Hardly any garden soil is naturally flat. However, large and small bumps can make a garden difficult to use and maintain. That's why it makes sense to invest some work and reshape the surface.
How to level an uneven garden floor?
To level uneven garden floors, you can fill in depressions, remove elevations or flatten small unevenness. The appropriate method depends on the nature of the area and requires appropriate preparation measures.
The three alternatives
On an uneven surface, there are both depressions and elevations that can be annoying. They need to be eliminated. There are three possible ways to do this:
- Filling recesses
- Remove elevations
- Rolling out unevenness
When deciding which of the methods is suitable for your own garden, only a close inspection of the area to be leveled can provide information. The aim must be to carry out the implementation as cost-effectively and time-saving as possible.
Preparation
Before you start leveling the area, some preparation steps may be necessary:
- Clear the area of garden furniture, rain barrels, etc.
- collect larger stones
- Remove plant and root residues
- if applicable. Loosen the earth's surface
Filling recesses
You need enough soil to fill in depressions. If you can't spare them somewhere else in the garden, you'll have to buy them. Depending on the future use of the area, the earth can be mixed with sand or gravel. This increases water permeability.
Tip
If you want to use the leveled area for growing vegetables or fruits, you should also improve the quality of the garden soil. To do this, enrich the filling material with compost.
Remove elevations
Removing elevations is a simple job that every he althy garden owner can do, although it is quite time-consuming and sometimes tiring. You will need a spade and a shovel for this. With a pickaxe (€29.00 at Amazon) you can loosen up compactedsoil, remove sod and loosen larger stones.
The earth is removed shovel by shovel until the elevation is leveled as desired. The removed soil is collected in a wheelbarrow or bucket and then taken to another location. It can be used, for example, to fill depressions.
Tip
The more extensive this measure is, the more it is advisable to wear thick gloves. Otherwise, blisters on your hands are hard to avoid.
Rolling garden floor
Different heights cannot be compensated for with rollers. But smaller bumps can be easily repaired with the heavy weight of a roller. This method is suitable, for example, for areas that are later to be sown with lawn. You can rent larger rollers by the hour from a hardware store.
