Hydroseeding in Cary, NC

Hydroseeding in Cary means working around more slope than most people expect. The town's own description of its ground is mostly gentle to moderately sloping hills cut by narrow, V-shaped valleys, with steeper slopes and broader valleys in western Cary along NC 55 and north of Green Hope School Road. Backyards that drop toward a creek are common, and those drops are where seed washes first.

Two kinds of rock under one town

Cary straddles the line between the Durham Basin, with softer sedimentary rock, and the Piedmont, with harder metamorphic rock. In practice that means soils can change from one subdivision to the next. Some lots grade easily; others turn up stiff clay a few inches down. We look at the soil on site before deciding how much topsoil or tilling a new lawn needs.

Three creeks, all heading to the Neuse

Crabtree, Swift and Walnut creeks drain the town, and all three feed the Neuse River. Most small streams here have narrow floodplains with riverine wetlands, so the bottom of many yards is the wettest and most erosion-prone spot. For those strips we suggest erosion control blankets or a heavier hydromulch instead of a plain lawn mix.

Planned communities and older turf

Kildaire Farms, a 967-acre development, was North Carolina's first planned unit development, and 22 more followed between 1980 and 1992. Many of those lawns are now decades old, shaded by mature trees and thinning out. Those neighborhoods tend to need lawn renovation and overseeding, while new western subdivisions need full lawn installation.

Steep backyard banks

On the steeper western lots, a slope behind the house may be too sharp to mow safely. We can spray a low-maintenance cover with bonded fiber matrix for slope stabilization and keep the mowable lawn on the flatter ground.

Get a free estimate or phone (919) 980-5784 and we will come walk your Cary yard.