Last summer, my neighbor Bob decided to level his entire lawn without measuring. He just dumped wheelbarrows of sand everywhere. By August, his yard looked like a lopsided sandcastle. The grass was sad, the kids avoided it, and his wife threatened to plant cactus. Don’t be Bob. A little planning and a few gentle passes with a rake go so much further.
I tried the simple top dressing method on my own bumpy patch near the back door. It took two hours and a bag of topsoil. Now my morning coffee walk is steady, and the heron that visits my yard can stalk bugs without tripping. Small effort, huge payoff.