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by ken-n-nancy
August 4th, 2014, 1:49 pm
Forum: Lawn Renovations
Topic: Ken-n-Nancy's 2014 Back Yard Renovation / Side Yard Overseed
Replies: 45
Views: 5095

Re: Ken-n-Nancy's 2014 Back Yard Renovation / Side Yard Over

And, you are correct - use the soil between the 3 and 4 inch marks for the LL test. Thanks for the clarification. That was what I thought, but I wasn't sure, as it took me about 12 cores to get 1 cup of soil when I was taking the entire topsoil depth (that is what I did for the soil samples I sent ...
by ken-n-nancy
August 4th, 2014, 11:38 am
Forum: Lawn Renovations
Topic: Ken-n-Nancy's 2014 Back Yard Renovation / Side Yard Overseed
Replies: 45
Views: 5095

Re: Ken-n-Nancy's 2014 Back Yard Renovation / Side Yard Over

Thanks so much for the quick reply! This seems like an awesome community in this forum! My question is whether or not I should do anything to work the new soil into the existing soil, or just lay it right on top of the dead weeds/grass? I wouldn't till it up - you can end up with a very lumpy lawn o...
by ken-n-nancy
August 4th, 2014, 12:05 am
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: Ken-n-Nancy Soil Test - Summer 2014
Replies: 43
Views: 2504

Ken-n-Nancy Soil Test - Summer 2014

First off, I want to apologize for having not used Logan Labs or UMASS for the soil test results in this posting. I found the " Steps to Overseeding. Steps to New Establishment ." article and followed its steps. I have subsequently read further on this site (after having already sent in the soil to ...
by ken-n-nancy
August 3rd, 2014, 11:58 pm
Forum: Lawn Renovations
Topic: Ken-n-Nancy's 2014 Back Yard Renovation / Side Yard Overseed
Replies: 45
Views: 5095

Ken-n-Nancy's 2014 Back Yard Renovation / Side Yard Overseed

Hello! I'm new to the BL/ATY website, with this being my first posting. My main reason for joining the site is to be able to glean some tips from your collective experience and wisdom on lawn care -- there is clearly a lot of hard-earned knowledge present in the readership here! The areas I really t...