LOL Your little man you have helpin you is a trip. My son is 6 and does the same stuff. Yells "WATCH THIS!" And then does something crazy lol. Thanks for the video. I just moved into our first house and have never taken care of my own lawn. This helped tons, thanks dude.
I live down South on a slight hill growing Bermuda and am going to have to do much of what I saw you just do. My lawn not only is on a slight hill (erosion north/south) but also was never leveled east / west so I am in for a time!! I do not have access to that machine that spreads out dirt. (gonna use a potting mix from a local compost/mulch farmer) since I live on red clay and dont want to use sand. Bottom line is I have 30 years on you and am already feeling my "wheelbarrow back" Thanks to you Pest and Lawn Ginja I will at least know exactly how to proceed. Thank you for taking time to share your skills with us. I most enjoy how you and your beautiful family enjoy your time together. (including the largest headed dog I think I have ever seen!) Keep these videos coming as you have taught me so very much about caring for my lawn.
Some people have it but most people don’t. YOU have it. Personally I enjoy, and take pride in my lawn. Turf building. No one can argue with your results. Your lawn looks amazing! Good for you and hope the neighbors appreciate it.
Somehow I found this video and was compelled to watch the whole thing...A biker lawn care expert. This video was not only informative but your add libs are hilarious...Keep up the great work I'll be tuning in.
I could probably search but I'm curious as to how the side/back areas are looking 1 1/2 years later? Once again, great video! Appreciate you breaking it down for us!
love your attitude. Wish I would of done this a couple of years ago. Found out this is the year I am not able to lift those 40lb bags, and keep working the whole day outside. I may use the grandkids. lol Thanks for the video
i just wanna cry at how much work needs to be done to level a yard! ugh! I've got my work cut out for me for our yard. but thanks so much for all the info!! learned so much from you. keep up the great work - i enjoy your videos!! you got a new subscriber here!
I have just done my lawn renovation actually used sixty ton of topsoil sieved it first than applied level with lawn drag then brush just reseeding to do than final very light topdress and because this is done annually my lawn is now like a glass table top , it makes Connor wards lawn look like a bomb site , congrats on yours within six weeks you will be very pleased you made the effort .
I totally understand you man. I aerated 40,000+ ft this fall with a walk-behind Bluebird. But I value the exercise it gives me. That's one of the reasons I love lawn care!!!!!
I have a tow behind for my ZTR, LESCO aerator, it is some work if you are getting every square inch and raising/lowering a lot, but can do a large lawn with no sidewalk grass in 30 minutes and you're as fresh as when you started.
Excellent excellent video. I have very similar problems in one are where neighbors water drains onto my lawn. This video gives me hope for a fix. Thanks for the possible remedy and I hope your project yields some positive results.
I'm guessing you're going to have better results than the Area 51 invasion. Dude, I love following your channel. You and some of the other You Tubes mowing community are such an inspiration. Thanks for getting it done and giving the rest of us the courage to try new things because you show us how. You're Awesome!!! 95% pleased with my own renovation this year. 2500 sqft. and going strong. But my front yard is a dead zone. Tried everything but recovery won't take.
Young fella with the black hands! Hahahaha awesome! Cheers mate great vid. Ummm maybe some drainage pipe down the fenceline? Natural drainage can be a bugga especially when it pours down.
I added so much sand back there it's helping. I'm going to change the type of grass in the back to being dominantly rye grass and that should help a ton too.
Man.......that brings back resent memories. Next fall I have serious leveling to do in the front. Thanks for video. This will help me plan my mode of action. Once again, great video.
I hope that your wife appreciates all that work you do. I was married 28 years we end up getting divorced and she kept the house ,but now the house looks like is abandoned. High grass all the time, weeds everywhere, bold spots,ant hills, its actually kind of sad to see all my hard work going down the drain. My point is that women don't seem to understand the amount of hard work that goes into keeping the house beautiful until they have to do it. Just because we make it look easy doesn't mean that it is. Great video! Thanks for sharing.
Tough situation! We get a lot of compliments and that keeps everyone happy. It's fairly low maintenance. I spend about 10 minutes mowing every other day, which makes me happy.
Not true in my case both my husband and myself love and put in equal amount of work outside, sometimes I do more than he does I do leave all the edging to him he does a better job
I cared about my yard today, which is why I found this video. After watching all this hard work, I realize I don't really care for it much at all. I will just continue to mow and edge. I will just admire other people's hard work. 😆
Don’t know how I missed this but wow! Too much work but I’m sure you’ll get great results. Bet you were glad when the pile of dirt and sand was gone. BenGay time my friend, you’re the best.
Mucho work amigo Many neighbors here in north Texas have used top dressings of lava rock for aeration and their results have been long and impressive. Your leveling is sure a challenge. Great vid and thank you for sharing 👍🏻
13:22 - "6 inches of space between me and the neighbor, so it's kinda a big deal"... I totally agree, there is never enough space between me and my neighbors.
@@pestandlawnginja Surprised your neighbors don't ask you to do their lawns as well. You have the beautiful lawn. Mine looks terrible but want to work on it. Thought of buying the Sunjoe scarifier and dethatcher to at least get it back. So hard it feels like concrete so I probably just need to overseed. Doing my due diligence and finding what grass would work well here in Iowa. I don't plan on going super crazy like you (no offence you know your stuff, and your yard is amazing) I'm just sick of how bad my lawn looks and hate looking at it. I can take a picture and you can see what I mean, and or if you could give me some cost effective ways to make it better I would be more then appreciative. My lawn probably sucks anyways because after looking around I found out that each neighbor has their run off gutter water running straight to my house. My soil being absolute garbage just led to it flooding my basement. Found out I cant do anything about the way they have them facing either (legally) other then asking them politely to move them, which of course resulted in a "if you wanna pay to move them" sort of ordeal. But both neighbors refused to even reposition their spouts that run into my lawn. I'm having a surveyor come out to see where my property line runs to see if they are in violation of mine. Regardless of that situation I hope to at least have half of what your lawn looks like. It would baffle the ones around me, the next door neighbor is the grounds keeper of the school nearby. The other is a retired farmer, and he just likes to throw the sticks from a tree that is clearly in his lawn on my side so I have to take care of them. I just want my lawn to be "normal" right now it is a disaster. Please if you have the time. I don't even have access to a rental power rake. That's why I'm considering buying a sunjoe, it would at least do something. I don't know at this point, I'm frustrated and have done most of what I thought would fix it to only end up at the same if not worse result. I figure this is the best time to tackle it because I have done tons of other things to the house I wanted done during this quarantine. Thank you in advance anyways, Ryan
Quarantine brought me here but I learned something new tho, most of us will be spending a lot of time on our lawn this time around. Thank you for the info stay safe 👍😷
Heya, Ginja! Thanks for this vid. You've convinced me to keep my lawn at about 3" and ready for Extreme Croquet. My brother-in-law says it sucks that I shorten his name to "Dick". Probably because his name is Trevor.
I’m on my third level. Not for the faint of heart. The level lawn is expensive for what it is, but totally worth it. Can’t imagine doing the process without it.
Nice Drew!!!!! I can't wait to do it again in the spring time! It's totally worth it. My kids are already commenting on how much nicer it feels on the feet.
Don't know how you do it. You put all that work into making this wonderful video for us. Then somebody comes along in the comment section and snarls at you and you handle it with aplomb (Don't ax me what that means). Well done and thank you.
Thanks for you insight about, "Levelling the lawn". If I ever say the word "SUCKS", that will shorten my time doing my lawn. LOL😅 I preferred to say, "I love doing this", I have to be honest to myself. LOL 🤣🤣🤣 I have to love what I do as a professional landscaper.😊
It is so much work...I did my 5K front last year and I felt the need to apologize to my neighbors with kids because they will NEVER EVER want to have a nice lawn after seeing the work involved, and it's all my fault. I saw a guy complaining about doing this at 30 years old. I was just thinking, "DUDE!!! Wait until you're about 50!"
I am headed into this project this spring and I really think I am in for a challenge. It's gonna suck. But I cannot wait for the end result. Thanks sooo much. You have a beautiful family. Thanks again brotha.
LOL well..... I always hear this from people who are not doers and like to talk a lot. try getting out and trying things out before reading some article made by people who sit at a desk and write articles.
That was pretty cool. I really wish I had that much passion for my lawn. It's just this thing that stays covered in snow 7 months a year, and I have to pay someone to mow May-Sep.
Howdy from Sacramento! Thanks for sharing, looks like it will pay off. One thing I would offer to save your shoulders is to lay the shovel across the quad of your front leg and use your leg power to drive the shovel into the material rather than using your arms. The laborers on one of my pipeline jobs showed me how to run a shovel and it has saved me many a pain. Happy shoveling!
Instead of the levelawn, I'd use a long landscapers rake (the other side) or a pressure treated 4"x4" board cut to the length you need for the job. With the board, you'll need to screw in at least two eyelets big enough to thread a piece of rope through. Then you'll drag the board by hand or tractor over poured 50% topsoil/sand mixture. It's much cheaper and you'll get the same or better results. That's what I use to level my lawn.
I love big Neddie... He's a cutie pie. Ginja, your lawn looks great. It's great to have so many RUclips lawn celebrities in my area. Have you met Connor, John Perry, Jimmy, and Jeremy? All local utahns and all great lawns. You and John know the science behind it better than the others.
Wow, huge job. That’s one of those jobs that half way through you think to yourself maybe I should have just left it as it was! I’m sure it will be better than it was and you can always bring in more sand and focus on the areas where the mower scalps if you need to.
I feel your pain! Lawn leveling ## SUCKS ## I moved into this house about a year ago and this summer I killed my lawn, rented a sod cutter and removed about 2 inches of soil from my ~5,000 sq. ft. front lawn (about 80% of it anyway) to lower my lawn some (bonus - removed a TON of weed seeds with the top soil). Then after removing the soil I was going to use a drag mat to level what I could, but no, Mother Nature didn't want to cooperate and I had 3 weeks of rain and a muddy mess. I tried to level using a bow rake for a week until it was dry enough my lawn tractor wouldn't sink, then used the drag mat. I wish I'd had one with the nails or spikes but I probably spent 5+ hours with the drag mat. It's not level, but the grade changes are gradual enough that when I did my first mowing with Zoysia grass at 1.5 inches, there wasn't a great deal of scalping. Glad I saw this video with the Eco-Lawn Top Dresser - I'll be looking for one of those to rent for leveling out my lawn a couple times a year over the next couple of years to where I can get down to a 1.5 inch cut without scalping, and maybe down to a 1 inch cut. If you don't see me posting, you will know my wife murdered me in my sleep over this LOL. That top dressing tool is the bomb! I'm too old to be doing all of this by 100% manual labor.
@@pestandlawnginja Thank you good sir! You gave me a few pointers before I did all of this if you recall...at the time I was going to simple kill the lawn, rent the sod cutter and flip the soil but I changed that plan a little. That last week while the yard was still being rained on daily, my wife was out in the yard with the bow rake leveling the lawn some by hand each morning at about 6 am while it was still cool(ish). Man, I've got an amazing wife...and she thinks the work was worth it now that it is passed and the lawn has filled in a bit with desirable grass (Zoysia), but hopefully will not be opposed to a little more leveling over the next few years. I've been passing your videos out on other lawn care sites like Halloween candy where people are asking for advice from people with less knowledge and experience. You drop some amazing informational bombs Ginja!
That looks insane. Be thankful you can still do that, even if I wasn't paralyzed now I'd never do that, and thank goodness all three years I done commercial and residential lawn maintenance in the 90s I never had to do that. It would have sucked balls.
@@pestandlawnginja I remember my second thought now. Weed eating under the fence would have made it breeze but if have neighbors like me who don't weed eat it would suck. I'm paralyzed, I still weed eat and mow my yard, my next door neighbor golfs 3 times a week, and doesn't weed eat at all. It pisses me off as well.
I'm surprised you haven't got one of those 12-foot leveling rakes. When my dad leveled new lawns and gardens he built, he had a 12-foot piece of railway steel with a couple of rope lugs welded on to one edge about 10 feet apart. My brother and I would balance on the bar while my dad pulled it over the area being leveled. Then we would stomp all over it, rake it slightly, add more soil and do it all again until it was level and at the proper height. Of course that was back in the 50's.
That would be awesome! It would be a great tool to use doing a project like this. Truth be told I have a a lot of elevation changes and if I did it all at one time I would be replanting the entire lawn hahaha. I plan on getting something to what you're describing next year so I can be a little pickier on the leveling. Even the front yard has 6 " changes
@@pestandlawnginja Some say they will have a laser-controlled back yard leveler machine. This already exists for farmers. Sit back in the lawn chair with a brew in your hand and watch your field get leveled to a millimeter.. yeah way cool.
You’ve done a great job by the way you have a beautiful lawn and fencing curbing all of it landscaping looks great I can see you’ve spent a lot of money every penny was worth it as you know
Great Video Ginja, very helpful! Love the intro and farewell music on this! I am gonna attempt to do a level at my place this year. I mowed today at a 2" and it was scalping in many places. I will probably do a level in 3-4 weeks when temperatures are warm enough to over-seed. Thanks for the content!
Good info here. I just did this without the sand as my summer strategy always includes intentional dormancy. Fill us in if you can if you do a dormant season seeding - I have never done that personally. And please tell the little man he did an AWESOME jump!
Hey I think we were all doing almost the same thing this weekend body broken but at the end of day it's all good smart ,top dresser I think the SAND gonna make the difference in your yard GINGA, good stuff bro.👍🦴ned
I went through 4 yards last year and will probably do 2 yards here shortly, i had no help and did it in a weekend and as stated numerous time, "SUCKS". When completed and looks better you know you did good and the wife still goes "whatever", it's all worth it.
My lawn is so bumpy I'm going to have to start wearing a "Sports Bra" when I use my rider. I think I'll have to remove about 3 or 4 inches of sod/soil and start from scratch to build a halfway decent lawn. My sidewalks look sunken ! 😱😃👍✌🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I've been adding sand to my front yard for 2 years now but it's STILL rather uneven..so much so that when I mow, sometimes the machine bounces so much the rear-bag just bounces right off.
Dude, I died inside watching you do all that to your yard. It already looked as good as a golf course lol. Looking forward to seeing the end result. I'm sure it will be unbelievable.
Try this for SUCK. When i decided to renovate my front lawn, I used a sod cutter and just removed the entire top 1 to 1.5 inches. Then I tilled the soil like crazy, far deeper than I should have. Then it rained and rained and we had little snippets of time to level the lawn with a rake, just moving mud. My wife helped. She glared at me when she thought I wasn't looking, but she got out and embraced the suck with me. My neighbor loaned me a drag mat, but it was too wet to use it for a week. In the end my soil was very level...not golf course level, but the changes in elevation were minor enough I could mow at or under 1 inch, except for the fact I'm required to have a drainage ditch and that makes it impossible to mow that low. All that work, and then we had rain for about 3 weeks and I didn't realize it washed away about 4-6 inches deep of soil, and about 6 feet wide, so I have to raise this a bit, bit by bit. I'd just throw soil on top, but I'm getting too old to do that after factoring in the work versus reward. On the plus side, by removing that top layer of soil, I removed 99.9% of the weed seeds. That renovation was the fall of 2019, and this past fall (2022), I got busy and didn't get a chance to put down a pre-emergent, and now it's almost February, 2023 and I have in total from my 5,000 sq. ft. front lawn, about 7 sq. ft. of clover mixed in, about about 3 sq. ft. of some type of wild onion, and no weeds besides that to mention. I'm back because I'm about to put down my Prodiamine in a few weeks and I was looking up your reviews on the FlowZone sprayers. Pump sprayers suck too, just not this bad LOL.
sometimes you gotta embrace the suck! that's a big issue you were dealing with. when i moved into this house the back yard was built like a roller coaster. lots of ups and downs varying about 6-9" in height difference dependinng on the area. I eventually dumped a few yards of tops soil in those areas and used a compaction device to fix it. It sucked but in the end it was worth not having the pools of water everywhere. Way to get out on the lawn. In the end its so rewarding. Slay that lawn baby!
@@pestandlawnginja Thanks Ginja! I bought the FlowZone 2.5V Cyclone and loving it! I only wish they had built the tank with a lower spot for the pump to make it easier to get the last drop out. They should have included the quick connect tip too so you could attach the T-Jet tips. It sounds like your back yard is lumpy and bumpy like mine. The new puppy is digging holes randomly, so once she outgrows that, I'll till and level the back lawn. And maybe drag a long 4x4 behind on the bare soil to see if I can do a better job at leveling this time, and switch out with a drag mat with the spikes up front. I'm not aiming for golf course flat, but better than I did on my front lawn a few years back. Do you know of any websites that aid in identifying weeds? I have something that I thought was wild garlic or wild onionin, and I have sprayed it 3x with Q4 (2,4D, Quinclorac, Dicamba, and Sulfentrazone). Garlic and Onionin are listed on the label. What ever that weed is, it's acting like I'm just watering it while laughing at me. I'll likely try digging up the bulbs next. It's Zoysia (in the transition zone), so if I kill a spot, it will eventually heal. For SUCKING, did I mention I tried removing the soil by hand after cutting it with the SOD cutter? I gave up and found someone willing to remove the soil for free to fill in low spots on his property. I figure I'll aerate this year. To level the front lawn a touch, I'll remove the plugs from the slightly higher spots and pulverize them over the low spots with the mower. The high spots will reduce slightly over time...I hope. I'm not sure how else to lower these higher spots without killing those parts of the lawn. The plan is good. The outcome...we'll see. I still love the channel. Besides the Zoysia SOD and seed farmers I bought my seed from, you were my #1 resource for knowledge. I used some of your advice over theirs at times. :0)
@@Troy-Echo right on troy. sounds like you are the lawn slayer :) for weed identification I've had great luck with weedalert.com . I too have had the issues with excess soil and trying to figure out what to do with it. in the end i paid some landscape friends to haul it away. Glad you're finding value in my content. Best.
@@pestandlawnginja To get rid of excess soil, I'd wager if you posted on NextDoor, Linkedin (?) and Facebook, as well as emailed multiple local landscapers that you had FREE soil or topsoil and it would go to the first person to both claim it and remove it, you may get people that would love to take the soil off your hands for free. Or, with luck, even sell it for a little profit. If not, you can still pass the savings or cost to the customer. I posted that I had free soil like this and two people wanted it in about 12 hours. Maybe I was just lucky. The first claimed it and was there with a Kabuto tractor and dump trailer in a few hours. He was thankful that he used the edge of his bucket while driving backwards to help level my soil between loads. According to that weed alert, the weeds are in fact wild onion or garlic, which should be killed by 2, 4D, which is in Q4. I sprayed twice with no luck, then came back and mowed the weed short, then sprayed again as the weed was actively growing before any waxy coating would form (if onion or garlic do that), but no luck. See, I've learned a lot from your channel LOL. I may try using only 2, 4D at the maximum application rate and see if I have any luck before digging or using glyphosate on a sponge.
@@Troy-Echo that’s great to hear that people came and leveled your area 😄. I prefer to use speedzone or tzone for wild onion. It moves faster through the plant. I’m not a big fan of q4.
I’m a lawn man myself . I seriously get like 7-15 compliments a year on my lawn by people walking by . I’ve never thought of using sand and I like that idea . Our area has grubs and bugs and I try roll the lawn and squish them down . The aeration is really messy and not sure if it’s gonna try that but it’s making me thing ......
I wish people in my neighborhood cared 1/4 what you do! I just gift a house where I'm trying to transform the yard & I feel like I'm doing all the work I'm doing for nothing because they have so many weeds & things that I'm going to forever be fighting them!
For the sprinkler I. Back you can try changing the nozzles to a lower GPM so it puts less water out over the same duration. Also the sand will help with drainage. What an under taking (I tilled up half my 5200 sq ft front lawn two months ago and boy is that a lot of work) I commend you kind sir
Thanks for the video. Of course I enjoy all of your videos I see though. I will have to see what the cost of renting a top dresser is. Planning on leveling a bunch of my yard next week. Might need more time than I thought though.
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So awesome!
I've been looking for that too dresser in the Dallas area for 2 years now and can't find one. I'd love to get my hands on one
LOL Your little man you have helpin you is a trip. My son is 6 and does the same stuff. Yells "WATCH THIS!" And then does something crazy lol. Thanks for the video. I just moved into our first house and have never taken care of my own lawn. This helped tons, thanks dude.
Thanks! He loves hearing comments about him. Makes his day
I live down South on a slight hill growing Bermuda and am going to have to do much of what I saw you just do. My lawn not only is on a slight hill (erosion north/south) but also was never leveled east / west so I am in for a time!! I do not have access to that machine that spreads out dirt. (gonna use a potting mix from a local compost/mulch farmer) since I live on red clay and dont want to use sand. Bottom line is I have 30 years on you and am already feeling my "wheelbarrow back" Thanks to you Pest and Lawn Ginja I will at least know exactly how to proceed. Thank you for taking time to share your skills with us. I most enjoy how you and your beautiful family enjoy your time together. (including the largest headed dog I think I have ever seen!) Keep these videos coming as you have taught me so very much about caring for my lawn.
Thanks Larry! Super kind of you to say. Made my day. Appreciate you watching and commenting
Some people have it but most people don’t. YOU have it. Personally I enjoy, and take pride in my lawn. Turf building. No one can argue with your results. Your lawn looks amazing! Good for you and hope the neighbors appreciate it.
Thanks Robert! I love puttin in the work. Now my lawn feels like plush carpet
I'm just finding this. Def Subscribing. Never been more entertained watching someone work on their yard. Great work.
Love it! Thanks Robert!
Somehow I found this video and was compelled to watch the whole thing...A biker lawn care expert. This video was not only informative but your add libs are hilarious...Keep up the great work I'll be tuning in.
Glad it was helpful! Appreciate you watching and commenting! Go slay that lawn!
I could probably search but I'm curious as to how the side/back areas are looking 1 1/2 years later? Once again, great video! Appreciate you breaking it down for us!
love this episode ... googled lawn level help and you arrived, but also got some comedy too .. WIN/WIN ... BIG UP Ginja ... From N17, london :)
Thanks Rob! Cant wait to get on the lawns in london
Every time you said “this sucks” I felt your pain and had me lmao 😂
Seriously the worst job with the nicest results. feels like a padded piece of carpet now
love your attitude. Wish I would of done this a couple of years ago. Found out this is the year I am not able to lift those 40lb bags, and keep working the whole day outside. I may use the grandkids. lol Thanks for the video
Gotta say it's super rewarding. My kids love the yard and rarely have shoes on the grass as a result
I admire your commitement to your lawn. Iwish I had your energy to do mine. Thank you for posting this video. Great job.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thanks for the informative and extremely entertaining video. You put in as much work making it as you did fixing your lawn!
So true craig!
Dude your channel is incredible. Love the detail and the passion!
Thanks a ton! I appreciate you watching and commenting.
A true perfectionist. Love it awesome job , the kids will remember working along with dad forever
Thanks!!! I sure hope so
"Mommy, that bearded man is laying and rubbing on his grass again!"
😂😂😂😂
Don't worry, just a lawn gnome...
Thanks for this! I am constantly saying how lawn care sucks as I am doing it, glad to know I am not alone!
Never alone!!!
Funny funny funny, I learned a lot I live on a hill so that is what I’m going to do, sand top soil🙋🏽♀️ I’m a girly girl not afraid of work outside.🤗
You the woman gloria! Love all these ladies slaying lawns
I will join the club. Wish me luck! Lol
i just wanna cry at how much work needs to be done to level a yard! ugh! I've got my work cut out for me for our yard. but thanks so much for all the info!! learned so much from you. keep up the great work - i enjoy your videos!! you got a new subscriber here!
You can do it! Go Slay that Lawn Tanya!!!
"pushes a bunch of turds out of the lawn" HAHAHAHA🤣🤣🤣
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You can tell that dog is living the dream man. Hey good job with the lawn!
Thanks Milos! Ned was a rescue and he lived a good life.
Great job, it is alot of hard work to maintain the yard to its awesome look, thanks
Thanks! It was horrible but I'm super happy I did it
I have just done my lawn renovation actually used sixty ton of topsoil sieved it first than applied level with lawn drag then brush just reseeding to do than final very light topdress and because this is done annually my lawn is now like a glass table top , it makes Connor wards lawn look like a bomb site , congrats on yours within six weeks you will be very pleased you made the effort .
WOW michael. That's a ton of topsoil! Smart move. I'm excited to see the results. Chances are I won't get the real benefits of it until next spring.
Love this channel, wish I had a lawn this side to perfect. I aerated today on 20k sq. ft. Pretty sure i'm dead, never again.
Aeration is no joke. it'll beat you up hahaha Sounds like you're moving forward!
I totally understand you man. I aerated 40,000+ ft this fall with a walk-behind Bluebird. But I value the exercise it gives me. That's one of the reasons I love lawn care!!!!!
Josh Horner I was pooped after 2k
LOL
I have a tow behind for my ZTR, LESCO aerator, it is some work if you are getting every square inch and raising/lowering a lot, but can do a large lawn with no sidewalk grass in 30 minutes and you're as fresh as when you started.
Excellent excellent video. I have very similar problems in one are where neighbors water drains onto my lawn. This video gives me hope for a fix. Thanks for the possible remedy and I hope your project yields some positive results.
You're welcome Carlton! Good luck!
I would have just raised the mower to 3" or 4" for a nice plush lawn. That's a lot of work. lol
It's a lot of work! Its soo rewarding though
Your little man is just THE coolest!
Thanks! They love these comments
This is my first time watching you. This was awesome. Bell is on, instant sub and fan. Awesome!
Awesome! Thank you!
I'm guessing you're going to have better results than the Area 51 invasion. Dude, I love following your channel. You and some of the other You Tubes mowing community are such an inspiration. Thanks for getting it done and giving the rest of us the courage to try new things because you show us how. You're Awesome!!! 95% pleased with my own renovation this year. 2500 sqft. and going strong. But my front yard is a dead zone. Tried everything but recovery won't take.
Hey there! Send me some picks! sounds like we have a ph balance issue or a fungal issue. Lets make your lawn great again. Facebook is best for picks.
Young fella with the black hands! Hahahaha awesome! Cheers mate great vid. Ummm maybe some drainage pipe down the fenceline? Natural drainage can be a bugga especially when it pours down.
I added so much sand back there it's helping. I'm going to change the type of grass in the back to being dominantly rye grass and that should help a ton too.
Man.......that brings back resent memories. Next fall I have serious leveling to do in the front. Thanks for video. This will help me plan my mode of action. Once again, great video.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching really appreciate it
I hope that your wife appreciates all that work you do. I was married 28 years we end up getting divorced and she kept the house ,but now the house looks like is abandoned. High grass all the time, weeds everywhere, bold spots,ant hills, its actually kind of sad to see all my hard work going down the drain.
My point is that women don't seem to understand the amount of hard work that goes into keeping the house beautiful until they have to do it. Just because we make it look easy doesn't mean that it is.
Great video! Thanks for sharing.
Tough situation! We get a lot of compliments and that keeps everyone happy. It's fairly low maintenance. I spend about 10 minutes mowing every other day, which makes me happy.
Not true in my case both my husband and myself love and put in equal amount of work outside, sometimes I do more than he does I do leave all the edging to him he does a better job
@@gabbyrico4877 Hello! What do you mean not true? I'm not following.
Glad to hear you're both out on the lawn. That's awesome!
@@MrElPoderozo1 you said women don't understand hard work 😑 I honestly think it's the other way around, we (WOMEN) are often underappreciated
The sons grab the knee jumping trick earned the like and the comment... Lol... Great lawn...
YES! He loves these comments! Thank you
I couldn’t care less about my lawn, but this was really interesting and I can see the allure. Great work :)
Love it! Thanks for watching
Practical Primate PoLa
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I cared about my yard today, which is why I found this video. After watching all this hard work, I realize I don't really care for it much at all. I will just continue to mow and edge. I will just admire other people's hard work. 😆
Don’t know how I missed this but wow! Too much work but I’m sure you’ll get great results. Bet you were glad when the pile of dirt and sand was gone. BenGay time my friend, you’re the best.
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If I leveled my lawn with sand I'd never need to go on a vacation.
LOL good call! That's how I feel!
Mucho work amigo
Many neighbors here in north Texas have used top dressings of lava rock for aeration and their results have been long and impressive. Your leveling is sure a challenge. Great vid and thank you for sharing 👍🏻
Love the feedback Danny! thanks for watching and commenting.
In case anyone missed it, the keyword here is "SUCKS" :D
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thought it was "WIFE" or "GROUNDED".
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Can't believe you did it! It will definately be worth it once the grass grows back in.
Right!? I may not be walking tomorrow hahaha but hey! Round 1 is done!
13:22 - "6 inches of space between me and the neighbor, so it's kinda a big deal"... I totally agree, there is never enough space between me and my neighbors.
tall fences make good neighbors
Depends on the neighbors wife...
@@pestandlawnginja Surprised your neighbors don't ask you to do their lawns as well. You have the beautiful lawn. Mine looks terrible but want to work on it. Thought of buying the Sunjoe scarifier and dethatcher to at least get it back. So hard it feels like concrete so I probably just need to overseed. Doing my due diligence and finding what grass would work well here in Iowa. I don't plan on going super crazy like you (no offence you know your stuff, and your yard is amazing) I'm just sick of how bad my lawn looks and hate looking at it. I can take a picture and you can see what I mean, and or if you could give me some cost effective ways to make it better I would be more then appreciative. My lawn probably sucks anyways because after looking around I found out that each neighbor has their run off gutter water running straight to my house. My soil being absolute garbage just led to it flooding my basement. Found out I cant do anything about the way they have them facing either (legally) other then asking them politely to move them, which of course resulted in a "if you wanna pay to move them" sort of ordeal. But both neighbors refused to even reposition their spouts that run into my lawn. I'm having a surveyor come out to see where my property line runs to see if they are in violation of mine. Regardless of that situation I hope to at least have half of what your lawn looks like. It would baffle the ones around me, the next door neighbor is the grounds keeper of the school nearby. The other is a retired farmer, and he just likes to throw the sticks from a tree that is clearly in his lawn on my side so I have to take care of them. I just want my lawn to be "normal" right now it is a disaster. Please if you have the time. I don't even have access to a rental power rake. That's why I'm considering buying a sunjoe, it would at least do something. I don't know at this point, I'm frustrated and have done most of what I thought would fix it to only end up at the same if not worse result. I figure this is the best time to tackle it because I have done tons of other things to the house I wanted done during this quarantine.
Thank you in advance anyways,
Ryan
Quarantine brought me here but I learned something new tho, most of us will be spending a lot of time on our lawn this time around. Thank you for the info stay safe 👍😷
Right on!
My lawn is perfectly level now that two inches of snow fell on it; and more to come.
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@@pestandlawnginja At least it will be well watered when it melts later this week.
Good call!
You just help a fellow Canadian bud , thanks for the hard work and the lesson , i m about to start my next week , let s do it !!! Cheers
Rock on!
"Bet ya really gotta watch were you step in a game called hero's duty!"
LOL such a classic!
Wow You are a perfectionist!! back braking work!!! Great job!! Like your personality and presentation!!
You're the best! Thank you!
i could have leveled my whole streets lawns by the time this video was over..
LOL you the man!
I feel you about being grounded by the wife. I had 4 yards of compost in our driveway for a few days. She was not happy.
Not cool Brian 😂😂😂😂 I feel your pain. She was shocked when it was all gone. Now how to get the sand out of the house 😂😂😂
Heya, Ginja!
Thanks for this vid. You've convinced me to keep my lawn at about 3" and ready for Extreme Croquet.
My brother-in-law says it sucks that I shorten his name to "Dick". Probably because his name is Trevor.
LOL love it Tin! Extreme Croquet will get those biceps bulging too. Make dick super jealous.
@@pestandlawnginja tbh, I thought you put the word "your" in front of the word dick.
Great to see another video! Isn't it crazy how much work we put in for the love of our lawn?!
Not crazy at all. Be the jones!!!!! hahaha
That's a great looking shirt!
yes!!!!! I need one in blue!
Lol. I dont believe that there's actually a #brettsucks tee. Might have to get one for myself. Who made them up?
@@nedg3740 I got them made up. Let me know and I'll get one made for ya! $25 sent to your door.
@@nedg3740 LOL Brett did!
@@Brettsgrasscapades can I order one of those #brettsucks tees too?
@Pest and lawn ginja, you ain't kidding.. lawn leveling sucks _____.
Was in charge of a golf course for years. This was my favorite thing to do each spring by far.
Love it!
golf course equipment manager here... my favorite time too!!
@@Blougheed LOL love it!
Laughed at the 'this sucks' comment with every other shovel load. Fun to watch, not so much to do I'm sure.
The results are incredible! Super addicting no matter the suck
I’m on my third level. Not for the faint of heart. The level lawn is expensive for what it is, but totally worth it. Can’t imagine doing the process without it.
Nice Drew!!!!! I can't wait to do it again in the spring time! It's totally worth it. My kids are already commenting on how much nicer it feels on the feet.
Put this much energy into a garden and you could feed your neighborhood.
How dare he have a hobby you don't approve of!
soo true!
@@pestandlawnginja 😅😂
Don't know how you do it. You put all that work into making this wonderful video for us. Then somebody comes along in the comment section and snarls at you and you handle it with aplomb (Don't ax me what that means). Well done and thank you.
LOL people will always be people. thanks for noticing. appreciate the support.
“Then will you let me be on the top of the cake with you guys?”
always
Thanks for you insight about, "Levelling the lawn". If I ever say the word "SUCKS", that will shorten my time doing my lawn. LOL😅 I preferred to say, "I love doing this", I have to be honest to myself. LOL 🤣🤣🤣 I have to love what I do as a professional landscaper.😊
Well said! LOL
Lol, i mow my lawn at 4.5”
I like it long. Less maintenance aside from weekly mowing
Umm, that's too high even for tall fescue!
Watching aerating is as satisfying as watching pimple popping haha
bahahaha love it!
omg, I have an acre of lawn I want to level. I think I've changed my mind.
It's soo much work. You should do a small section. Makes you feel like you're walking on a padded piece of carpet.
That makes it easier, in my opinion. Use machinery to do the work.
@@moparmurderer for sure!
It is so much work...I did my 5K front last year and I felt the need to apologize to my neighbors with kids because they will NEVER EVER want to have a nice lawn after seeing the work involved, and it's all my fault. I saw a guy complaining about doing this at 30 years old. I was just thinking, "DUDE!!! Wait until you're about 50!"
I live on a farm and work in agriculture... this is just another day at the office guys.
I am headed into this project this spring and I really think I am in for a challenge. It's gonna suck. But I cannot wait for the end result. Thanks sooo much. You have a beautiful family. Thanks again brotha.
Thanks Roy! It's fun and amazing on the feet
So is it Screened DG Sand and Topsoil?
Could I use a double mix if I wanted to introduce nutrients?
I only used the topsoil for 3 sections that were the lowest and I mixed it 50% with sand.
Great video! Way to get the kids involved. Can’t wait to see the finished product.
Thanks!!!! They had a blast!
The one thing no ones lawn needs. Sand. Yeah, I'm out. Thanks. :)
bashpr0mpt ya tell that to every golf course.
LOL well..... I always hear this from people who are not doers and like to talk a lot. try getting out and trying things out before reading some article made by people who sit at a desk and write articles.
That was pretty cool. I really wish I had that much passion for my lawn. It's just this thing that stays covered in snow 7 months a year, and I have to pay someone to mow May-Sep.
Totally get the Gene! Hopefully you'll find a way to enjoy the mow and go slay that lawn and end up being the joneses
Big Ned has the same reaction as my wife!
LOL no comment
Ned.. the compaction King. Love it!! thanks for the video
LOL that's funny and true
"I'm not smiling. I'm gassy."
sounds awesome
Howdy from Sacramento! Thanks for sharing, looks like it will pay off. One thing I would offer to save your shoulders is to lay the shovel across the quad of your front leg and use your leg power to drive the shovel into the material rather than using your arms. The laborers on one of my pipeline jobs showed me how to run a shovel and it has saved me many a pain. Happy shoveling!
Sounds like a great idea. I'll have to try that! I ended up with a blister the size of a silver dollar on my palm 😂😂😂 my arms are doing well
I’m wore out watching this
LOL it was soo much work but my family loves it!
Instead of the levelawn, I'd use a long landscapers rake (the other side) or a pressure treated 4"x4" board cut to the length you need for the job. With the board, you'll need to screw in at least two eyelets big enough to thread a piece of rope through. Then you'll drag the board by hand or tractor over poured 50% topsoil/sand mixture. It's much cheaper and you'll get the same or better results. That's what I use to level my lawn.
Way cool. Glad that works so well.
I love big Neddie... He's a cutie pie. Ginja, your lawn looks great. It's great to have so many RUclips lawn celebrities in my area. Have you met Connor, John Perry, Jimmy, and Jeremy? All local utahns and all great lawns. You and John know the science behind it better than the others.
I've met up with Connor one time is all. Johns a stud, Love Jeremy, starting to get to know Jimmy
Wow, huge job. That’s one of those jobs that half way through you think to yourself maybe I should have just left it as it was! I’m sure it will be better than it was and you can always bring in more sand and focus on the areas where the mower scalps if you need to.
Hahaha yes! It sucked from the start. I knew what I was getting myself into and decided to embrace it
I feel your pain! Lawn leveling ## SUCKS ## I moved into this house about a year ago and this summer I killed my lawn, rented a sod cutter and removed about 2 inches of soil from my ~5,000 sq. ft. front lawn (about 80% of it anyway) to lower my lawn some (bonus - removed a TON of weed seeds with the top soil). Then after removing the soil I was going to use a drag mat to level what I could, but no, Mother Nature didn't want to cooperate and I had 3 weeks of rain and a muddy mess. I tried to level using a bow rake for a week until it was dry enough my lawn tractor wouldn't sink, then used the drag mat. I wish I'd had one with the nails or spikes but I probably spent 5+ hours with the drag mat. It's not level, but the grade changes are gradual enough that when I did my first mowing with Zoysia grass at 1.5 inches, there wasn't a great deal of scalping. Glad I saw this video with the Eco-Lawn Top Dresser - I'll be looking for one of those to rent for leveling out my lawn a couple times a year over the next couple of years to where I can get down to a 1.5 inch cut without scalping, and maybe down to a 1 inch cut. If you don't see me posting, you will know my wife murdered me in my sleep over this LOL. That top dressing tool is the bomb! I'm too old to be doing all of this by 100% manual labor.
😂😂😂 you're poor wife hahaha. I get it. You are truly a lawm ninja! That's a ton of work you did. Well done 💪
@@pestandlawnginja Thank you good sir! You gave me a few pointers before I did all of this if you recall...at the time I was going to simple kill the lawn, rent the sod cutter and flip the soil but I changed that plan a little. That last week while the yard was still being rained on daily, my wife was out in the yard with the bow rake leveling the lawn some by hand each morning at about 6 am while it was still cool(ish). Man, I've got an amazing wife...and she thinks the work was worth it now that it is passed and the lawn has filled in a bit with desirable grass (Zoysia), but hopefully will not be opposed to a little more leveling over the next few years. I've been passing your videos out on other lawn care sites like Halloween candy where people are asking for advice from people with less knowledge and experience. You drop some amazing informational bombs Ginja!
Thank you! Glad to hear you and your family are slaying the lawn. Keep going! It'll look amazing.
“Sand in my va…. Uh other places”.
Oooohhhhh you’re a veteran 😂
LOL Thank you!
That looks insane. Be thankful you can still do that, even if I wasn't paralyzed now I'd never do that, and thank goodness all three years I done commercial and residential lawn maintenance in the 90s I never had to do that. It would have sucked balls.
AMEN Donald! Not fun at all hahaha. I'll be stoked when it all comes together!
@@pestandlawnginja I remember my second thought now. Weed eating under the fence would have made it breeze but if have neighbors like me who don't weed eat it would suck. I'm paralyzed, I still weed eat and mow my yard, my next door neighbor golfs 3 times a week, and doesn't weed eat at all. It pisses me off as well.
Super frustrating
just yesterday i was filling divots on our tee boxes with topdressing sand and using the levelawn to smooth... perfect tool
It's great isn't it! I've really liked it
You certainly are dedicated to your grass. You work your ass off!
Thanks Martin! I'm a little crazy hahaha. Love that lawn
Man, I really liked the lawn before the project. So green and thick. I love KBG.
It was amazing! Just couldnt go any lower
@@pestandlawnginja I hear ya.
I'll make it great again
Wow Brett@ that's a job. We have lot of issues going on in our lawn but your tips are so helpful thanks a lot budd
Get to it Yanet G, one problem at a time! It'll all come together.
I'm surprised you haven't got one of those 12-foot leveling rakes. When my dad leveled new lawns and gardens he built, he had a 12-foot piece of railway steel with a couple of rope lugs welded on to one edge about 10 feet apart. My brother and I would balance on the bar while my dad pulled it over the area being leveled. Then we would stomp all over it, rake it slightly, add more soil and do it all again until it was level and at the proper height. Of course that was back in the 50's.
That would be awesome! It would be a great tool to use doing a project like this. Truth be told I have a a lot of elevation changes and if I did it all at one time I would be replanting the entire lawn hahaha. I plan on getting something to what you're describing next year so I can be a little pickier on the leveling. Even the front yard has 6 " changes
@@pestandlawnginja Some say they will have a laser-controlled back yard leveler machine. This already exists for farmers. Sit back in the lawn chair with a brew in your hand and watch your field get leveled to a millimeter.. yeah way cool.
That sounds amazing!
You’ve done a great job by the way you have a beautiful lawn and fencing curbing all of it landscaping looks great I can see you’ve spent a lot of money every penny was worth it as you know
Thank you very much! Its been a fun hobby
I was a fan of the dog flipping around towards the end 😂
LOL he's a funny guy
Great Video Ginja, very helpful! Love the intro and farewell music on this! I am gonna attempt to do a level at my place this year. I mowed today at a 2" and it was scalping in many places. I will probably do a level in 3-4 weeks when temperatures are warm enough to over-seed. Thanks for the content!
You're welcome! Glad you're back on my channel! Really appreciate the support
Good info here. I just did this without the sand as my summer strategy always includes intentional dormancy. Fill us in if you can if you do a dormant season seeding - I have never done that personally. And please tell the little man he did an AWESOME jump!
As of now the dormant seeding is the plan!
Interesting. I figured it was a bit late now to seed. At least here where I'm at anyway.
Its questionable here too
Pest and Lawn Ginja How many times do you have to say it sucks it gets irritating you wanted to do it not me.
Hey I think we were all doing almost the same thing this weekend body broken but at the end of day it's all good smart ,top dresser I think the SAND gonna make the difference in your yard GINGA, good stuff bro.👍🦴ned
Too funny! It was a great time to do it!
I went through 4 yards last year and will probably do 2 yards here shortly, i had no help and did it in a weekend and as stated numerous time, "SUCKS". When completed and looks better you know you did good and the wife still goes "whatever", it's all worth it.
😂😂😂😂 I totally understand
My lawn is so bumpy I'm going to have to start wearing a "Sports Bra" when I use my rider. I think I'll have to remove about 3 or 4 inches of sod/soil and start from scratch to build a halfway decent lawn. My sidewalks look sunken ! 😱😃👍✌🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I've been adding sand to my front yard for 2 years now but it's STILL rather uneven..so much so that when I mow, sometimes the machine bounces so much the rear-bag just bounces right off.
That's crazy bill! Hope you find that bra sooner than later hahaha
Dude, I died inside watching you do all that to your yard. It already looked as good as a golf course lol. Looking forward to seeing the end result. I'm sure it will be unbelievable.
It is soo rewarding Johnny! Feels like a beach with grass growing through it
Love all the information you give out on your video. Thanks for continuing bring new video and addressing older video commenta
Anytime Blake! Thanks for watching
Everytime I work on the lawn, I think it sucks too. Great video
LOL totally relatable! Now go slay that lawn Rachel!
Awesome job. Well worth it. A string line will show you the true irregularities.
Totally agree! I'm going to do that this spring for sure.
Try this for SUCK. When i decided to renovate my front lawn, I used a sod cutter and just removed the entire top 1 to 1.5 inches. Then I tilled the soil like crazy, far deeper than I should have. Then it rained and rained and we had little snippets of time to level the lawn with a rake, just moving mud. My wife helped. She glared at me when she thought I wasn't looking, but she got out and embraced the suck with me. My neighbor loaned me a drag mat, but it was too wet to use it for a week. In the end my soil was very level...not golf course level, but the changes in elevation were minor enough I could mow at or under 1 inch, except for the fact I'm required to have a drainage ditch and that makes it impossible to mow that low. All that work, and then we had rain for about 3 weeks and I didn't realize it washed away about 4-6 inches deep of soil, and about 6 feet wide, so I have to raise this a bit, bit by bit. I'd just throw soil on top, but I'm getting too old to do that after factoring in the work versus reward. On the plus side, by removing that top layer of soil, I removed 99.9% of the weed seeds. That renovation was the fall of 2019, and this past fall (2022), I got busy and didn't get a chance to put down a pre-emergent, and now it's almost February, 2023 and I have in total from my 5,000 sq. ft. front lawn, about 7 sq. ft. of clover mixed in, about about 3 sq. ft. of some type of wild onion, and no weeds besides that to mention. I'm back because I'm about to put down my Prodiamine in a few weeks and I was looking up your reviews on the FlowZone sprayers. Pump sprayers suck too, just not this bad LOL.
sometimes you gotta embrace the suck! that's a big issue you were dealing with. when i moved into this house the back yard was built like a roller coaster. lots of ups and downs varying about 6-9" in height difference dependinng on the area. I eventually dumped a few yards of tops soil in those areas and used a compaction device to fix it. It sucked but in the end it was worth not having the pools of water everywhere. Way to get out on the lawn. In the end its so rewarding. Slay that lawn baby!
@@pestandlawnginja Thanks Ginja! I bought the FlowZone 2.5V Cyclone and loving it! I only wish they had built the tank with a lower spot for the pump to make it easier to get the last drop out. They should have included the quick connect tip too so you could attach the T-Jet tips. It sounds like your back yard is lumpy and bumpy like mine. The new puppy is digging holes randomly, so once she outgrows that, I'll till and level the back lawn. And maybe drag a long 4x4 behind on the bare soil to see if I can do a better job at leveling this time, and switch out with a drag mat with the spikes up front. I'm not aiming for golf course flat, but better than I did on my front lawn a few years back. Do you know of any websites that aid in identifying weeds? I have something that I thought was wild garlic or wild onionin, and I have sprayed it 3x with Q4 (2,4D, Quinclorac, Dicamba, and Sulfentrazone). Garlic and Onionin are listed on the label. What ever that weed is, it's acting like I'm just watering it while laughing at me. I'll likely try digging up the bulbs next. It's Zoysia (in the transition zone), so if I kill a spot, it will eventually heal. For SUCKING, did I mention I tried removing the soil by hand after cutting it with the SOD cutter? I gave up and found someone willing to remove the soil for free to fill in low spots on his property. I figure I'll aerate this year. To level the front lawn a touch, I'll remove the plugs from the slightly higher spots and pulverize them over the low spots with the mower. The high spots will reduce slightly over time...I hope. I'm not sure how else to lower these higher spots without killing those parts of the lawn. The plan is good. The outcome...we'll see. I still love the channel. Besides the Zoysia SOD and seed farmers I bought my seed from, you were my #1 resource for knowledge. I used some of your advice over theirs at times. :0)
@@Troy-Echo right on troy. sounds like you are the lawn slayer :)
for weed identification I've had great luck with weedalert.com .
I too have had the issues with excess soil and trying to figure out what to do with it. in the end i paid some landscape friends to haul it away. Glad you're finding value in my content. Best.
@@pestandlawnginja To get rid of excess soil, I'd wager if you posted on NextDoor, Linkedin (?) and Facebook, as well as emailed multiple local landscapers that you had FREE soil or topsoil and it would go to the first person to both claim it and remove it, you may get people that would love to take the soil off your hands for free. Or, with luck, even sell it for a little profit. If not, you can still pass the savings or cost to the customer. I posted that I had free soil like this and two people wanted it in about 12 hours. Maybe I was just lucky. The first claimed it and was there with a Kabuto tractor and dump trailer in a few hours. He was thankful that he used the edge of his bucket while driving backwards to help level my soil between loads. According to that weed alert, the weeds are in fact wild onion or garlic, which should be killed by 2, 4D, which is in Q4. I sprayed twice with no luck, then came back and mowed the weed short, then sprayed again as the weed was actively growing before any waxy coating would form (if onion or garlic do that), but no luck. See, I've learned a lot from your channel LOL. I may try using only 2, 4D at the maximum application rate and see if I have any luck before digging or using glyphosate on a sponge.
@@Troy-Echo that’s great to hear that people came and leveled your area 😄.
I prefer to use speedzone or tzone for wild onion. It moves faster through the plant. I’m not a big fan of q4.
Wow, you are not playing this go round!👍🎖
Not at all! Had to be done if I want to progress any further
I’m a lawn man myself . I seriously get like 7-15 compliments a year on my lawn by people walking by . I’ve never thought of using sand and I like that idea . Our area has grubs and bugs and I try roll the lawn and squish them down .
The aeration is really messy and not sure if it’s gonna try that but it’s making me thing ......
Nice! It's not so much fun until after the dust settles! Once its done makes you want to do it again hahaha.
Dedication to filming while doing the hard stuff. This is going to put your lawn at a whole nother level.😉
Thanks Koven! It's not easy being the worker and production crew hahaha.
Great video mate. All the best from this Aussie fan.😉
Thanks Aaron! Love the Aussie's
I wish people in my neighborhood cared 1/4 what you do! I just gift a house where I'm trying to transform the yard & I feel like I'm doing all the work I'm doing for nothing because they have so many weeds & things that I'm going to forever be fighting them!
You’ll be good!!! Focus on pre emergents spring and late summer
For the sprinkler I. Back you can try changing the nozzles to a lower GPM so it puts less water out over the same duration. Also the sand will help with drainage. What an under taking (I tilled up half my 5200 sq ft front lawn two months ago and boy is that a lot of work) I commend you kind sir
Thanks Marc! It was tiring for sure!
Great video man. You're a funny guy too 😊👍🏻
Thanks Jamie!
Thanks for the video. Of course I enjoy all of your videos I see though. I will have to see what the cost of renting a top dresser is. Planning on leveling a bunch of my yard next week. Might need more time than I thought though.
Nice to hear you're out there slaying that lawn! That's awesome. Good luck finding the top dresser. its been a difficult one to track down.