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top dressing
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top dressing
a thin layer of loose gravel that covers the top of a road surface
top dressing
A layer, usually thin, of manure, humus, loam, etc., to improve soil conditions in planted areas.
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Byline: edited by PIPPA GREENWOOD YOU can make your own top-dressing using medium-fine sand with peat-substitute and top soil, passing it all through a 5mm sieve.
Weekender: Gardens: Dandy hints by The Mirror (London, England)
You can buy proprietary top-dressing but it's just as easy to make your own with equal parts of sieved garden soil, peat and gritty sand.
Our House: Take care of your grass to help your lawn by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
 
 
 
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