I am sure the neighbours think we are crazy... but we will see in a few weeks!!
Yeah, I have regret about the top soil. But it is what it is. I should have gone down to look at what they were sending, but I ordered over the phone. It was dumped on the driveway before I saw it, and I needed something that day. Will use sand for any future work.
The photos show it more uneven than it is. The sprinklers have been on (a lot!!), and the tend to wash the soil part ot the top soil mix away and leave the sand behind which makes it look like there is bumps that are not really there (well really shallow bumps from running water leaving marks). I did level with a spreader and then roll with a roller and it was pretty good. I expect to get some more sand in future (maybe next spring) and correct a few areas which had some depressions that were a too deep to do in one go (and fix up the trench from the ute!!). Unfortunately my lawn does not lend itself to a perfectly flat surface as it is on a hill, so the lawn is kind of a mound in areas with lowest at edges. It would be difficult to correct this without a lot of work in moving soil.
The grass does seem to be coming through nicely... which is a relief!! The lawn looked very dead after the scarification and I was a little concerned. With the current weather I think it will be looking pretty good in a week or two. I have buffalo in the back yard and I scalped and top dressed that and it is going off and already needs mowing only 4 days later. I will post some more photos in a week.
Cheers,
Adrian
