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Originally Posted by sa226
We bought a house last October and now that the winter is slowly going away I'd like to start looking into how I can get my lawn into the pristine condition that it deserves to be.
Previous owners had a dog and didn't really care. There is lots of dead grass and a few diggin holes.
I kind of get the idea of aerating, fertilizing, seeding etc, but the back yard is very uneven and I would like to level it out. As well as fill in those diggin holes.
I have read that you can use a dirt/sand mix as a leveler and rake it throughout the yard, but should I aerate it before I do that? What is the order of things? Should I start aerating and fertilizing in May to get it filling in nicely and then level it later in the summer? Or should I level it right away, leaving my back yard in a bit of a mud pit?
Thanks.
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I had similar issues with my yard when we moved in. Wait until the summer for putting down soil, sand and seed. Aeration in a month or so will be good.