Soil Preparation for Laying Turf // Backyard Golf Hole

Time to prep the soil on the fairways for laying some turf. Today I'm giving the soil a light Till and getting rid of unwanted weeds and grass.
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[@SimonAndAppa]

I know the green is looking scrumptious but the videos like these where the progress is so massive are far more satisfying

[@emanemanresuresu]

Dude the guy made a massive PREZEL!

[@bkempy7313]

What about planting around the dam with mainly native plants? Having the likes of Reeds, Tanika Lomandra, Pennstripe Pennisetum, , Birds Nest Ferns, etc etc. These are less maintenance and more weather resistant hardy plants that look great and handle the local weather. The pond and the surrounding vegetation makes it a standout feature in itself and makes everything else have that much more appropriation. As well as less chance of getting clippings in the water. Could also help with balls rolling into water 😅

[@guylepage7729]

Leave the reeds mate. They will keep your dam environment healthy and make a lot less work in the long run too! You could load in a huge amount of different indigenous water plants that will filter the water and require zero maintenance. A couple of native fish will keep the water clean too. It would look amazing.

[@msilv8335]

Aquatic plants in the dam will take care of the algae as well. Lily pads or floating island planters work very well and improve the water quality and habitability of the dam and require no energy and nearly no maintenance. Might be worth considering. :)

[@DAKtheKING]

love seeing cool temps as we warm.

[@simonbagley5851]

My vote is for Zoysia around the dam 👍🏼

[@jayhegde]

Maybe the fairways could be surrounded by natural grasses and vegetation (the current trend in golf course design here in the US)? Plants native to your region in Australia? Been watching for a long time…love the videos!

[@09WINDSOR]

+1 for natives and grass plants around the dam. Make a feature out of it and something to catch the eye

[@TyTyTy87]

Adidas sponsors Lawn tips now. They're moving into the turf industry, nice! 👌

[@xspeedxodysseyx]

Retaining wall Sawgrass style is an obvious winner mate

[@brettellis3948]

Defs Zoysia around the dam! Love the look of "unkempt" Zoysia - It looks amazing when you have unmowed areas next to well mowed areas.

[@scottrdare]

Keep the dam looking as natural as possible! Look after your frogs and those ducks.

[@shaunray6660]

I vote for unmown zoysia around dam, and 4" tall fescue for all roughs and fill-ins 👌

[@cameronrolfe9494]

Zoysia around the Dam would look awesome. Maybe a mainstream drought tolerant variety so viewers could see it perform with no water for the rough areas. Keep up the content mate, helps the week pass with multiple videos!

[@SpudRunGolf]

Intro was on point

[@samgardiner86]

Definitely some zoysia matrella round the dam and leave it uncut. I visited turfco in Berry and they have their sir grange on display in a mini golf setup. Looks very cool around bunkers as well as dams.

[@brandonjayell]

I’m another for planting some local native grasses around, might help stop a few balls rolling into the dam. Or even just half of it, but take into consideration it may invite wildlife that you probably don’t want on the green for example your ducks lol If there’s any other dams or possibilities of dams you could plant that out so it attracts them to that instead. Regardless it’s going to look really nice

[@chriscunningham5192]

The dam needs a tpc sawgrass style wall along the green side 👌🏼👌🏼

[@Nico-qt4qz]

Some big rocks and boulders around the dam would look good.

[@alexcunningham2423]

Zoysia around the dam would be my vote

[@thesugarlipslove]

i love a fescue rough. also you could add some areas of wild flowers in there.

[@hamishbindrinkin]

Saturday morning lawn tips. Love it

[@michaelchidley1230]

Thanks for answering my question re: around dam. Definitely go the Zoysia! Loving your work!

[@ausroboda4003]

Mate you should do a timber retaining wall around the dam. Have nice Tiff Tuff right up to it and some bunkers.

[@jus55]

Please do Zoysia around the dam. It would like cool left long around the dam once established 👌🏻👌🏻

[@Itsnick99]

Crazy to see the progress of the channel and projects over the years

[@calebevans8437]

Looks good can wait to see the turf come in must be a fair bit of money in that to cover the area

[@SpiderDice]

I love you and your videos. You're teaching me so much. ❤

[@tnhawkeye6155]

“Yo mate, welcome to another Lawn Tips vid. Today we’ll be turning the big dam in the paddock into a bunker.”

[@dylan8285]

If you’re looking for all year green around the dam I’d do fescue. Also for the rough fescue will definitely look better than Bermuda maybe mix some flowers with the fescue in the rough too

[@anthonyobrien4974]

Ben, any chance of an update on your front Kikuyu lawn. Interested in seeing how it is handling this Orange winter.

[@my_obscure_epoch9346]

Oh this is exciting, keen to see the fairways develop. How about one of those no mow Zoysia varieties around the dam? Some of those look great.

[@LawnRight]

Oh yeah! That light tiller is pretty cool

[@FUDPUKAofgoRE]

The Cam Smith of Greenkeeping.

[@thegreenrodeo]

I like the idea of native plants, but I like the idea of balls rolling into dams more! Haha challenge yourself.

[@lachlanstaniforth3949]

I like the thought train, is going to look wicked! Only thought on the erosion topic, would be a rogue storm and washes silt into the dam by the high number. But you got to risk it for the biscuit so respect 👌🏻🤙🏻

[@omfgishBenneh]

This may not be the most popular of opinion, but I quite like stones surrounding the dam instead

[@user-dl2ef2dl5c]

When will there be some more videos on fairway build? I'm keen to see the progress of the fairways and tee boxes

[@derektestorff1900]

Just an opinion, you may be set on grass around the pond, but I think if you put some bigger rocks around, it would look killer. But yea, a really nice fountain features with some lights shooting up would look amazing at night!

[@SamSad1000]

I agree maybe a few native longer grasses But deffs some bigger rocks and try to turn it into a bit of a feature. There's plenty of turf everywhere else good to have a bit of variety with the plantings and landscaping

[@SamSad1000]

Further to this some larger rocks on the side closer to the green may act as a bit of a deterrent to the ducks. If you make one side easier access for them they may prefer to congregate on that side?

[@adamwilkins67]

Sir Grange around the Dam 👌🏼

[@SRM_NZ]

around the pond edge....would you ever consider turning the entire pond surround into a bunker...into the pond...then zoysia around

[@Generalpickaname]

I’m running sir grange Zoysia in my backyard. It’s like a carpet but slow growing. Which sucks when my dog pees in winter and burns the grass. Go sir grange for the edge of the dam, it only grows to a certain height and then stops.

[@richardportelli1983]

Rhizomatic tall fescue for the rough sounds good.

[@golfaddict75]

I vote for more rye! It pops everywhere!

[@darrenhateley3854]

Done

[@josiahpate4866]

Clove is the grass of the future

[@arf8u]

4 inch fescue rough all the way!

[@supernom]

some unmown areas to frame the fairways would look nice like some long browntop type stuff

[@WOODZY_]

Zoysia 💯 Half sir grange , half another fine leaf zoysia

[@lukeanderson8062]

Ben, any plans to add in some colour? Thinking like the Azaleas at Augusta... think that would look class

[@ericmaher2316]

Could you do a similar sand beach in front of the green like the par 3 at jcb 17th? Should be low Maintenence I would presume but also add that different colour from the tee? Kids could also play down there too. When your not shooting of course😅

[@ericnoland6466]

Making the surrounds cool season as well will be tough with bermuda right next to it. The thing that helps keep bermuda out of the green is the extremely low mow height… you won’t have that in the surrounds to fairway transition.

[@Hawks2015]

Hopefully we will see some SWB somewhere :)

[@MrGlennz0r]

yo mate whuddup

[@joshbarnesGK]

Welcome to another lawn. Tip. Vid

[@gannonbest7251]

Just do bermuda and zoysia all around maybe some fine fescue in the really shady spots. You’ll thank yourself later much less water. The fescue will get choked out by the bermuda eventually any way.

[@littlelawson06]

If your short game isn’t on point next year I’m going to be seriously disappointed!!

[@jasonvarley4964]

Do you have to turn over the turf after the glyphosate before turfing/seeding?

[@Jbmotorsonline]

For your dam, did you not pull out enough rocks to build a rock wall on the green side perhaps?

[@richardportelli1983]

no mow zoysia around the dam.

[@andrewdavidson3137]

What variety of Zoysia are you putting down?

[@antonyv8171]

In that last shot at the end of the video it seems like that is alottttt of shade on the 3rd area from those trees. I hope they won’t be an issue.

[@gannonbest7251]

Zoysia tolerates light shade very well, but yea he should consider bulbs or fine fescue at the bases of the tree.

[@jeffsmith6837]

What is the time difference between last app of glyphosate and laying sod.

[@themayor8730]

I just renovated my lawn. When do you recommend PGR?

[@HaydenHobley]

Whats your idea on rockwall around the dam?

[@heathcox8338]

Zoysia Australis around the dam

[@jasonsampson916]

Is this fairway going to me more like a average nice lawn? For example I’ve got 2 acres around my house but want easy maintenance

[@aussiesimmo]

Speaking of irrigation... Would you recommend a professionally designed and installed subsurface drip irrigation system for a home lawn? I'm building on top of a hill in one of the windiest parts of NSW that gets put on water restrictions pretty quickly during drought. Looking at this as a viable option to get the most out of water but don't know if I'm just buying into the marketing hype and it's a dud approach.

[@Danp34332]

Imagine making a par 4 around the water

[@craigs4164]

You putting any bunkers in?

[@sbd9907]

Loving it. Stupid question but why does the cold weather slow down the ‘kill’?

[@LawnTips]

Because the plant isn’t actively growing so the product doesn’t translocate through the plant as quickly

[@sbd9907]

@@LawnTips you’re a clever boy 😀 I’d be up for some geeky technical content on this type of stuff

[@leighelliott5097]

Why didn’t you do right up to the edge of the dam where the land falls?

[@hubertanatol9446]

Hey Mate

[@LawnTips]

Yo yo

[@peterhoz]

Definitely a no-mow minimal water grass. How about something native?

[@shaunray6660]

Would you throw down a pre-emergent just before laying the turf?

[@gannonbest7251]

No pre-emergent stops roots from penetrating. There are very few pre-emergents that are “safe” before turf and they aren’t really safe.

[@michaelhughes4441]

Zoysia around the dam and leave it long. And the zoysia hates shade well mine does 😢

[@steveyreds]

You say “laying turf”. Are you bringing in turf? Or sowing seed? Just wondering why you would bring in Rolls if turf vs seeding

[@kevinpratt8122]

The duck droppings on the green must be super annoying, looks more than ever is there anything u can to prevent it?

[@jeffreyvilensky7268]

Do you have enough rocks to put on the face of the green? Would penalise anything short and force players to really think about club choice..

[@anthonyobrien4974]

So please to hear that you are putting an aerator / fountain in the dam. Apart from the algae, interested to see how that affects the duck population.

[@jeremyringma]

The lush rye grass is probably what the ducks are eating.

[@rolandjansen9941]

"Zoysia tenuifolia" around the dam

[@grassmanBoca]

What is a dam? Looks like a lake to me!

[@damoz2444]

Why not seed tiftuf?

[@gannonbest7251]

Tiftuf is a hybrid bermuda, you cannot seed it, you can only sod or sprig. Hybrid bermuda does not produce seed and even when it does it is sterile seed.

[@chevron916]

What up?

[@LawnTips]

Yo

[@philrokz833]

First

[@Striperman]

I would do rocks and sand around the dam. I think it would look nice and other than some weeds that would come up it would be less maintenance for you. Everything is looking amazing. 👍🏻💚🦸🏻‍♂