How to level a yard after removing a tree without killing the grass
Tree removal leaves deep depressions that prevent proper mowing and require choosing the right fill material like topsoil, sand, or a mix. Homeowners often get stuck trying to figure out whether to remove the existing grass first or layer the soil directly on top to fix the uneven surface.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1mowing pretty high
- 2spreading a thin layer of topsoil over the lawn until it's even
- 3putting some more seed down on the parts that fill with more soil
- 4keeping it mowed best you can every other week until it starts freezing
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“What’s going on and how would we level it?”source ↗
“I have Bermuda and my front yard is not leveled because we cut a tree a few years back, so I have to mow pretty high. Shold I remove the grass I have before trying to level ? Should I use top soil, sand or a mix of both ?”source ↗
Where this came up
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