Lawn Leveling with Topsoil | Lawn Renovation | Part 2 - Preparing for Ryegrass Seeding
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- This is the Lawn Leveling vid, part 2 of 2 videos . Each one shares my experience leveling my yard with a top quality soil blend.
The gorilla cart I used in this video: amzn.to/3wJ4AH3 (for those wondering)
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See you soon,
Jason
Any new videos coming? Would love to see your lawn after established
Thank you for not yelling into the microphone and I like that trick you did, staking down the PVC. Ill have to remember that one.
Thanks for watching!
I have a feeling he's built a few paver patios in his life.
Jason, you are truly "the bomb" when it comes to concise teaching videos for us needy folk!
Outstanding tutorial. Great content and excellent delivery. One of the best tutorials I have seen on the internet dealing with lawn leveling and preparation for seeding. The emphasis on the right soil mix to insure good conditions for strong turf is right on. Spend the time to do it right from the start and much of your future lawn maintenance will be much easier. Thank you very much. Subscribed.
The challenge I see is 1. finding really good topsoil without too many chunks of wood in it. 2. doing this when there isn't going to be a torrential rain downpour that ruins all the fine work you've done. Thanks for sharing a great 2 videos on this.
Oh how I wish I was young again to be able to do this. It needs it desperately. Thanks. Great vid.
thank you sir! this video makes it seem much less intimidating and more exciting.
Thank you so much, best video ever on this topic.
Respect on your yard, you motivated me. I hoping to level my front yard and was a little intimidated on where to start, but knowing I can use sample tools to get it done is exciting.
You can do it!
Great job on these videos, using pvc and a 2x4, super cheap and easy. Thank you.
Thats a smart way to level a new lawn!
I have added 5mm pure compost to my existing one and drag a selfmade lawnlevel over it. Over the years this process wil make the Soil better and level the lawn at the same time.
Yes indeed I really love the composting! Thanks for watching Miky!
Awesome job! I'm waiting on your seeding video.
Loving the leveling trick over here in the UK, will use this myself, very impressive!
Thanks sir! Appreciate the compliment!
You just helped my husband not destroy our lawn lol thanks great video, ep texas 👍🏾
Just came across your page , so far I’m immediately looking forward to seeing your videos and definitely just subscribed to your channel. The pvc pipe definitely the coolest thing I’ve seen so far from anyone. Seen just about everything on UA-cam but yours seems like it’s going to be a great channel. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Anthony! I appreciate the shout out! More videos to come!👍
I got one of those wagons from Tractor supply and Love it!!
That was a genius way of doing it.
Looks great! The pipe trick was just what I needed. Thanks! You’ve got yourself a new subscriber.
Thank you! Thanks for watching
What if the ground is not level how do you use the pipes
Great video and thought provoking methods shown by you. Your method of leveling up to the cement edging was an obvious way to do it but it hadn't twigged with me until i saw you do it. The whole video was excellent. Thank you.
Thank you for watching!
The best video on the subject yet! thanks
I love your leveling 2/4 great idea👌
Enjoyed watching. That was a lot of hard work!
Nicely done Sir! We just added a concrete patio to our 40 year old home and we needed advice on what to do next with the yard! This makes so much sense! I really appreciate all the detail you have added to the video! I feel pretty confident now! Subscribed as well! Thank you!
I like the form and meaning you give to your videos, they help me a lot.
(I also have grass at home that I want to look like with yours, thank you. Paraguay)
New subscriber here, can't wait till you upload future videos on your lawn. I'm getting ideas on how to renovate my backyard and I'm definitely going to incorporate the way you leveled your topsoil. Thank you for sharing
Thank you! Now I’m ready to get my lawn fixed!
precision grading. Awesome!
You're so relaxing to watch and very good at editing. Was looking up yardscape ideas and glad I clicked 👌👌💯💯💯
Thanks for the compliments!
I wish I had your energy. I have a beautiful lawn except for a depression that just developed over a couple of days. I'm hoping it's just settling (new construction a year ago). I'll be filling it 1/2 inch at a a time until I get it back up to level. Going to take a couple months but I don't want to kill my grass in the process. Nice video and nice job.
Thanks for watching! Yes, lawn leveling is a process over time, especially when you aren’t doing a renovation like I did.
This was really helpful! thanks for sharing
Good ideas
Thanks!
Great work my dude very impressed lot of things I just learned be back for more look forward to the new videos
Excellent video and tips, you do great work.
Thanks!
Haven't read the many comments but have a recommendation to lower the compacted compost a couple of inches below the top of sidewalks and driveways. You want the mowed surface of the new lawn to be level with the concrete. Also this avoids ponding issues when the turf is above the concrete.
beautiful work thanks for the visual
Thanks for watching!
Great video. Well filmed!
Looking forward for the other filmed parts of preping/ growing new lawn. Currently in the process of leveling so would be awesome to see further steps on what to do :)
Thank You for this.
Great video thanks for all the tips
Thanks Katrina! And thanks for watching!
Awesome video - Where's Part 3?
Best video on lawn leveling thus far. Thanks. Something about using sand (all the other videos that didn’t sit right with me.
good work sir.
Hi Jason. I have just watched your informative video. You made it look so easy when putting the topsoil down and a brilliant way to level it all. Its a process I will be using from now on as I have low points on my back and front lawn. Keep up the good work. All the way from Lanarkshire in Scotland.
Thanks for watching and I’m glad I can be helpful to you! Great to hear from you in Lanarkshire!
Wow, Scotland! How cool!!!
Greetings from Southern California!
Thanks for watching!
Easy, smooth smart video, thanks
Thanks for watching!
Great video now I know exactly what to purchase ( soil 50/50 ) thanks 🤙
Thanks for making this video! Subscribed, I look forward to seeing more on the rolling and seeding of the lawn if you're making more content.
Please give us an update on how the lawns doing, I'd love to see some progress!
Great 2 videos. Would like to see more content on this.
Fantastic thanks so much for teaching me how to do this
Thank you man. I just bought a new construction they basically just graded a swell in the middle of the back yard. I plan on doing this and filling with topsoil to even things out. I just had a 4 inch slab poured so that will be a good level point for my grass.
I love it. Thanks for watching and I hope your lawn turns out great!
@@jasongarringer12 Thanks, I have hard clay similar to you. I'm in Sacramento. I am going to rototill it a bit to take an inch or two off then fill with top soil, wet and fill again. Do you have any seed recommendations? The big boxes obviously push Scotts 50/50 shade and sun mix but I just want something that will germinate and not be spotty. I want to save some money by going seed over sod.
Well, I think Sacramento has a lot of heat in the summer, like I have here in Texas. You might get consider doing what I do. I have bermudagrass growing in the spring and summer, and it lasts even into the fall. But when weather gets cold and the days get shorter, bermudagrass goes dormant and turns brown for the winter. For me, That’s the perfect time to overseed the lawn with perennial ryegrass. That way, I can have that beautiful green color until it turns warm again. At that time, I can spray out the ryegrass and let the bermudagrass come back to life.
@@jasongarringer12 Just an update. Everything is all good. I went with Sod. My neighbor gave me a few hundred sq ft of a form of Blue grass. then i filled out the rest with Lowes sod. Its so healthy by adding the top soil mix. Im very happy and proud. My yard looks good. Wife is happy (thank god)
Great video thanks a bunch
Superb contents. Thank you 🙏🏻
Thank you! And thanks for watching!
Thanks for the ideas
My pleasure! Thanks for watching Alan!
This is the first lawn video (or any video for that matter) that I've seen that has zero dislikes. You the man!
Thanks! Appreciate it!
I use my chicken manure that I compost from my coop and my chicken run. My garden and yard loves it!
I believe chicken litter is one of the best additives for a compost pile!
I still waiting on the other videos 🥺
Well done
Thanks Aaron
🤩 wow looks great.
Thanks!
Using a long 2x4 with hook screws at each end and then a rope connecting each each really helps pull along the 2x4 for easy flattening. As opposed to the method used in the video. Good pointers either way. Just thought I’d add a little easy step for others
Living in the western part of Virginia (Hills not Mountains) you feeling the need to level this yard makes me laugh. It was level by most standards as it was. Just ribbing you a bit!! Good job!
Lol. Yeah I hear it’s steep in the WV hills!
Really great Video. Hoping for more content. Subscribed! Thank you!
Excellent advice!
Thanks Veronique!
nice
Can you please send me a link for the wagon you used to do your yard
Videos are great! Thanks for explaining!! I want to do the same! 😎
Great job, you busted it on this one.
Thanks Ismael!
You are a good looking fella.
Great idea on how to level the soil. Will be installing KBG sod this Spring and will want to get it as flat as possible. I mow below 1" with my Liberty 43. I also have the Earthwise 7 blade , Fiskars and Great States mowers as well and I was using the Earthwise daily and The Allett on the weekends so I could stripe. The Earthwise was the best of the 3 manual reel mowers to me to minimize the washboard effect and if you mow in multiple directions they do go away. I have a small lawn so it's easier to do that. Oh and you have been subbed by Striperman too :)
Thanks Striperman! I’ve watched your videos too! I bought an old Greensmaster 1600 that I plan on fixing up. It runs and cuts but could use some maintenance. Thanks for sub’ing!
@@jasongarringer12 Nice, will look out for the reno on the Greensmaster. Thanks for the sub back too
Simple, just some sweat equity.... Going to level and tier my backyard.
some after footage would have totally taken this video over the top.....but thanks for the information - moving into a new home in a couple weeks and the backyard is horrendous!! lol
...nice. A Michael Builds intro
Great video. I installed sod last year and i can still see the seams in lawn. I'm going to do this and overseed.
RIP Jason 😢
I realize this is not so much about lawn leveling for over-seeding and lawn repair as it is leveling by hand with minimal equipment to prepare an area for seeding or sod installation. Also, a three-way mix of soil composed of 1/3 topsoil, 1/3 peat or compost, 1/3 sand works very well for this purpose. Thanks again.
Thanks for watching (and the kind words!)
Nice work! Buy sod at Home Depot in season for an instant lawn!
Great videos. And I’m eyeballing that gorilla cart!
Thanks Melissa! Yes that cart was great!
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@JasonGarringer Great job on the video man! Your editing skills are off the charts. Keep up the good work. I can see you being at 100k subs real quick!
Thanks Joey!
Very interesting and informative. After you laid the soil mix, you said you were going to water it for it to compact, but of course it rained. Did you roll it before it rained or after? Thank you.
Wonderful job. Where can see the video of the seeds? Greetings from France 🇫🇷
I love it!. I trying my best to get ready to the EXACT same thing to my front yard. I have holes in different parts of my yard . I hate the way it looks. I'm doing all myself and I have no idea where to start and don't really have the resources to get what is needed but I'm saving every month . I watching as many videos to see what I need to have my lawn look as beautiful as yours. I never thought about keeping up grass would be so hard. ...lol
Thanks for watching! Don’t get discouraged. If there’s one piece of advice I can give for a nice lawn is to just be consistent. Especially when it comes to watering and mowing. Keep it hydrated (but don’t overdo it.). Mow at least once a week, but even more if the grass is growing fast. Having a good base of soil will always help. Actually it’s the hardest part just getting the soil evened out. Keep going and eventually it will start to look great if you are consistent.
I learned something which is nice. You did yours when there was no lawn. What if I have an existing lawn that’s just real uneven. And I live in the northeast. Pennsylvania
I would mow the grass as low as you can before you add the soil. Some say to completely scalp it down depending on the grass you have. Mine was more of a renovation, so any grass I had was scalped prior to putting down the soil. . That tree in the front yard did most of the work of shading/killing out most of the grass. What kind of grass do you have right now?
Now I have a mix of zoysia and fescue. I continue to put fescue seed down hoping to kill the zoysia out.
I would say, if you’re willing to keep up the overseeding with fescue, I would mow as low as possible and also dethatch before putting down soil. Zoysia is prone to a lot of thatch build up. I know it’ll be a lot of work up front, but the lawn will be level AND you’ll be giving those seeds a great seedbed for maximum germination. Mow low. Dethatch. Remove all the clippings and thatch. Level the lawn, then overseed and water.
Also I forgot to mention a couple of the reasons why you want to mow so low: When adding topsoil over existing grass, part of that process is to work the soil into the lawn until the grass blades poke back through the soil (so the grass plant doesn’t get smothered.). If the grass is too long, it will just lay over under the weight of the soil, and it will be harder for you to get the blades to stand back up and work the soil down towards the roots. Hope this helps!!
Excellent tips.. I have a valley between my house and my neighbour’s. Lol
Sounds like a challenge!
I live in Florida and in order to keep the water away from homes in our community when we get hurricanes, there is a small valley between each property. No more than about a 6 inch height difference but it made all the difference when that filled up with water In the last two hurricanes, and all that rain stayed away from my house.
When you say "rolling the lawn" is that a nessary step? If so how much is that? Ive already connected in you other video, but I'm trying to find the best overall affordable way to revamp and level mom's weed garden, into a yard. We don't have a lot of fancy tools so i was so glad to see you pull out some stakes and a 2×4
Great video. Thanks for sharing. you mentioned there's a video of planting the seeds? Could you link to that in the video or comments? Thanks.
Is there any compacting throughout the process? Idk if I am seeing this wrong but I feel like one step on this will sink into it, unless the 50% sand keeps it dense maybe? It looks like you are dropping it in place and just running a 2x4 over it and it just stays in place.
I agree with a lot of the people before me. Great how-to. I can now guesstimate how long the job is ahead of me and the bars with the 2x4 for scraping is an awesome method. Looking forward to trying it.... also appreciate the trump sign in your neighbors walkway..... subluminal support at it's best.... =)
Great video. I would only caution that a 50/50 mix is a lot of compost, and as a result the lawn will settle in many unpredictable ways over time as things break down and decompose. Meaning it wont remain level or rather smooth after a year or two. If you are working with an absolutely trash topsoil to begin with, like you were in the beginning, then by all means do this. However, if you are fortunate enough to be working with better soil to begin with I would just use a high quality top soil. Or if you aren't doing a complete reno, you could consider leveling with sand.
This is the video I have been looking for. I did my front yard last year, basically by eye, it came out pretty good. This weekend I need to do the second portion of my rear lawn where it’s a mess with dips, sunken spots and just off.
I am going to do your method, I’m looking forward to it. It may take both Saturday and Sunday of this and maybe next weekend. I’ll let you know it went.
Thanks for taking the time to make your video! Awesome!
Also did you put the watering lines in yourself?
I did put in my own sprinkler system. Thanks for watching!
Please post updates.
Really, really good video! Any chance you'll be uploading the video where you roll the lawn and put down seed? Or maybe an update on what the lawn looks like now that spring is back around?
Yessir! Workin on it. Just have to get r done and get it uploaded.
@@jasongarringer12 how many yards of topsoil was that? looks like maybe 8-10?
Actually i ordered 5 yards but it looked closer to 6 yards. All of it went down and in the end I had zero left. And the total front yard area was about 1100 sq. ft.
@@jasongarringer12 that's very helpful. I have a similar project planned for the fall. I wasn't sure how many yards I'd need to order but seeing how much 5-6 yards cover is very helpful. Plus it looks like you had some deep sections you needed to fill so 5 yards for me will be more than enough.
I definitely had some deep sections that needed to be raised.
Great tips, and great informative video. I will use this technique myself. I'm a subscriber now to learn more tips about lawn repairing and levelling. I was just wondering two things:
1. Do you compress the soil in some way afterwards to make it more compact or just leave it as it is. Just wondering about footprints and sinking when walking on the new grass.
2. Do you fill in the gaps in the soil in some way after removing the pipes. Would love to see you in action doing this, since yo seem to do everything in a smart effective way.
Thanks for the kind words! Yes, it’s necessary to go back over the soil with a lawn roller to press down the soil. I also wet the soil (lightly, no pooling) to assist with settling. Also, after removing the pipes, I filled the gaps with soil and rolled the area with a lawn roller. Thanks for subscribing!
Great video! Going to give my yard a go. What song is playing 1/2 way in?
I just saw this video (after seeing the part 1 and putting my question about rolling the lawn). So you did roll the lawn with the roller. Any update videos that aspect of the leveling? I didn't see any videos from your list about that although you mentioned you have videos about lawn rolling?
Great video! Did you add anything for weeds before/after seeding? I just got a load of 50/50 screened top soil and I am concerned about weed matter within.
Can we get an update to your lawn please!
I didn’t see how you managed to fix your level from the first video after the rain.
Kind of disappointed you didn't show what happened after the down pour of rain. Did it ruin or alter what you had accomplished already?
Can you post an update video? How are things now?
I’m working on it actually! Will post in a day or two. Thanks for watching!
I love your tricks of leveling. I wonder if you know what soil to mix for lavender plants and rosemary. I am in the Bay Area. My rosemary plants die very easily even in a big pots.
It could be something other than the soil. Too much, or not enough sunlight? Too much water? Too much fertilizer? It’s hard to make a recommendation.
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Great job your level turned out great. My builder used the cheap contractor top soil to make a raised mulch bed around the tree. Is is possible to screen that left over contractor soil of all the rocks and use that to spot level certain spots in the yard?
The short answer is yes, but it depends. I would prefer to mix in some better soil with the cheap stuff, then spread it around. If you can find a way to enrich the soil with some organic matter, or even mix in some manure or compost, it will help improve the soil much better.