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I want to be able to mow my lawn - Kaimana - 08-27-2021
Sorry if this the wrong section, wasn't sure were to put it.
So I have about 2/3rds of my acre cleared. Most of it is rocky and the only way to cut the grass/weeds is to weed wack. I'm so sick of weed wacking and want to be able to mow the lawn instead. What exactly do I need to do to be able to do that? I'm guessing I need to lay a ton of cinder, but do I also need to lay dirt? Or anything else? Does anyone have a ball park estimate of how much that would cost to bring the cinder(and what ever else is needed) in?
Thanks in advance.
RE: I want to be able to mow my lawn - MarkP - 08-27-2021
If you lay cinder stuff will grow in it and as grass clippings accumulate it will become more soil-like. If you can have a truck spread the cinder that would be helpful but if you set a mower at highest setting and just start mowing, picking out the rocks that stick up the highest and filling the lowest spots with cinder, you will eventually be able to mow normally.
RE: I want to be able to mow my lawn - Olohana 1790 - 08-27-2021
add mulch and cinder to try to slowly get the thatch layer thicker and thicker to clear the rocks.. also hand remove as many rocks as you can.... it takes a few yrs sometimes, but eventually you can have a soft lawn with a thatch layer that covers the rocks below... I did this to my moms place on 11th in HPP..
then once you mow the lawn NEVER remove the clippings (take off bag), let them mulch up to feed lawn and make a thicker thatch...
my moms place... 12 yrs ago it was pahoehoe lava covered with 1-2" of weedy dirt and Uluhe near the Ohias... now soft green lawn between the trees and we never added seed or anything.
aloha
RE: I want to be able to mow my lawn - 1voyager1 - 08-28-2021
I have about 1/3 of our one acre lot ripped, cleared, made into lawn with fruit trees, flowering shrubs and other plantings for our yard.
The balance of the lot is buffer, naturally vegetated jungle on unripped a-a providing us privacy, 1/3 in front, same in back.
It was ripped 15 years ago and is still growing rocks and settling, letting the yard become more uneven with time.
Almost every time I mow the blades still ring as they impact the emerging rocks.
In a few areas bedrock is actually emerging.
Every few mowings I have to go around the yard, manually pick up the rocks and spread cinders to fill in holes and level things.
Rocks have to be picked up and manually removed.
They grow up from the soil.
Everyone who works soil can attest to that.
I have a large pile of rocks I've gathered up and piled in an obscure corner of the lot.
It is still growing.
Use cinders to smooth the surface so that the mower can navigate the area and it's easy to walk on.
Red cinders to fill in the deeper areas, black to form a surface where things can grow.
After you add organic materials to it you turn it into soil.
If you just mow it, the lawn will expand over it, or you can put other plantings in.
I have enlarged our yard by removing rocks, building soil, enlarging the lawn, and making various plantings.
I used to haul green waste out and compost in, but have found it to be much cheaper to pick up a chipper/shredder and use my green waste as compost to make my soil myself.
Grass cuttings, fallen palm fronds, weed cuttings, wood chips, kitchen compost and other green waste are more than enough to make my soil needs with.