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Posted by cndkj 6 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 3, 06 at 17:10
Hi, I am totally stumped. I live in a brownstone with a backyard that could be really beautiful! Right now, after such a heavy winter, it is just dirt. I need some advice on how to grow grass or plant sod or a referral to a good, affordable lawn company in the city.
My yard is about 600 square feet and I'd like to have ground cover or grass on at least half of it, with room for other plants. I live on the Upper West Side and the yard faces South--it is very shady.
In the past, I have planted seed and tried to fertilze. Nothing seems to take root. This spring/summer, I'd like to invest a little more and have it done right. Having said that, I'm not rich so it also needs to remain affordable. Any recommendations for a lawn company that will come and plant grass/sod or maintain a lawn? Any reccommendations or advice at all??THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!
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- Posted by chrisa Bklyn (z7) (My Page) on
Sun, Apr 30, 06 at 20:59
I created a lawn in my last rental/brownstone backyard that I had to spend ages building up the soil and additional ages (especially in high growing season)maintaining. yes, awesome to run around on with your pet or kid and lovely to nap on or walk barefoot across. but given the likely sparseness due to city shade and the difficulty of maintaining with city-friendly push mowers and the mowing effort and all....well i'm planning the yard of my new bare rental yard now and i'm doing my best to figure out how to have a good green social space without a lawn. for that matter i have a quite new electric mower, a scott spreader, and grass shears that will imminently be for sale if anyone is interested (yes i know this isn't a sale space, but it isn't easy to find a good city mower around nyc so mentioning it is a service to us all :>).
if you have the time/money/space to deal with a lawn and the related equipment then my basic advice and warnings are as follows:
- have (or create) good ORGANIC soil and fertilize in spring and fall
- have good sun and not many shallow rooted trees around
- prepare to mow twice a week in spring, and water and weed as needed
- realize you will need to store a mower (spreader, fertilizer, shears, etc) somewhere in a dry space that may total almost as much square footage as the lawn itself!
email me if you want more details...
good luck!
chris |
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