If you want the grass to be greener on your area of the block but you want to save some money installing a lawn, then why not do the job yourself? Here is how to install a lawn; it is not as hard as you might think.

Firstly, there’re two different installation processes ? that of sod & seed. Do you want to plant grass into the soil or do you want to plant seeds that grass will ultimately sprout from? With the latter, you can save money in the short-term, but remember, your lawn will not actually be ready to go right away & you will have to reap what you sow; a seed lawn is susceptible to erosion & weed growth.

First, measure the area you want to install the lawn in & then ask your local gardening experts about what species of grass you should install. The answer to that question will depend on how much time you are willing to put into maintaining your lawn & the climate you live in. Now you must prepare the ground for its new lawn ? pull out every single weed, get rid of rocks. You can put to work a rotary tiller & pre-fertilize your lawn with compost (you’ll want to dig into your lawn about 6 inches). Finally, you can install the lawn. If you are seeding, then make certain it is not summer time. You can only seed in fall, spring, & the beginning of winter. Now you must plant the seeds, but in order to do this you have to buy the appropriate number of seeds for the square  footage of your lawn. You can use a seed spreader or scatter the seeds by hand. Water the young seeds as much as possible.

If you can not actually be sure of this, consider installing gravel.

As for sod, you can buy it from a sod farm. Ideal sod will have roots that are moist, only green grass, & will not fall apart easily. Water the sod as much as you would the seeds, until they appear ? then you can water them two times every week.

Stephen Blades loves seeing people build great lawns & loves to teach them how to do it… Click to Grass Fanatic & Fertilizer Help – 2 of his lawn care sites – for much more Grass Articles & Fertilizer Articles.