No reason not to lay turf in January but I wouldn’t have been rollering it straight away personally.
I'm further North, I'm not sure I would lay in January, but that's a reflection of climate more than anything...
doffscap
I ache for the days I can fire up the mower and
mow until my heart's content.
It's a long winter.
House just needs a lick of yellow paint now
Nope, it matches the colour of the path perfectly.
I ache for the days I can fire up the mower and
mow until my heart's content.
I am like that until sometime in around August by which time I am getting bored of it and can't wait for autumn and the damn stuff to stop growing.
Can't see the point of having a lawn right next to a major highway
a) Can't gaze at it, without seeing HGV's zoom past every minute
b) Can't sit on it, too noisy
c) Kids / Pets can't play on it, too dangerous.
0/10 for site location planning.
Oh, and er 😉
Can't see the point of having a lawn right next to a major highway
Bearing in mind there isn't a single car passing in any of the pics I wouldn't say it was a 'major highway'.
Having a nice front garden enhances the look of the house anyway, it's not just about use.
Good work OP
Looks like a nice job. So how do you clean the lovely resin bonded gravel path?
You can lay turf any time as long as you can physically unroll the turf without it being frozen.
Not keen on using a roller to gently compact the soil though. You may find small hollows forming as it gets foot traffic in the spring. Easy enough to fill them with soil though
Thanks SB. When it was laid I was scared to jetwash it, but it's proved to be resilient to a full-whack assault from the Nilfisk to remove tyre marks, so when it stops raining I'll clean using that. 🙂
GD. I wasn't keen on rollering TBH as it's not really a good idea generally, as you know, but I couldn't do the compacting before laying due to how wet and fluffy the soil was, so had to do after laying the turf.
