Tag Archives: Top Dressing

Top dressing is the process of adding a soil-type material over a lawn. This is to improve, change or level the soil as appropriate.

Top dressing a lawn

There are many dressing available for lawns. From a compost-type which adds organic matter, to a sand or loam-based dressing to level and improve the quality of the soil.

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Question: Difficult north facing town house lawn

I received this question in January 2018 by a reader Mike, who asks about his town house lawn. I have just moved into a town house with a north facing back garden. The soil in the back garden has a lot of clay. The current grass is not doing well, and the ground is very soggy, wet, and… Read More »

Question: Dog lichen taking over dry lawn

I received this question from a reader who posted on a comment in March 2017 on my blog post about dog lichen. Hi Kris, We have dog lichen in our garden for about five years and are unable to get rid of it. We have decided to re lawn but are wondering how we should treat the soil… Read More »

Question: How I can make my lawn good to do Tai Chi on?

I recently received an excellent lawn care question from reader Nick Diggins. His posted his question on my article called why you should never roll your lawn. He would like to firm up his new enough to make it a lawn good to do Tai Chi on: Hi Kris Could you advice me on how I can make my… Read More »