What to do with old turf?

[mangroa]

Just dug up my front garden an have a lot of old turf that needs disposing.

Obvious answer is to just hire a skip and let them take it away.
Seems ashame to be thowing away all that soil. Can this old turf and soil be composted somehow? Or would the grass left in there be a problem when reusing it in a year or so?

Any advice welcome..
Thanks
Alan

 

[Thermo]

if youve taken it up as sods ie with grass on one side then put them in a pile grass facing down. They will compost in a few months and will make very good compost as the grass contains a lot of nitrogeon. I always do that with left over turf from jobs i have.

 

[mangroa]

Thanks for that. Maybe we can save the skip hire and start a compost heap.

So I wont get problems with things like dandilions and seeds from weeds that are mixed in with the turf? They wont start growing when the compost is used after months of sitting in the heap?

Hope that doesnt sound too much of a dumb question, we're new to this so need all the help we can get!

Thanks
Alan

 

[Thermo]

the heap should generate enough heat to kill of any seeds, but if you see any obvious ones remove them as you do it.

 

[diypeter]

i always put the first layer grass down then the next layer grass up keep doing this until your last layer should be grass down this will give you a nice loam soil in a couple of months time