Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 5:08 pm
Given there's been recent discussion on lawns here recently, I figured this would be a good place to ask..
my back-garden project, along with patios and drainage will feature a lawn. There is one already, it's pretty good, fairly flat, weed-free and fairly resilient to the abuse its had recently. However it only occupies about 3/4 of the space I'm intending to be lawn.
So I've got 2 options as I see it:
1 - Add turf around the edge, and hope it doesn't look too much like a patchwork.
2 - Hire a turf cutter, and move the whole lawn into the front garden where the lawn is in much poorer state and could do with nuking. Then re-turf the whole back garden area.
The second option appeals as it would also give me the chance to fix a few low spots where I backfilled (badly) after installing a land drain, plus also I get to fix the front garden a bit (bring the level up around an irritating IC cover), and have and even, level lawn in the back. - Is it worth the extra hassle though? Has anyone transplanted a lawn in this way successfully? What do I need to beware of?
my back-garden project, along with patios and drainage will feature a lawn. There is one already, it's pretty good, fairly flat, weed-free and fairly resilient to the abuse its had recently. However it only occupies about 3/4 of the space I'm intending to be lawn.
So I've got 2 options as I see it:
1 - Add turf around the edge, and hope it doesn't look too much like a patchwork.
2 - Hire a turf cutter, and move the whole lawn into the front garden where the lawn is in much poorer state and could do with nuking. Then re-turf the whole back garden area.
The second option appeals as it would also give me the chance to fix a few low spots where I backfilled (badly) after installing a land drain, plus also I get to fix the front garden a bit (bring the level up around an irritating IC cover), and have and even, level lawn in the back. - Is it worth the extra hassle though? Has anyone transplanted a lawn in this way successfully? What do I need to beware of?