How To Use Topsoil In Your Spring Landscaping Projects
Dreaming of warmer weather? Us too.
The best time to get a head start on your spring landscaping is actually when the weather outside is frightful.
Here, we’ll walk through different considerations for how to use topsoil in your landscaping plans for the sunshine blue-sky days ahead.
Dress up your lawn
No, we don’t mean put it in its Sunday best. Top-dressing is the process of adding a thin layer of topsoil over your lawn. Instead of killing the grass beneath, it addresses some common lawn problems, like low spots from rotting tree roots, settling from holes, and erosion.
After top-dressing, you can add grass seeds to supplement current grass growth. The end result is a lush lawn without bald patches.
Improve your yard’s drainage
Got wet spots? Combining sandy topsoil with compost or ground pine bark can improve drainage. To get this result, till the mixture into the existing soil about a foot deep.
Tilling aerates the soil and breaks up areas that are too tightly packed.
Refresh flower beds — or make a new one
Over time, unmaintained garden beds get reclaimed by the grass. To refresh them, till the garden area and add a three-inch layer of garden soil. This creates a fresh layer of soil six inches deep which both looks better and grows healthier plants.
Replenish soil nutrients
Missing that rich dark soil color? As plants pull nutrients from the soil, they also strip out its color. Pale soil is a sign of lost nutrients, which is bad for both the plants and your aesthetic appeal.
A fresh layer of topsoil can make all the difference to give your plants what they need to thrive — and for your landscaping to pop.
Read more: 5 Ways To Use Topsoil To Improve Your Lawn and Garden and Learn the Best and Worst Places to Buy Bulk Gravel
Want to get more information on getting new topsoil in your spring landscaping? Call the experts at Bray Topsoil and Gravel for your free quote today! 859-635-5680
