Can someone confirm wether this is a good idea or not please.

[NuttyMuffins]

Last year my brother dug out a patch of soil where I wanted my shed to go. There was alot of soil and I still haven't got round to getting rid of it.

Anyway, today my dad said that I should buy a big seive and then put the seived soil on my grass with some grass seed and it will make my garden hundred times better.
At the mo my grass is very very patchy and certain large parts of it are bald and it's just mud.

Will his suggestion work then ??

I'd be interested if this works too, we have just got rid of a raised bed & have quite a bit of soil left over & have very patchy baldy grass. Have been considering getting the Green Thumb people in, my friend did & they got her lawn looking really green & lush. I think they would just laugh if they saw mine tho, had a garden designer in for a quote a little while ago, she said the grass was 'beyoned redemption' & we should dig it all up & start again!

It sounds a good idea. Seiving is very hard work though. Before you sprinkle the soil and grass seed go over the existing lawn with a rake and get all the thatch out then go over the area with a fork and lightly lift the grass to allow air and water in and loosen up the compacted soil. You should also mix some sharp sand in with the soil, grass seed mix to improve the soil conditiona nd drainage.

If the weather is dry you will need to water the seed and keep it well watered over the summer. (Not easy if hosepipe ban)

it depends on the quality of the soil that was dug out. and did he dig soil from deep down? soil comes in two layers - topsoil, which is (yes) the top layer and has nutrients and beasties and humus and stuff in it, and subsoil (you get the picture) which doesn't have any life and will do no good at all. If you;re not sure, do NOT take teh risk of breaking your back sieving subsoil on to your lawn - just do the other stuff Megalegs advised you to do!

we covered quite a large area of pure clay with the thinnest (i couldnt beleive how little) layer of topsoil and plenty of some quick growing grass seed and it was sprouting within a fortnight... now the whole area is covered well... grass seed is magic stuff as far as i can tell!