Flower beds
- black earth + mulch + fertilizer every spring
Lawn
Top-dressing and overseeding
Ahead of time:
- Buy top dress soil (30 1kg bags)
- Buy seed and fertilizer mix (2 4kg bags)
Day before:
- Rake and remove any dead grass
- Mow quite short (#2)
Day of:
- Cut top soil bags and spread on lawn
- Using the back of a hard rake, evenly spread the soil into the grass, breaking up the pieces as you go
- Using a seed spreader, spread a generous amount of seed + fertilizer mix (avoiding areas that shouldn’t have seed)
- By hand, spread a generous amount of seed along the edges
- Rake again to mix the seed into the soil
- Water everything moderately
Afterwards:
- For first week, keep seeds moist by watering moderately 4 times per day
- Once seeds sprout, water generously once per day for a week (at 5pm)
- In week 3, water generously once every two days
- In week 4, water generously once every three days
Repeat each spring and fall.
Links:
- https://www.google.ca/search?q=lawn+seed+top+dress
- Topdressing a Lawn: The Benefits and How to Do It • Lawnstarter 📖