Lawn:Rip and Replace or cover?

siliconbits

Total lawn newbie here. I am currently looking to refresh my lawn and is faced with two choices.

(a) Either rip and replace the whole damn thing. Remove the lawn manually using a garden hoe. I then plan to level the ground (there's a slight inclination - a few degrees - , put some geotextile fabric to prevent weeds from cropping up and then put some fresh lawn (purchased in rolls) in that order.

(b) Kill the lawn (using a non-environmentally harmful method), cover it with fabric, then level the ground with soil, cover it with the lawn.

Is there a third way, which one would be the least troublesome and the faster Thanks for helping me out as always!.

wallbash

Total lawn newbie

put some geotextile fabric to prevent weeds

Why?

Is there a third way,

I certainly hope so.

1) wrong time of year. wait until Sept
2) forget geotextile fabric
3) forget using a non-environmentally harmful method) kill everything
start with a weed free area

4) forget a hoe , think weed killer and rotavator

A reasonable lawn is not easy and not cheap.

Lack of funds , weed and buy lawn seed , in 12 weeks

I_have_spoken

What size are we talking about?

For anything larger than a postage stamp I strongly recommend hire of a turf cutter, then level plot and fill in dips with sterilised topsoil, lay new turf and keep watered.

Ideally stack the cut turf away out of sight for 2 years and it'll turn into excellent loam.

siliconbits

Geotextile fabric came up when I was looking for non-chemical ways of preventing weed from cropping up. It seemed to be a fairly popular way of achieving just that. The surface area under work is probably about 12m^2.

wallbash

siliconbits wrote: »

Geotextile fabric came up when I was looking for non-chemical ways of preventing weed from cropping up. It seemed to be a fairly popular way of achieving just that. The surface area under work is probably about 12m^2.

Now my 'new' lawn has been down a few years. It was completely killed off, waited a couple of months then killed again. Earth renovated and leveled. Turfs laid.
Now any weeds are growing in the top 'turfs' NOT coming up from below. Laying a fabric wont stop seeds from growing. Seeds blown in on the wind will defeat any hiding fabric.

andrewf75

Depending on how bad a state its in you can get various products which you pour on it to kill moss and feed the grass. Theres an all-in-one product (can't remember the name) which I have used before and it worked a treat on ours. Go to the garden centre and there is a huge range.

Digging the whole lot up seems a bit drastic to me unless its absolutely beyond saving. A bit of care and regular mowing should sort it out.

Mojisola

siliconbits wrote: »

Is there a third way, which one would be the least troublesome and the faster Thanks for helping me out as always!.

Look around for a lawn-care company - names like Greenthumb, TruGreen, LawnsOne, etc - and pay for a couple of treatments.

Your lawn will look like new.