[QUOTE 4777060, member: 9609"]I moved the turf that was down rather than cover it, much easier job than I thought. So now to seed the remaining bit. If I just like you say just keep raking it and treading it down. If I'm wanting the grass to be the same level as the wood edging, will I make the height of the soil a little lower (5mm) ? after seeding is it best to cover with sharp sand ? and when is best time to seed, is this still a little early ?
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Looks good, soil will still settle over time when it's been moved about and 5mm is barely here nor there so I'd get it somewhere near to the required level or even slightly higher as it will only go one way and it's never upwards. Yeah keep raking down and removing debris, large stones and roots, you don't want to go mad though particularly if it's wet, you don't want to turn it into a road! For the grass to grow nicely it needs a "nice" seedbed.
Seeding should be Autumn or Spring ideally, for us here in Suffolk we've had bugger all rain for ages so seeding anything hasn't been particularly effective. Generally speaking though any time now should be fine as it's getting warmer and grass needs +7 degrees c average to grow. Watering artificially is a pain on seeded areas as you tend to wash the soil into a "cap" when it dries out as people tend to over water, grass doesn't like this, if you do water do it very gently don't allow puddles to form.
The turf job I did a few weeks ago has no rain but the customer has been watering and it's all taken fine, in fact I cut it with the mower on Monday.
If I had a choice I would seed grass in Autumn here where I live as there's more chance of decent rainfall, the Spring can be really dry here in East Anglia.
