Hello dear forum community!
Since I have already received so much great help here during our house construction, I would like to use your expertise again for my personal nightmare project.
Current status: The house is built, and we are happily living in it. The garden is showing its best greenery. Weeds of all kinds (nettles, thistles, grasses, etc.) are spreading over more than 600sqm (about 6,460 sq ft). Fortunately, so are my dahlias. The garden still needs to be raised by roughly 100 cubic meters (about 3,530 cubic feet) in total. The soil will be delivered from another construction site in the next days/weeks. It is good topsoil on which the lawn has been growing (and maintained).
What I am planning: I want to start by pulling out as many weeds as possible from the weed-covered area. Once the new soil arrives, it will be spread on top and hopefully smother the rest.
Problem: But since I’m not relying on luck, quite a lot of weeds will probably regrow or be brought in again. Since most of the area is meant to become lawn, I want to leave as little weed as possible there. I’m relaxed about the flower beds—I will just keep pulling weeds there. But for the lawn... I would like to significantly reduce the weeds beforehand to ensure a good base.
But how do I do this? We have already considered chemical weed control. However, we have three tigers and a toddler. I would rather not poison my whole crew. The neighbor’s cat should also remain unharmed. Covering the entire 600 sqm (about 6,460 sq ft) is not really an option either.
Help!!!
Since I have already received so much great help here during our house construction, I would like to use your expertise again for my personal nightmare project.
Current status: The house is built, and we are happily living in it. The garden is showing its best greenery. Weeds of all kinds (nettles, thistles, grasses, etc.) are spreading over more than 600sqm (about 6,460 sq ft). Fortunately, so are my dahlias. The garden still needs to be raised by roughly 100 cubic meters (about 3,530 cubic feet) in total. The soil will be delivered from another construction site in the next days/weeks. It is good topsoil on which the lawn has been growing (and maintained).
What I am planning: I want to start by pulling out as many weeds as possible from the weed-covered area. Once the new soil arrives, it will be spread on top and hopefully smother the rest.
Problem: But since I’m not relying on luck, quite a lot of weeds will probably regrow or be brought in again. Since most of the area is meant to become lawn, I want to leave as little weed as possible there. I’m relaxed about the flower beds—I will just keep pulling weeds there. But for the lawn... I would like to significantly reduce the weeds beforehand to ensure a good base.
But how do I do this? We have already considered chemical weed control. However, we have three tigers and a toddler. I would rather not poison my whole crew. The neighbor’s cat should also remain unharmed. Covering the entire 600 sqm (about 6,460 sq ft) is not really an option either.
Help!!!
HAL06120 schrieb:
Or you can have someone run a reverse milling cutter over it. Check on YouTube.
Unfortunately, that costs quite a bit of money, so it’s not an option. We’re a bit tight on budget right now and still need to save for the wedding [emoji85]Then you need to find a gardener who works for cash. Have you ever used a brush cutter? No. Driven a garden plow? No. You can harrow yourself with a wide rake, but preparing the soil without a small excavator? And sowing? Ever done it?
There it is again, our problem... gray windows and roller shutters, but no money left for the garden. [emoji1]
There it is again, our problem... gray windows and roller shutters, but no money left for the garden. [emoji1]
The garden was planned as a DIY project from the beginning. I think it’s a waste of money to hire someone for it. I grew up with the idea that the garden is created by your own hands. And yes, I have used a brush cutter before, even an old one that you have to sharpen and handle yourself. The soil is carefully spread using a wheelbarrow. The wheels might get hot, but we’re not in any rush. I’ve easily moved 50 cubic meters (1,765 cubic feet) of gravel over the past few weeks, so the soil doesn’t bother me at all.
I started sowing lawn grass when I was five. My grandpa pulled me behind the garden cart when sowing by hand became too uneven. In other words, creating and working in gardens is not new to me.
The only thing I’m not familiar with is dealing with so much weed growth, especially since we kids were kept away from chemicals.
I started sowing lawn grass when I was five. My grandpa pulled me behind the garden cart when sowing by hand became too uneven. In other words, creating and working in gardens is not new to me.
The only thing I’m not familiar with is dealing with so much weed growth, especially since we kids were kept away from chemicals.
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