When it comes to some of the “secrets” to a healthy lawn, topdressing has long been one of them. For many years, only golf course pros and professional sports turf managers truly understood the value of a lawn top dressing service.
But as the benefits have become better understood, more and more people have begun to incorporate top dressing into their lawn routine.
If you’re considering this service, you might be wondering about the cost of top dressing a lawn.
In fact, you might also wonder if it’s something that you can do less expensively on your own.
In this article, we’ll dive into the costs involved in a lawn top dressing service and why it may not be such a money saver to do it yourself.
Before we get more into cost, we just want to take a moment to explain what top dressing is all about.
Top dressing is merely the act of spreading a thin layer of material across your lawn. People top dress their lawns with soil, compost, or sometimes sand.
When you top dress your lawn with compost material, it helps to add beneficial microbes to the soil which can benefit your lawn’s soil health in many wonderful ways.
People don’t always realize that it’s what “lies beneath the surface” that really counts when it comes to a healthy and thriving lawn. Naturally healthy soil is packed with beneficial microorganisms like fungi and bacteria that actually help your grass plants to digest nutrients.
A lawn full of beneficial microorganisms will also better defend itself against problems like diseases and pests.
We understand that you want to know how much it costs to top dress a lawn in North Texas.
People often assume that it’s not going to be very expensive to tackle top dressing as a DIY project but it’s a bit more involved than they tend to realize.
First and foremost, you’ll need to order organic soil from a local provider and arrange delivery. This cost will likely range from $50 to $70 per yard, plus a delivery fee (usually around $75).
This adds up to about $100 to $150 per 1,000 feet.
But there is also the equipment that you’ll need. You’ll have to buy a wheelbarrow, shovel, and rake if you don’t already have them.
Then, once the compost is delivered and dumped in your driveway, you’ll fill the wheelbarrow and make trips to your yard. People will typically dump small loads in many places and then try their best to spread them around evenly.
It’s important to get the compost spread between ¼ to ⅜ thick evenly around the lawn. But this is immediately challenging without professional equipment.
At the end of the day, we find that most DIYers don’t really consider the value of their own time or the arduous nature of this work before tackling it. It’s not uncommon for homeowners to wish they’d just hired a top dressing service to do it for them.
The truth is, you’re not saving that much money on top dressing your lawn when you do it yourself, plus you have to deal with all of the hassles and headaches associated with handling this service on your own.
When it comes to ensuring that your North Texas lawn has everything it needs to thrive, top dressing is a really valuable service. It will help to add beneficial microorganisms to your soil in order to help it perform better.
Since the cost of top dressing a lawn on your own is not going to be that much cheaper than hiring a pro, it makes sense to find a landscaping company that offers this as a professional service.
In addition to not having to deal with the hassles and headaches associated with this, you will also gain access to higher-quality compost materials and professional equipment, which will help you to get more out of a lawn top dressing service.
After all, your results will only be as good as the materials that you use and how they are applied.
At GrassPerson Lawn & Landscape, we know that soil health is at the heart of a thriving lawn. That’s why we are offering a professional lawn top dressing service. Top dressing, combined with other vital lawn care services, will help ensure that you get the best possible results.
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