early this week the garden was aerated with a huge machine…

watching the young man muscle it around the space made it clear how big and heavy the machine was…

a few days later, after watering the grass to soften it, clover and grass seed was scattered…

then the spots that weren’t doing well were raked and levelled out…

the new rake worked beautifully… the old one had separated quite a while ago, but it was likely thirty or forty years old, lol…

since then the grass has been watered daily to encourage the seed to take…

all of the cushions are put away before the watering begins…

it is a process, as the sprinkler has to be moved five or six times to ensure every bit gets a good soaking;-)…

fingers crossed that it does better this year than it did last year…