Last summer we decided that we wanted to remove the evergreen hedge that separated the upper and lower west lawns. With it there we never used the lower lawn, it just was out of sight, out of mind. We wanted to move the trampoline to that lower west lawn and thought that it would be nice if the whole lawn was opened up for use. So we had Jim come up with the tractor and pull all the evergreens out except for the end one by the steps on the south side. Then we left it alone for the winter.
This year we dug out weeds and Curtis rototilled it to remove rocks and roots. We raked it and smoothed it, and spread new grass seed and then used my dad's old metal lawn-roller to press the seed into the soil.
The trick was to keep the soil moist while the seed germinated. That took a few weeks but by the end of summer we had a nice, gently sloping lawn that saw plenty of use this summer. It will continue to fill in in the coming years and someday no one will know there was ever a huge hedge there.
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| roots and rocks dug out and raked, smoothed and flattened |
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| we removed the rock steps at the north end of the yard |
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| Lawn now (Oct 2014) |
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