Where to get sod?

[Silverfire]

Does anyone know any good landscaping places to buy sod here in Calgary? I will need it delivered but will be laying it myself.

[Guysmiley]

Re: Where to get sod?

Does anyone know any good landscaping places to buy sod here in Calgary? I will need it delivered but will be laying it myself.

i got mine from a place called tera turf or something like that. It was the cheapest and good quality grass. It's off of pegian and 52nd s.e.

check out the yellow pages and just do some calling around and you will see what works best for you

[Silverfire]

Re: Where to get sod?

ok thx ill check them out

ya tommorow i am going to call all the places in the yellow pages and price them out but recomendations are always good

[nismodrifter]

Re: Where to get sod?

ah damn, if it wasn't so late you might have considered seeding, 100x easier and grass is great.

[Khyron]

Re: Where to get sod?

I thought this was a terrible time to lay sod? Better off waiting till next spring no? Trying to remember the name of the place we got ours - was 30 cents cheaper a foot.

Khyron

[Silverfire]

Re: Where to get sod?

I thought this was a terrible time to lay sod? Better off waiting till next spring no? Trying to remember the name of the place we got ours - was 30 cents cheaper a foot.

Khyron

i am just starting to look into it and if i find out that it is not the right time at all then ill hold off till the spring but we kinda need a lawn right away in the spring thats why i was hoping to get it in this yr if possible

[kuhli]

Re: Where to get sod?

Preparation..lawn seed and water...no backbreaking labour...and with lots of sun and a 1/2 season you've a lawn...

Sounds hick...but it works.

[minutezero]

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I'm thinkin' it might be getting too cold. It's gone to frost a couple nights and I don't think that's too good for the germination process. You wouldn't want to spend a bunch of money on it and lose it all by winter.

[Smarty39]

Re: Where to get sod?

It's getting too cold to lay new sod right now. Anyway, it is always better to seed, so since you'll have to wait till next year now, you might as well do it right

[nismodrifter]

Re: Where to get sod?

Preparation..lawn seed and water...no backbreaking labour...and with lots of sun and a 1/2 season you've a lawn...

Sounds hick...but it works.

We need to get a wurd smiley on nvd because wurd to that.

[gaffer]

Re: Where to get sod?

Right now is still fine to lay sod. I have even layed sod with snow on the ground. I bought my sod from Manderlay on 52nd st @ Peigan where someone else mentioned. I had it delivered by some guy who called themselves "The Sod Guys". They delivered & stacked it for way cheaper than anyone else.

The only trick with the Manderlay stuff is that it is grown & cut in Saskatchewan & then shipped here so you really have to lay the water to it after you put it down. I found it to be better than the Eagle Lake, and Blue Grass brand sod that we use here at the city.

I would reccomend if you are putting down sod in a new developement that you put down a couple of inches of screened loam before you sod. Generally what happens in the new developements is the developer will sell all the top soil to a company & provide the home owner with the crap that is left over. You may even be able to get the loam free from the developer for "settling", and then phone the dirt company, give then $20 & tell them to screen it.

I personally prefer a sodded lawn to a seeded on. I like instant gratification.

Andrew

[Vulcan]

Re: Where to get sod?

I am also looking at sod.....I found a place called Blue Grass Sod (Barlow Trail and the Balzac Rd just north of the city limits). They have sod priced pretty good.......

.32 per foot for amounts less than 700 sq ft you pickup
.23 per foot for amounts more than 700 sq ft you pickup

The deliveried price was more.

[Silverfire]

Re: Where to get sod?

Right now is still fine to lay sod. I have even layed sod with snow on the ground. I bought my sod from Manderlay on 52nd st @ Peigan where someone else mentioned. I had it delivered by some guy who called themselves "The Sod Guys". They delivered & stacked it for way cheaper than anyone else.

The only trick with the Manderlay stuff is that it is grown & cut in Saskatchewan & then shipped here so you really have to lay the water to it after you put it down. I found it to be better than the Eagle Lake, and Blue Grass brand sod that we use here at the city.

I would reccomend if you are putting down sod in a new developement that you put down a couple of inches of screened loam before you sod. Generally what happens in the new developements is the developer will sell all the top soil to a company & provide the home owner with the crap that is left over. You may even be able to get the loam free from the developer for "settling", and then phone the dirt company, give then $20 & tell them to screen it.

I personally prefer a sodded lawn to a seeded on. I like instant gratification.

Andrew

Thx for the suggestions
Like i said before i need this asap because this spring it will be needed right away not 1/2 a season away like seed would take or how ever long it does.

[Silverfire]

Re: Where to get sod?

well got off the phone with 5 different places and they all said it is fine to lay sod now but since i have a new developement that i should wait till spring and let it settle so thats what i will be doing i guess

[RobG]

Re: Where to get sod?

There are some people in my area that did it as soon as they moved in 3 months ago, their yard and deck are starting to sink, they will have a lot more work to do later.