I did my samples today - front, back, sides, "hell strips". I'm going to do one soil test and one structure test.

Thanks for the great tips!

I'm pretty sure it's clay. I put in the fence a few years back and a lot of clay came up. They would stage their graders during construction and just scrape the top of my lot off before I bought it. The backyard - which I'm not renovating (yet), has some normal soil in the back corner. I really wish...

I actually started collecting a soil sample last night, but I haven't submitted it yet because I'm wondering if I should do multiples or not. I'm sure multiples wouldn't HURT, but I'm not sure how much they'd help over a more general sample. The first picture above shows about how well the grass gro...

Hello, all! I've been working on improving my lawn the past several years and recently came across this site! So far it's been very helpful and I'm planning on undertaking a renovation or overseed of the front andside yards this fall. Why so much? Well, I'm on a corner lot and I want it to be consis...