Lawn level relative to path

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Richard Slater

Discussion Starter · Sep 1, 2017

Assuming a height of cut of about 50mm / 2 inches, how the seed bed be levelled relative to the hardscaping, be that hard edging for the borders of the path that runs down the side of the garden?

A: Level with the path so that the grass "sticks out" above the path

+ can run the reel straight over the path to cut the grass smoothly along the edge
+ the grass kind of pops in the garden this way
- over time might settle to below the path line requiring topping up 10mm at a time
- mower will not actually be touching the soil and will be a few mm over the soil on the turf

B: Below the level of the path

+ as thatch layer turf builds up will come up to meet the path level
- looks kind of dull
- could be dangerous to the reel
- will need to strim round the edges otherwise I will end up with a raised edge

C: Above the level of the path

+ as the grass settles will end up dropping down
- looks ugly
- very hard to fix after the fact, however can be acheived with a verticutter and blowing the soil out

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Richard Slater

Discussion Starter · #7 · Sep 2, 2017

Thanks for the comments, I've updated a couple of the pro's and con's

Interesting that clay can have such a pronounced effect, I have very loam'y/silt'y free draining soil so I suppose that will have a less pronounced effect on the height of the soil. I think I am going to go for 'A' as I am concerned that I will damage the hardscaping and/or the reel is all slate so will show damage quite substantially.

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