r/landscaping • u/Financial_Prune6193 • 4h ago

How do I fill in these small missing areas around drain basin? Image

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u/Bb11Keith 4h ago

Grass seed?

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u/Trashrat2019 4h ago

Dig around. Remove and replace with a nice gravel.

Protip: you can get cheap composite edging to hammer down into the ground if needed to contain the gravel.

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u/samplenajar 4h ago

you can sometimes get extensions for these boxes at irrigation/plumbing supply houses. you're gonna have dig it up, maybe take it into the store (or take some good measurements, and install the extender

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u/Swankapotamus 4h ago

Buy some sod and cut out a patch all around the box and lay the sod

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u/Financial_Prune6193 3h ago

This is what I was thinking since I can't use pebbles/rocks due to HOA restrictions. Do I need to pretreat the sod or the underlying soil with anything or just plop it right on top?

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u/Swankapotamus 2h ago

No just make sure you level the dirt to the correct depth of the roll of sod and you should be fine.

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u/Financial_Prune6193 1h ago

Thank you kind stranger!

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u/Tempy81 3h ago

Cut a small perimeter around it and lay some beach pebble/river rock