How to level a plot for a lawn in the country with your own hands

Most people who bought a country house dream of a flat lawn near the house. However, in most cases, the purchased plot is very far from ideal, and in order to realize your dream with a beautiful yard, you will have to work hard. Leveling the ground under the lawn is actually a lot of effort and is quite expensive. At the same time, this operation can be carried out both without the help of specialists, and in conjunction with them.

How to level a plot in the country with your own hands under a lawn? The main difficulty lies in the fact that areas without proper inspection represent a hilly area, on which, moreover, a large number of perennial wild grasses grow, which are not at all going to yield their territory to noble plants.

Leveling the earth: contact a specialist or do it yourself

Of course, the answer to this question lies on the surface. If the owner of the site has a sufficient amount of funds, then the easiest way is to contact the specialists and quickly solve the problem. It is also better to hire them if the suburban area is swampy, has significant irregularities, slopes, many stones, etc., here most likely you cannot do without special equipment. Such a site will require the use of a bulldozer, tractor and cultivator.

Why alignment is necessary

How to level a plot for a lawn in the country with your own hands

The first thing that speaks in favor of leveling the ground is a good view, ease of subsequent maintenance, and the fact that the soil is subject to minimal erosion.

Smooth ground also has a positive effect on the following factors:

• plants grow much better and more intensively on a flat surface;
• rain does not wash away the earth;
• water does not accumulate on the lawn, puddles do not form;
• plants receive sunlight evenly;
• it is convenient to equip a flat surface with buildings.

Thus, having leveled the soil once before sowing the lawn, then you will not have to rack your brains and get nervous during its subsequent cultivation and maintenance.

How to align: manually or using a technique

You can do all the work with your own hands, or you can involve a technician to help. About the option in more detail:

Alignment using technique

The following technique is used for leveling the soil:

• bulldozer;
• excavator;
• tractor;
• grader;
• cultivator.

The cost of renting equipment today is approximately 2,000 rubles. in hour.*

Of course, the amount of work with equipment depends on the neglect of the site. So, for example, if there are ravines, shrubs, elevation differences on the territory, then some should be leveled, while others should be cut out. This will require a redistribution of land on the site, which requires a tractor and a grader. After that, the final leveling of the soil is carried out with a cultivator. The cost of the work will be about 30 rubles. for 1 m².

Alignment using technique

Thus, in some cases, special equipment is indispensable. Also, if necessary, you can invite specialists to your site to conduct training or draw up a work plan.

Manual way

After working with machinery on the ground, one can only talk about its relative evenness. Often it is impossible to do without manual labor in any case. If the soil on the site does not have serious defects, then it is more profitable to carry out work on leveling it with your own hands. As a rule, they will not take much time, it is quite possible to cope with them in a few days.

The sequence of leveling the area under the lawn

How to level the area under the lawn with your own hands? This question implies the following steps.

To carry out work with your own hands, you will need the following tools and materials:

• pitchfork, shovel, rake;
• building level;
• rink;
• pegs, rope.

Leveling the area under the lawn, if there are no slopes:

1. Initially, you should determine the height of the soil area and find the average. From this point you need to build on when aligning.
2. A peg is driven into the selected point.
3. From the reference peg, you need to drive in the remaining pegs at a distance of 0.5-1.0 m. Next, you should pull the rope between the pegs. For convenience, you can leave about 10 cm between the rope and the soil. The rope must be pulled. Next, you need a level.
4. After dividing the site into squares, it becomes visually visible where the earth should be poured, and where it should be removed.
5. This is followed by direct leveling of the land along the perimeter.
6. An exposure of the leveled land is given in 2 weeks.
7. If pits appear after shrinkage, then they get better with a bedding.

If there is a desire to leave the bias, then you need to act as follows:

1. The highest point on the site is determined. A peg is driven into it.
2. The lowest point on the site is determined and a peg is also placed.
3. The pegs are connected with a rope at their lowest point and a second rope at their highest point.
4. The ground is leveled taking into account the stretched ropes, after which it must be allowed to brew for 2 weeks.

Site preparation rules

In this difficult work, it is important to take into account some nuances:

• It is necessary to carry out planning on the local area, allocating space for buildings, decorative elements and paths.
• You should always determine the level of the slope and its direction.
• It is necessary to clean up hills, stones and holes in the area.
• If necessary, the upper clay or swampy layer should be removed, and fertile soil should be added instead.
• The brought soil should not be stored for more than 3 weeks, as its beneficial substances evaporate.
• You need to level the ground in dry weather.

If you carry out the work, observing all of the above points, then you will not have to re-level the lawn after it has begun to grow, which is very difficult.

* Prices are for October 2018