Duncan Sod Farm LLC

I worked with Destry Duncan who was very sincere about his work. Destry pointed out several concern areas with my yard before the sod was installed. I was so comfortable with Duncan Sod that I insisted they do the final grade of the lot as well as the sod installation. Destry offered several suggestions for improving the grade of the lot to prevent water problems. The yard looks great.

The crew arrived at first weather break in early April, as promised. A small walk-behind sod-cutter machine was used to strip off all the existing grass and damaged folliage from the area. This was followed by the addition of about 1-inch of high quality topsoil which was hand applied and raked to grade. Then soil supplements were added including gypsum to help break up clay content and rebalance the Ph, plus high nitrogen fertilizer. Then fresh sod, a predominantly medium blade fescue blend with a small amount of Kentucky Blue -- which had been cut from their established sod farm fields less than 12 hours previously -- was expertly laid and blended into the existing landscaping and lawn. The work involved two days of preparation and grading with a crew of 3 to 4 men, including Destry and his brother, plus an additional day to lay the sod and do some spot-dethatching, strip reseeding and fertilizing in the remainder of my drought and winter damaged 4500 sq. ft. total lawn. The crew was very conscientious about neatness, even to the point of spreading a large tarp under their work truck to keep leaking oil and topsoil spatter off the driveway. They also completely cleaned up their work area after each day of work. They subsequently also surprised me with an unexpected visit two weeks after the sod was layed with a spot treatment of the new lawn for any embedded weeds that came with the sod. Destry also committed that he would stop by every couple of weeks through the summer to ensure that the new lawn was growing and looking as good as expected. The sod was a perfect match for the original 24-year old established lawn and blended readily with the remaining front and side yard transitions. Within two weeks (thanks to more-than plentiful April rains), the yard looks plush and green and equal or better than the original. (See photos) And Destry Duncan's service proves why he is the pick of Homarama and other commercial developments, as well as private consumers. And it also serves as proof that early spring sod replacement is a very opportune time to do this type of lawn restoration.