Lawn Soil Tests Are In - July 2019
Back in June, I posted a photo of a couple of soil tests from Soil Savvy that I had purchased to try to ascertain the exact details of our soil in the lawn. I thought it would be a good chance to get a baseline and to understand if we had differences in the soil that was left undisturbed in the far back of our lot and the more clay-like soil that is lying underneath the sod closer to our house. I did exactly as the instructions said to do: pulled up small samples from various parts of the lawn and mixed them together. For each of the two samples. Mailed them away and then waited a little bit. A few days later, received a couple of emails with links to the results. At the top of this post, you'll see the results from what I call the "far backyard". This is soil that is totally undisturbed and grass that we inherited. Based on my experience, it is softer, not as hard to pull a plug out of and A LOT less clay when I turn a shovel over. Below, you