Tell me about sod!

[DJJasonp]

Got about 150-200 sq feet in my front yard that needs some new sod, due to me tearing out a pepper tree that had an extensive root system that killed surrounding areas of grass growth.

Had the stump grinded, and have tore out/dug up most of the roots (which were long as hell by the way)......and now I'm ready to lay some new sod.

Question: Is this something I can do on my own, or should I pay the extra and have it done?

Considerations: I do not have access to a tiller, or roller - and I dont have a truck to haul the equipment even if I rented it.

But - could I get by with digging up the spotty turf, spraying round-up, and "ghetto-tilling" with a metal rake?


Thanks in advance for any and all tips.....

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Sweet Daddy Williams

Ah, landscaping. One trade I never bothered with.

Golf course maintenance is the worst. Fixing broken irrigation lines in stagnant water filled with leeches, picking up some one who sucks the penis's cigar butt in the bunker every fifth hole, weed-eating fifty degree slopes, emptying those wire mesh trash cans that spill backwashed beer and chaw all over you.

Anyone who tells you shit like that builds character never had an arm slimed with Skoal spit.

[BWillie]

I hate sod and seeding. Mainly because I don't have a sprinkler system and I have to remember to water it. Last time I literally paid some swinging dick to come back to my house a couple times a week to water it. Cuz I wasn't going to remember to drag the hose & sprinkler around all week. Use of straw is helpful though, to keep in the moisture.

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by DJJasonp

Got about 150-200 sq feet in my front yard that needs some new sod, due to me tearing out a pepper tree that had an extensive root system that killed surrounding areas of grass growth.

Had the stump grinded, and have tore out/dug up most of the roots (which were long as hell by the way)......and now I'm ready to lay some new sod.

Question: Is this something I can do on my own, or should I pay the extra and have it done?

Considerations: I do not have access to a tiller, or roller - and I dont have a truck to haul the equipment even if I rented it.

But - could I get by with digging up the spotty turf, spraying round-up, and "ghetto-tilling" with a metal rake?


Thanks in advance for any and all tips.....

Yes you can do on your own. I had to replace mine at least three times. And I have an underground sprinkler system too.


Only mine was destroyed by heat and bugs while we had a no water ordinance. Now I have re-claimed water and it survived the last re-sodding.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Golf course maintenance is the worst. Fixing broken irrigation lines in stagnant water filled with leeches, picking up some one who sucks the penis's cigar butt in the bunker every fifth hole, weed-eating fifty degree slopes, emptying those wire mesh trash cans that spill backwashed beer and chaw all over you.

Anyone who tells you shit like that builds character never had an arm slimed with Skoal spit.

I kind of figured there was no way a landscaping gig could go well in any capacity, so I stayed away.

I'd be cussing like Spalding all up and down that ****ing golf course.

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by Baconeater

Way too much cheap illegal labor in SoCal to even consider doing that yourself.

This and all of this.

Originally Posted by Inmem58

Yep, they're all lined up at home depot

Definitely that here too. It's funny that they never choose Lowe's.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by lewdog

This and all of this.



Definitely that here too. It's funny that they never choose Lowe's.

This.

This phenomena needs to be explored in great detail. Does Lowe's have a "call the cops/INS"-policy in regards to the day labor, or is Lowe's too "highfalutin'" for today's upwardly mobile migrant?

[Brock]

It's pretty easy. If you have a tow hitch on your car, tillers are rented mounted on their own special trailer. That would turn a 4 hour shovel job into a 10 minute job.

Grass seed is way, way cheaper though.

Personally, I wouldn't bother with grass in a natural desert.