Top-dressing a lawn is a fancy term for amending the soil without disturbing the sod. Golfers might be familiar with the practice because this technique was first performed on golf courses in Scotland ...
A: This is called "top-dressing," and the idea is that it's a way to gradually add organic matter and build up the lawn soil without digging everything up and starting over. A big problem so many ...
The grass is always greener... wherever you use top dressing. Which is why, yes, applying it to your tired-looking garden ...
Now is the time to top dress a lawn. Top dressing, or adding a layer of top soil (usually a combination of sand, silt and clay), is usually done when your lawn is in active growth – once your regular, ...
Austin area soils are famous for their poor quality. Ask any avid local gardener and they will give you a list of their soil woes. Ultimately what it comes down to is we have very little soil, the ...
11:49, Fri, Apr 25, 2025 Updated: 12:26, Fri, Apr 25, 2025 There is so much to do in the garden in spring, especially for gardeners with a lawn to tend to. Mowing, aerating, sowing grass seed and ...