If any home owner comes to you and asks for the perfect lawn to replace what they have now, you need to introduce them to sod.  This is by far the easiest way to get great results in fairly short order.  Sod is grown to perfection by experts and then made available in squares.  These are usually designed to be a yard square wherever you happen to buy them from.  You can buy as many or as few squares as you need, or if you are laying a whole lawn you will buy them by the pallet load.

One thing you should know is that you don’t have to wait for a certain time of the year to lay new sod in a garden.  The one thing you don’t want is very wet conditions, so if there has been a torrential downpour it’s best to wait until the ground isn’t a mud pit before you start.  And obviously snow isn’t a good idea either!

As you gain more experience of sodding lawns you will become more confident as well.  But for starters you need to know you have to be ready to lay your lawn when the sod arrives.  It’s no good having it turn up on the day you arrive at your client’s home.  You have to get the old sod up first before you can lay the new stuff, and that could take a day or more depending on the size of the garden.  You should be able to take delivery of the sod and start laying it straightaway.

Before you start laying the sod, mark out the area you want to fill.  Lay it in rows first, butting each piece firmly up against the next piece.  Make sure there are no gaps and ignore any edges that will require cut pieces of sod to fill.  You can do these last.

Once you have laid the whole lawn you should water it thoroughly.  Grass is just like any other plant you put in for the first time – it needs watering and the roots need to find their way into the soil below.  If you don’t water it you’ll lose all the nice sod you’ve just laid.

Be sure to advise your customer to water the lawn frequently too if you won’t be returning to do any other jobs for them in the near future.  Make sure they understand that watering it will help it to grow and develop.  If they don’t do it they’ll lose their lawn.

It’s also a good idea to aerate the new lawn not long after you have laid it.  Keeping up with the general maintenance of any lawn is ideal to do with newly laid sod, as it will mean you are starting off on the right foot.

There is no doubt that sod is the better option when it comes to having a new lawn.  Seeds are tricky to use and sod will give you an immediate result.

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