 of an in. Each bag costing 23 bucks. Crazy.
Man, your really doing a great job with your channel. Very informative and no fluff. Did you ever work in landscaping? I'm about to aerate and overseed my lawn in a 2 to 3 weeks. It's been way to hot and dry where I live in Suburban DC so far to do anything yet
+Ousama Abdu thanks! Nah it just became my hobby with 5 kids. I work at a PC all day and need to get outside. This I can do a bit here and there every day in between working and dance dad driving haha
Great dad good work, especially when the outside is done and you head in for bath time for the peat moss kids and the youngest one with a load of peat moss in his diaper.
Yea, the youngest had a load. I am not sure if it was peetmoss though. Why give a bath? Just hose them off and they should be good to go. If you have to do an extra step, give them some soap to rub on. No need to do the same job twice.
what do you recommend for areas with a lot of water run off? I am having a hard time planting grass because when it rains the water is taking it away. In heavy rains, it almost forms a small stream.
I used Tackifier after the germination blankets failed me. It worked great. We had 7 inches of rain after I put seed down, and not even the sharpest part of the slope washed away: th-cam.com/video/sDLT5Tx_TvM/w-d-xo.html
I used 9 bales. I should have used more for the 5k. The areas I missed didn't really germinate well as it was in direct sun with no peat moss over the top. The areas I went heavy came in real good.
a couple things i do know about peat moss is 1. Its a now renewable resource, once they have harvested all the peat bogs, thats it no more. 2. it becomes hydrophobic if allowed to dry out, anybody that has used a peat based potting soil can attest to that. If you water a really dry peat potting soil it runs off the top and down the cracks.3. its acidic, it will move your ph in high enough quantities. that is all for now
I've read that some peat moss is renewable and some isn't. I'm not sure either way but I don't have a problem using it. It does get hydrophobic but it's important to keep the soil moist while seeding. When the peat turns a different color it's easy to see you aren't watering enough ;-)
I need some advice, new lawn from wooded area( cut down the trees, removed the stumps, going to rock hound it to get most of the rocks and bigger debris off) the soil is good, it was a wooded area "forest" so the ground is dark and rich looking for top soil. Do you think I can get away with just tilling the top inch or two to fluff it up to accept grass seed for a new lawn then after seeding, rolling it to push the seed down into the soil for watering? Or do you think I need to top dress on top of new seed or at least use straw? really hoping rolling it will be enough
What brand Peat Moss did you use? Did you do anything special in between seeding and putting peat moss down to keep the seed from moving when you raked in the peat moss? thanks!
Could you put the name of the rake in the comments? Thanks Was the pete moss organic? Do you recommend it for fixing bare spots? The childern are the stars🌟🌟🌟 great family 👍👍
I just seeded my lawn and put 1/4th inch of pete moss layer over it. Do we need to wait until germination or should we apply pete moss immediately after seeding?
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Grass Daddy ,great job,I watch all your video's, i have learned alot,i will continue watching, thanks
the one bag of peat moss is dry...thats all
Too cute - your youngest child coming out to watch daddy working, then wandering around like some peat handed godzilla! When my kids watch me, their daddy, i'm mostly saying, "bloody hell" far too much. I have bare earth I cut and am about to topsoil and sow my first grass. Cheers from Oxford, UK!
Haha Haha...those helpers.... awesome.
Grass daddy what brand of peat moss did you buy. Thanks for sharing the rake info and this video. Amazing info. Just would like to know what kind of peat moss you used as there are several to choose from. Some are organic as well.
The best part was watching the kiddos running around, while you were trying to rake the moss. Awesome job! Thanks for the video. My husband is trying to grow grass as well.
I love to see when kids get interested in what their parents are doing and want to help. They are so smart they will get what you're doing so fast it's incredible.
+i.rodriguez yeah it makes it fun!
Them babies are darlin!
Every time I purchased Pete Moss it was like a brick.
I just got my Groundskeeper 2 rake yesterday and it is no joke! It grabs everything it touches and I had no idea how much dead grass I had hidden in my lawn. Well worth the money.
Came across this. And noticed your babies are no longer babies. Gotta new one baking and just wanna say 1 dad to another that’s the joy of watching something grow. 🤞🏾
I'm getting such a kick out of your kids playing in the yard. They are so cute!! More kids need to get out and play in dirt!
haha thanks! they love watching this video too
So am I. Too cute!!😁
wonderful video, full of dirt, kids, and a great rake!!! Thanks for posting!!!
It's great to see kids out in the yard playing and having fun. Laughed watching the young one getting dirty and being a kid!
I like the little guys having fun
Never mind the great rake, the best of your video are your kids, love to watch them play and get all brown🥰😂👍
thank you for the video, it was very helpful. You have beautiful children. They made the video so much more fun. Thanks for posting.
Those are the best times. Those kids are having so much fun. My son used to sit on my shoulders while I mowed the lawn (push mower) 3/4acre and he loved it.
If you're a homeowner the Groundskeeper is a must have!
pro's too!
As soon as Mommy dropped off the two little ones on the step I said, "uh-ohhh." haha Each new bag got them deeper and deeper. And then the rest! Adorable.
Those kids are too cute! God bless you!
I loved watching your helpers!
Love your helper tamping down peat moss
Diaper man looked like he was having fun
Your video was very helpful and the peat moss works a lot better than straw to cover grass seeds in the Spring and retained moisture for the grass seeds.
That different bale of peat moss probably occurred when in the extraction process at the peat farm, they hit a vein of perhaps clay or just part of the topsoil if as you say, it was a little harder and had clumps mixed in. Your outcome should be no different. Great prep job as you got the kids to tamp it in for you.
Look at the little baby...so cute!
You look like a good Dad. Keep up the good work.
OK, I'm ready for a new rake and some peat moss! How do I keep the yard from filling up with little kids? Is there a spray for that?
I just bought two of those rakes, and emailed the company to mention your video. Man, this is something I've been looking for! I keep buying rakes, and each one is worse than the last. Doesn't sound like much, but I don't really like raking anyway! Good tools always help.
I found pepper spray works well for that, just don't spray them with water or they will never go away.
To keep the kids away, I'd set up a sprinkler in the backyard. Bathing suits required. Except the one in the diaper, he's good to go.
😂
Leonard Pearlman 😂
Perfect video and great recommendation on the rake. It was hard to find at a decent price, but I finally snagged one.
Had me chuckling seeing the kids get dirty . Nice to see
yeah they had a blast!
Your little helpers are cute!
Good video. Awesome to see those kids out getting dirty and not playing video games! lol Don't see that much anymore
lol ironically we took their tablets away when they were watching youtube videos without asking. they'll bring it up every birthday and ask for them back but I'm OK with them not having them!
You have a lovely family!
its 2020 Where are they today. Not the Grass but the Pete Moss Kids? Reminds me of my two girls rolling in all my lawn product..lol
Question: did put the grass seed down before or after laying down the peat moss?
If i could give a million likes i would you did an awsome job on your lawn the children had us laughing so hard i used black cow manure an peat moss from walmart great job keep up the good work...
Haha thanks!!
lovely, 12 minutes watching someone spread peat moss around
I just love these kids!
Thanks, i got my answer as to how many bags of peat moss i need.
Glad I could help!
Awesome! Thanks for explaining the peat vs compost choice. I bought some compost but it was so wet and clumpy.
Your welcome! Yeah the peat moss is a lot easier to spread
Grass Daddy The kids playing in the Peet moss and rain is so darn cute!!!
+SmartSavingMama thanks!! they love watching that video over and over hehe
My abs hurt just watching all that raking! Nice work
With that rake it was a breeze!
Love this video, what a great " Grass Daddy"
That rake is awesome!
yeah it's pure genious!
How lovely to see the kids having fun while learning about everyday life. Education by osmosis. This daddy rules!
yes we homeschool and try to get them involved as much as possible!
I know a few city folks cringed when they saw the babies HAVING FUN in the dirt lol
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Cyathus stercoreus, commonly known as the dung-loving bird's nest, is a species of fungus in the genus Cyathus, family Nidulariaceae. Like other species in the Nidulariaceae, the fruiting bodies of C. stercoreus resemble tiny bird's nests filled with eggs.
Freaky to see!
loved this video not for your hard work but for the cute kids :-)
I love the babies in the dirt lol !!
In what month did you do this thinking about doing the same thing to my yard
Thankz for the peat moss tip its been a weak n my grass spouted i tried almost everything... N plus it looks good even when first put on the lawn. I work in landscape n nobody has even heard of peat moss so ima spread the word haha thankz again man
The baby in the video added so much to this!!!
Do the kids grow any faster after they played in peat-moss?? So frikkin funny!!!!!
A laid down peat moss for my new seed. It rained a couple days ago and the peat moss stayed wet the day after, even with no watering and some sun. Should I keep putting water on it or just let it be, even though it looks wet?
The lighter colored peat moss is gluten free. ;)
+The Lawn Care Nut I specifically ask for extra glutens! Haha
lawn care nut and grass daddy in one place? :mindblown:
Lawn Care Nut yes Lawn Daddy , not so much.
Well played!
I'm about ready to do this and my question is if you just put peat moss over the grass you don't like or is that just dirt you're putting the peat moss on?
The peat moss goes over the grass seed. It then holds moisture on top of the seed so it can germinate.
Great vid. GOTTA keep the kids running around in future videos, that was awesome
Haha yeah they always come out when they see me outside
The man is "Astro-turfing" while actually turfing. I salute you sir. Congrats on selling more rakes.
Tobias Remy haha nah man they sent me a free rake after I shot the video (a friend let me borrow his) but I dont get paid. I genuinely prefer this rake for peat moss ;)
Great idea about spreading peat moss, watching the little helpers made me chuckle, oh wow such a cute video.
I really enjoyed this video!!! Great father!!!!!!! Awesome!!!!
Beautiful kids💚
I love the look on the baby's face when you open that bag of peat moss in front of him hahahaha
Where did you put the grass seed?
What is that look green in the sides, like netted grass?
What did u use for that slope. Was it the Pennington seed mat?
Great video. I put pete moss down a few days ago. Can you put more pete moss down if the birds start attacking the seed? I didnt use as much as you did.
I subscribed just to see the kids !!! Hilarious!
Hello sir do you seed and fertilize grass before you lay the fresh peat moss thanks a mil
I'll seed first so the peat moss covers the seed. Fertilizer order doesn't really matter.
Thanks for the info..great video
Man, the kids get to have all the fun and we the parents get to clean them up. Youth is a wonderful thing.
I am replanting my yard, too. I've killed and tilled. Going to get a some screened top soil and till that in with the existing soil. I will be planting in the summer. Fortunately, I have an in ground sprinkler system. I'll make any adjustments in the fall. Any tips? I'll take them. Wish me luck.
Did you overseen first, then top-dress or seed after ?
The children are a hoot... they stole the show... to cute
Also, I dethached my lawn too low and now i have patches all over the lawn. It looks horrible. I blew off all the thatch, seeded, fertilized And threw down pete moss. I never raked the seed into soil b.c i still have grass. Watering 3x a day 7 min each cycle.
Not to sound like a hater but I’m pretty sure it should be a light layer. Guess grass type and results speak for themselves tho!
Have you already put grassseed down before applying the peat moss?
SAMANTHA HAWKINS yes
I would like to say I'm enjoying this lawn series very much! It's so fun to see all this hard work come to a beautiful lawn. If I must say, I do have maybe one tip for you not trying to bash you or anything but I feel like all those wired grasses and weeds growing is from excess water. If I remember in the comments from a previous video you said you would water 5 times a day 10 minutes a day but you said your sprinkler put out an inch in an hour. So over the course of the day you watering basically an inch of water a day which is way to much for seed. It's even bad if it's established as well as over the course of the few weeks would drown the roots. In my opinion and from what I read watched grass seeds need to be just moist which means lightly water 2 times a day, 3 max. Maybe if you cut some water out the grass seeds could germinate quicker and you will save lots of water.
It's actually clover :( I didn't get it fully killed before the reno. Thankfully the mesotrione in the starter fert is turning it white. As for watering, I'm monitoring it throughout the day.. On hot sunny days the light sprays help but with the overcast rainy days I've had to turn it off.
ahaha! Love to watch the kids play in it! So adorable: ) Great job too!
The Worcester, MA free compost comes with pulverized plastic and wire pieces. Nothing grows in it.
Old peat moss bales.
I am watching you use pear moss as a top dressing when overseeding. I am new at this. Do you seed prior to the peat moss or afterwards? Confused in CT
How many cubic ft was you bags of peat moss? I have 16,000 sqft to cover and by the calculation for 3 cubic ft bags it would take 111 bags at 1/4 of an in. Each bag costing 23 bucks. Crazy.
Man, your really doing a great job with your channel. Very informative and no fluff. Did you ever work in landscaping?
I'm about to aerate and overseed my lawn in a 2 to 3 weeks. It's been way to hot and dry where I live in Suburban DC so far to do anything yet
+Ousama Abdu thanks! Nah it just became my hobby with 5 kids. I work at a PC all day and need to get outside. This I can do a bit here and there every day in between working and dance dad driving haha
Came here for advice and love
Your video. Kids are so cute.
Thanks!
I subscribed just because you let the boys be boys. Cheers
Where can you buy these kind of rake
How many square feet do you have, what brand of peat moss did you use? Thanks
did you look into using bales of hydromulch? like the bales of wood fiber or straw they load into a hydroseeder?
I looked at what was easily available in my area. I've heard of others using it with good success though.
Your kids are funny!! good video.
Great dad good work, especially when the outside is done and you head in for bath time for the peat moss kids and the youngest one with a load of peat moss in his diaper.
Haha yeah just hose em down before the bath so you don't clog the drain =P
Yea, the youngest had a load. I am not sure if it was peetmoss though.
Why give a bath? Just hose them off and they should be good to go. If you have to do an extra step, give them some soap to rub on. No need to do the same job twice.
A peat moss roller would have been much easier. But great job with the rake.
what do you recommend for areas with a lot of water run off? I am having a hard time planting grass because when it rains the water is taking it away. In heavy rains, it almost forms a small stream.
I used Tackifier after the germination blankets failed me. It worked great. We had 7 inches of rain after I put seed down, and not even the sharpest part of the slope washed away: th-cam.com/video/sDLT5Tx_TvM/w-d-xo.html
Hahaaaa them little ones just having fun at this
They love to watch the videos of themselves still to this day lol
What do you think about the round up for weeds? Can it be used before over seeding?
Yes and no. Depends how long after you'll be laying seed.
Nice job! How many bails of peat moss did you use, and how many square feet did you cover? Thanks
I used 9 bales. I should have used more for the 5k. The areas I missed didn't really germinate well as it was in direct sun with no peat moss over the top. The areas I went heavy came in real good.
Thank you for the information
Does peat moss contain nutrients like compost that your grass requires?
What is the point of peat moss?? What value does it add to the lawn?
It holds moisture for the grass seed, germination time and % are drastically better
a couple things i do know about peat moss is 1. Its a now renewable resource, once they have harvested all the peat bogs, thats it no more. 2. it becomes hydrophobic if allowed to dry out, anybody that has used a peat based potting soil can attest to that. If you water a really dry peat potting soil it runs off the top and down the cracks.3. its acidic, it will move your ph in high enough quantities. that is all for now
I've read that some peat moss is renewable and some isn't. I'm not sure either way but I don't have a problem using it. It does get hydrophobic but it's important to keep the soil moist while seeding. When the peat turns a different color it's easy to see you aren't watering enough ;-)
I kept watching because it was fun watching kids play in the dirt!
Haha we've watched that video as a family over and over. They get a kick out of it every time!
I need some advice, new lawn from wooded area( cut down the trees, removed the stumps, going to rock hound it to get most of the rocks and bigger debris off) the soil is good, it was a wooded area "forest" so the ground is dark and rich looking for top soil. Do you think I can get away with just tilling the top inch or two to fluff it up to accept grass seed for a new lawn then after seeding, rolling it to push the seed down into the soil for watering? Or do you think I need to top dress on top of new seed or at least use straw? really hoping rolling it will be enough
Your boys stole the show! Well done! Sorry posted b4 your daughter became the star lol
You say "bales" of peat moss but in what size? How many cubic feet per your packages?
thankks for the info ... the kids make the video so much fun
yes they sure do!
What brand Peat Moss did you use? Did you do anything special in between seeding and putting peat moss down to keep the seed from moving when you raked in the peat moss? thanks!
+Erin Lee just whatever home depot had and nothing special about the seed moving. im not raking hard just pulling the peat moss
Cute kids! Nice rake. Have you done a video on it yet? What brand is it.
I did leaf raking with it: th-cam.com/video/WtRu4eHOZd0/w-d-xo.html link in the description, it's The Groundskeeper II
Could you put the name of the rake in the comments? Thanks Was the pete moss organic? Do you recommend it for fixing bare spots? The childern are the stars🌟🌟🌟 great family 👍👍
I just seeded my lawn and put 1/4th inch of pete moss layer over it. Do we need to wait until germination or should we apply pete moss immediately after seeding?
When you put the seed down, it helps retain moisture for faster germination
immediately after seeding. You can wait 3 days to fertilize if your overseeding. If new seed just fertilize immediately as well.
At the start of the video you remind me of ace Ventura when he is in the fish tank looking at the camera.