Top dressing is the process of applying compost, soil, or sand over the surface of your lawn. It has been performed on golf courses since the sport was invented in Scotland but has only recently become popular on home lawns.

Good soil is living soil. That may sound like a cliché, but it's true. One tablespoon of soil can contain billions of microorganisms. These microscopic organisms are one of the reasons we have plants and trees. In nature, soil microbes enrich the soil by converting fallen leaves, limbs, and other debris into nutrients plants can use. Since many home lawns have poor-quality soil, top dressing can be very important. Top dressing with the materials we use is simply a way of adding organic material and restoring microbial balance to home lawns, building better soil, and improving the ability of the soil to facilitate healthy plants. Below is a list of some of the benefits when top-dressing lawns.

• Adds organic matter to soils.
• Can build up the soil flora.
• Top dressing combined with core aeration can place organic material deeper into the soil.
• Organic top dressing can change soil structure.
• Compost top dressing with the right biological components can help reduce lawn diseases.
• Adding compost helps reduce traffic stress.
• Compost incorporated into heavy soils helps relieve compaction problems.
• Compost incorporated into sandy soils helps with water retention.
• Top dressing with the right materials can help reduce the need for fertilizer.
• Top dressing can help reduce thatch.

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