How to Flatten Land

Few things can be annoying to a home or property owner than having to deal with a lumpy yard. There are two approaches to flattening the small hills, bumps and lumps that make the front or back lawn so frustrating: by leveling off the landscape or by taking the more time-consuming method of starting the yard "from scratch." Either way, the bumps can be eliminated and the yard can be flattened, making outdoors activities more enjoyable.

Tape measure
Bags of soil or fill dirt
Soil tamper
Grass seed
Tiller

Instructions

- 1
  Measure the length and width of the yard with a tape measure and multiply the two resulting numbers together to get your yard's total square footage. Take this number with you and purchase enough bags of topsoil or fill dirt to accommodate for your yard's space. Mow your lawn to get the grass level down as low as possible to expose the lumps as best you can.
- 2
  Open the bags and toss the soil or dirt onto the lawn to fill the crevices between the lumps until the soil is level with the tops of the bumps. Once all is filled to satisfaction, stamp the soil down with a soil tamper and reseed the new soil with grass seed. Leave your lawn undisturbed while the seeding takes place.
- 3
  Cut and remove the sod from the lumpiest parts of the lawn and use a tiller to till the bumps down until they're level with soil line. Replace the sod, tamp it down and reseed if necessary. You'll need to leave the yard undisturbed to allow the sod to take.

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