Establishing a lawn

[UserX]

Here's my one week old fescue sod, I'm very happy with how it turned out. The grading on my yard was horrible before.

[black2002ls]

Here's my one week old fescue sod, I'm very happy with how it turned out. The grading on my yard was horrible before.

The grade is my biggest problem. I am going to get a little final grade sand from work today and fill some low spots this weekend

[UserX]

The grade is my biggest problem. I am going to get a little final grade sand from work today and fill some low spots this weekend

I filled 8-10" on both sides of the yard, it had big channels flowing down the center on both sides. I don't know why, I live on a hillside and it naturally drains to the street. Plus it never freaking rains here. Good luck with your project.

[black2002ls]

I filled 8-10" on both sides of the yard, it had big channels flowing down the center on both sides. I don't know why, I live on a hillside and it naturally drains to the street. Plus it never freaking rains here. Good luck with your project.

Almost like ditches between the houses? If so they are called swales. They are/were there to help water travel away from the house and off of the yard. It may never rain, but when it does, you don't want that water staying around your foundation.

[UserX]

Almost like ditches between the houses? If so they are called swales. They are/were there to help water travel away from the house and off of the yard. It may never rain, but when it does, you don't want that water staying around your foundation.

It's not gonna... since I'm on a hillside, water will run to the street no matter what. We got 3" of rain all last year!