Has anyone ever top dressed their lawn with a fertilizer or compost? Where I live the ground is very sandy and I'm thinking about giving the yard a good makeover this fall.
The plan would be to mow shorter than usual, about 2 inches or so, dethatch, rake, core aerate, overseed heavily, apply 1/4" of compost over the yard and then water like hell. I realize this is going to be very labor intensive but I only plan on doing the front yard this year and have all of the equipment on hand. Has anyone ever top dressed their yard? Did you see a noticeable difference in your grass appearance?
The plan would be to mow shorter than usual, about 2 inches or so, dethatch, rake, core aerate, overseed heavily, apply 1/4" of compost over the yard and then water like hell. I realize this is going to be very labor intensive but I only plan on doing the front yard this year and have all of the equipment on hand. Has anyone ever top dressed their yard? Did you see a noticeable difference in your grass appearance?