filling a deep hole on my lawn

Dirt should do just fine. Grass loves dirt.

Good Luck !!

--James--

Nope, just dirt. Tamp it as you add.

Not a bad question at all. Tamping is compacting the soil as you add it too the hole. It will save you settling problems later. You can rent a tamping tool fairly cheap, or devise your own method of packing the soil as you add it..add some tamp some. :)

"Rene W> Thanks.

A good thing to tamp with would be a sledgehammer (just hold it upright, and "drop" it in) , or big post or 4 x4 or something like that. Just to pack the dirt in firm, so that it doesn't settle too much and you end up with a large depression after a month.

Place 4-5 inches of dirt, tamp, repeat, etc.

--James--

Is your wife still in the picture?

If not, mine's available.

If not, mine's available.

that I recently

embedded in my lawn. I

deep, and 10-11

a big hole in the

on top? DO I

hole, before I add

Since the date of her first posting, I would say that she has grass a foot tall there by now.............

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No, no. You need to backfill in layers- this is very important!

First apply a layer of 'organic material' about 3" thick, then apply a 1" layer of 'brown earth', then add a 5" layer of 'dirt', and repeat until the hole is about 4" from ground level. The last layer MUST be 'brown earth'

Sow cover grass from East to West with a reciprocal hand motion.

Larry

who does all that?

I just filled in a hole in my yard with 18" of pure compost,(leaf and grass debris, composted for 4 months and ground up. Of course I'm attempting to create a mini marsh.

I just filled in a hole in my yard with 18" of pure compost,(leaf and grass debris, composted for 4 months and ground up. Of course I'm attempting to create a mini marsh.

mmmmmmm..frog legs are tasty. :)