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That Surface Firm: An informal and attractive path can be made from logs and gravel; the wood should be treated with preservative. Make sure all the logs are the same height to ensure that surface firm the surface is even. Lay them close together, almost touching, on a sand and gravel base, and firm them down. The gaps between should be filled with a mixture of sand and gravel, and the surface brushed with a stiff outdoor broom.
To lay a gravel path, replace the sand layer in your foundation with a 2in layer of coarse gravel and roll it well to compact it. Then add a 2in layer of fine gravel, raking it out level and rolling it again to make a firm surface.
After plowing, digging or working with a rototiller the soil will be loose to a depth of six to ten inches. It must be compacted moderately. The best way to do this is to tread all over the surface with a sort of dancing motion in which the ball of the foot firms the ground not only at the surface but underneath. This is more effective than rolling, which tends to firm the surface only. Compacting must be done only when the soil is fairly dry. After you have trodden the soil (if the area is really large roll it instead) work the surface over with a rake until it is perfectly smooth and fine. This should be done shortly before sowing so that surface firm rain does not "cake" the ground surface after you have finally prepared it and before the seeds are sown. If rain does come after you have given this final raking and before you sow, rake the surface again to loosen it.
Make the soil ready as you would for seeding. Plant the plugs with a trowel, six to twelve inches apart, setting the surface of each level with or very slightly below the soil surface. Make the soil about the roots firm. Water thoroughly after planting. Old lawns may be plugged with Zoysia which will gradually intermingle with established grasses and may take over entirely eventually. • |
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