new lawn

[bgatty68]

Hi can someone advise as to when is the best time to prepare the ground for a new lawn to be laid, how much top soil should i put down and what time of the year is best to put the new turf down oh yeah and the best type of turf to buy pleeeeeeeeease

[Bludall]

bgatty68

Two links for you, quicker than explaining how to do it!

Laying turfl


Turf

Another link!

Lawn laying

[bgatty68]

thanks for the link will follow that
are you a gardener by trade??

[Bludall]

No but twenty years ago I spent my childhood and teenage years hands on, helping out in the family business. I've got an allotment and garden and am not scared of getting my hands dirty. I turfed our lawn! It's easy as long as you get the soil layer sorted out first, free from stones, good drainage and level, preparation is everything as they say! I was trying to find you a video because either Monty Don or Alan Titchmarsh used to have one online but i've not come across it yet.

Good luck.

Another link, you can never have too many!

Turf

[bgatty68]

thanks for that was only curious not questioning ur advice.
on one of the sites it states wait til spring do you think its too early to do it now??

[Bludall]

I'd wait until the risk of frost is over, not sure if anyone else would .

[bgatty68]

thanks i think i will wait a few more weeks before i put the lawn down just do the prep work

[Bludall]

bgatty68
As I said before, the better the prep, the better the lawn will be, you don't want the problem of filling low lying spots on lumpy lawns as they'll not mow evenly when they get established.

[Wood Magnet]

The type of turf you buy depends on what the garden will be used for, will it be used by children for football etc. if so just get cheap meadow turf, if it's to be purely an ornamental lawn then get the best you can afford.