D'oh, I forgot to tell you *why* all of my projects have been aborted. I am resodding my parent's front lawn. It's a fireball of fun, I assure you. Here is a little list I whipped up of the steps I need to take to properly resod (reseed, actually) the lawn:
- Remove all old turf.
- Test the composition of the soil.
- Add soil amendments to correct soil composition.
- Add fertilizer and till 6 inches of the soil.
- Level soil to a 1-2 degree grade.
- Water for 2 weeks to allow weed seeds to germinate.
- Remove weeds with Round Up.
- Lightly rake top of soil.
- Spread seed equally in two passes, the second at 90 degrees to the first.
- Lightly rake the fresh seed.
- Lightly roll the fresh seed.
- Apply a light layer of mulch.
- Water lightly (5-10 minutes) twice daily until lawn height is ½ inch.
- Water deeper (15-20 minutes) once daily until lawn height is 3 inches.
- Mow lawn to 2 inches with a sharp-bladed bagging mower.