How to Spread Dirt

An ideal lawn is lush, level, green and weed-free and can be achieved by top-dressing the grass each spring. Top-dressing means spreading dirt over the surface of the lawn to fill in depressions and to receive the nutrition needed to sprout a thick coat of grass that will muscle out weeds. Spread "triple mix" rather than simply dirt as "triple mix" is a combination of top soil or dirt, compost and peat moss. This mixture is available in garden stores or you can create your own composition using three parts of soil and compost and one part of peat moss.

Triple mix soil
Shovel
Garden rake
Wheelbarrow
Fertilizer
Lawnmower

Instructions

Instructions
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  Top-dressing will encourage thick and lush growth.
  
  Before spreading dirt, be sure the grass is in a growth phase and not dormant; you may kill the grass if it is still dormant. Don't top-dress dormant grass because you can damage it or kill it. Top-dressing a lawn improves the soil and encourages deep roots.
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  Mow the grass before spreading dirt.
  
  Fertilize the grass a couple of weeks prior to top-dressing so that the grass is pushing through. Mow the grass the day before top-dressing so the soil can work its way down to where it is needed.
  
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  A wheelbarrow is an essential gardening tool.
  
  Open the bags of triple mix and dump them into a wheelbarrow. Make sure you have your shovel ready. Deposit shovelfuls of soil in any depressions you may spy in your lawn. Any soil that remains after the holes are filled can be deposited onto the grass.
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  Tamp the soil down in any hollows. Then use the back of a garden rake to smooth the soil over the entire lawn. This will help get rid of lumps or clods and will allow the grass to grow through. Top-dressing encourages a thick lawn by giving it enough soil for the roots to take a firm hold.

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