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Lebell · 05-28-2003, 07:03 PM

well, if you insist on sod,

First you have to make sure the soil isn't tired. You can take a sample to your local garden center and they can look at it, or you can just bite the bullet and get a ton or so of sheep manure and rototil it in.

After this, rake it relatively flat and water it to the point it is *almost* mud.

Then put your sod down and WATER WATER WATER.

The trick is to make it muddy underneath so the roots can bite into the ground and to keep it that way until they do.

Last time I bought sod (awhile ago) it was about 2.25 a roll which I think covered about 10 or so sq. ft.

(don't quote me on any of this pricing).

Anyway, you literally unroll it like a carpet where you want it. My friend had great success by taking off her shoes and literally working the sod in with her bare feet (like a geisha working your back).

05-28-2003, 07:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
Lebell Cracking the Whip Location: Sexymama's arms...	well, if you insist on sod, First you have to make sure the soil isn't tired. You can take a sample to your local garden center and they can look at it, or you can just bite the bullet and get a ton or so of sheep manure and rototil it in. After this, rake it relatively flat and water it to the point it is almost mud. Then put your sod down and WATER WATER WATER. The trick is to make it muddy underneath so the roots can bite into the ground and to keep it that way until they do. Last time I bought sod (awhile ago) it was about 2.25 a roll which I think covered about 10 or so sq. ft. (don't quote me on any of this pricing). Anyway, you literally unroll it like a carpet where you want it. My friend had great success by taking off her shoes and literally working the sod in with her bare feet (like a geisha working your back). __________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis The ONLY sponsors we have are YOU! Please Donate!