Pete, you couldn’t have made more perfect video right now. I’m in the exact same situation. Just finished building our house and have to start the yard this spring. Thanks for all of your help and more importantly your public testimony of your faith in Jesus Christ. God bless you and your family!

I thought the harley rake was the king of soil prep work,then i seen this machine,wow,what a gem!The versatility of this machine from rough grade to finish,and seeding,outstanding!

I love this! I know a custom home builder and he could care less about the grass. He goes to a seed mill and gets a cool season mix and throws it down covers it with straw and calls it a day. Every once in a while he will sod a place if he gets tight on time.

I really enjoy these new construction/renovation videos. Looking forward and excited for the season to start!

Great channel, great demo, excellent info. I enjoy your conversation and examples!

Great video as always, brother! I have used a light coat of peat moss on top of seed rather than straw. It helps retain moisture, it covers the seed, and it adds some organics to the soil. I have had great success with that. A little more pricey, but I know whats in it for the most part. Looking forward to a new year of your vids for sure!

Just gotta say man, you are an exceptional human being for doing that for free! I know the cost of what you’re doing and you sir, are a saint! Great video! Side note...if any of you reading this are in PA get your pre emergent down now!

That's great. That's what families are about. Give and take,love and just helping one another

2nd ... wish I had this machine when I did my reno last year. Instead a Harley rake and tracked skid steer.

That abi force is the coolest machine ever. Nice work Pete.

Yup. I have crap soil for sure! After basement was dug out, Im sure that dirt was put on top for my topsoil!🤣🤣🤣

Loving this series Pete! Keep up the good work! And God bless!

They didn’t do quality grading at my house. My sod is rough as a cob. Gaps between the sod rolls, tree root mounds all over the backyard. For some reason my utility boxes are positioned on hills. All the other lots are relatively flat but I have these hills on each corner. I’m going to use them to my advantage and have an elevated and planted landscape area. I hope I can turn this negative aspect of my lawn into a positive. I had a tree in the front yard but it was beat to death during construction. I had to have it cut it and the stump ground down. Now I have a slightly elevated mound in the middle of the yard yard with sod that I put down covering it. I know it is going to have problem soil for a while. The roots and chips from the stump grinder will be degrading for years sinking as it rots. I’ll get it there it’s just going to take time.

Pete love your videos, I've learned allot from you on growing my TTF here in Tennessee.

This video came just in time, I will be doing a reno next weekend and man I'm lucky to even get this info. Thanks for the awsome vid!

I bet you’re employees love working for you and with you.. I know I would.. play with those kind of toys everyday. Blessed

Another great vid Pete,keep us posted.

This will be really cool to see start to take shape this year.

There are NO residential providers up my way that take the care you do to install a lawn. You'd laugh (or choke) if you saw what most consider "graded". Why not hydroseed? Addresses some of the moisture retention and runoff issues without the risks associated with straw.

What was the word Peter Pan said?...… Oh ya Bangarang. This will no doubt be a sweet looking lawn. I def look forward to the video after this is fully green. Great job Pete!.

I was left with crap for sure. Our yard was seeded and they put way too much straw over it. I picked up so many bags of straw it was just nuts!

Very cool project! I can't wait to see the progress 👍

Thank you, Pete for taking the time to share with us.

Can’t wait to see this yard in June

That's a great toy, I would like to have one for my self. Good video Pete

I've used straw over thousands and thousands of square feet of new lawns and never had a weed issue. If fact, I have found it works wonders for seeding large bare areas. Helps hold the moisture in and prevents erosion. Just my 2 cents.

You are inspiration Sr. I enjoy every single video from you thanks for sharing with us

look forward to progress on this lawn.great work Pete.

Glad u said no straw people do videos that say to straw your yard. My yard got so messed up from straw there was quacker grass in my lawn after that it was pain!!!! theres a way i heard of solarization the straw but who has time for that and i still dont trust it.

What do you not do when it comes to yard work.I swear you are a genius.

Man, I wish this video existed 6 years ago when we built our house, I would have done so many things differently. Especially planting KBG. 😥 Thanks for the videos, Pete!

Great vid GCI. Very informative vids and I appreciate them much. As a start up lawn care maintenance co in so cal, i feel i am learning a lot from my Carolina breadren.

Great video Pete! Good tip @10:00 on using the Hay/Straw. Looking forward to seeing the updates from your father inlaws yard. Love that Fescue!

Love watching these vids we are on a new development right now these vids are really going to help. Thanks!!

Well done!! I am now a subscriber...Learned a lot...Keep the videos coming!! God bless

Love your phrases you come up with Pete!!!

i agree, straw sucks..but, why did you not top it off with some peat moss?

Nice work pal! Grading looks superior!

When talking about grass seed. Do you have a video on when & what to seed type to plant during seasons? Also, one that talks about what to plant during the transitional period between seasons and getting something to grow for new construction home sites? Thanks

I'm exactly in the situation you prefaced in the beginning of your video. Not thinking about the lawn. House is done -- ah-oh, what do I do with this hot mess of a lawn. I'm going to call for some estimates but what kind of price is average for a .6 acre lot? House is 3300 sqft of it.

Need more of the machine work. Love seeing timelapses

Hey Pete, What is that machine called? I'm in the grading business and this looks like the perfect machine to do real small grading and even large grading projects. Never seen it before. Thanks for any info you can give me on that piece of equipment.

Good grief what an awesome machine

Great job Pete. Will your tall fescue grow in Door County Wisconsin? That (peninsula)that sticks out into Lake Michigan. That's Door County. Thanks Pete.

Wow! God bless that house.

Great job Pete-your a good man!

What soil amendment did you mention. Please add products used in description, especially new stuff

That machine is sweet. A swiss army knife for many jobs. Will you be doing updates on your father in laws house as the yard comes in?

Hey Pete, new lawn going in in April in Wisconsin. Planning to give you kbg blend a chance, when’s it going on sale and what’s pricing?

Can't wait to see what's next. PITTL!!!

Great video, Pete. I thought you had seeded that entire yard including the edges in your last video. That ABI Force will cover the seed over to get seed-to-soil contact. If you are throwing down more seed in this video aren't you going over the 10lbs/1000 rule? Are you also putting peat moss over the top to hold in the moisture? That's an awful lot of yard to keep irrigated by hand. It might cost more, but it's a good time to put in an underground irrigation system now. Keep up the great work, Pete!

You have the equipment, don't you Pete. You must have a substantial business. I guess you didn't want underground sprinklers. Wish you would have had some KBG in there. I just like KBG. Let us know how it turned out. Thanks for the video.

What do you typically charge for a job like this?

What is your take on the twills on the ABI and mowers.If you adjust either machine to a certain height then you stand on it the twills give more .Are you confident that the heights are the same.

Love it

I have a big yard shaped like golf course , i want to do a complete renovation to my yard but i dont want to loose the contours of my yards when I do my grading. I wanna know if I use the ABIForce can i maintain the lay of the land during grading?thankyou

Would you use in Tenacity with this application? Would you use any type of bio stimulant?

How is the lawn coming along.?

Yu plugged and overseeded a lawn in a past episode with a single pass machine could yu update

At this stage in seeding would there be an advantage or disadvantage to using the Ventrac AERA-Vator?

Looks great Pete. What model is that drop seeder?

Love watching your videos. Looks like my lawn work will be put on hold. Too much Coronavirus going around we gotta flatten the curve by staying at home as much as possible and that means no work either which means less yard money 😫. We will get through this 🦾🦾🦾🦾👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Will there not be a sprinkler system?

Any idea when your bluegrass will be back in stock?

NICELY DONE! It's a pleasure to watch a vid where the person doing the talking actually knows what the he!! they are talking about. I'm currently doing the prep (by hand unfortunately) for a new lawn at my new house. It's only about 4K, but the soil is terrible (rocky red clay... I'm up in the north Georgia mountains). The first tilling is done, lime and OM added and some rough grading complete. I plan to till again, but it is so wet it's nearly impossible. I think we have had only two days in the last two months without rain! This will be a seeded bermuda grass stand using a blend of Blackjack, Maya and Yukon. Should be nice when complete. Anyway, congrats to you. You are a professional!!!

How is the lawn looking first of May?

Good man!

Do you have any update content on this project?

We’re building a house and final grade is not included either 😢 oh well!

How many pounds per thousand of the X-START are you using?

Great video Pete good insight but I do got a question unrelated to the video when’s xstart gonna be back in stock

Thanks Pete!

Is it possible to rent this machine?

Great stuff Pete! I’m looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

How much is fine grading for 10,000 SQFT?

Pete, how do you pick a high quality grass seed? Is it a certain brand of seed or?

God bless you man good content

My grass is coming out of dormancy 🙋‍♂️

Would love to have the sprayer as I just purcahsed your Cool Season guide and it would be great gift to start my lawn care right! Luke 6:40 :)

When you seed Are you going to use tenacity as a pre-emergent?

Goat

ABI FOR THE WIN

Bam 2

Your videos rule.

If a family's "budget is tight" is the excuse for not having enough for the yard, then the family spent more than they could afford for the home. By definition, if a new homeowner wants a yard for a new home, then the expense for putting in the yard should be included in the home price to determine what the family ACTUALLY can afford. This is in no way a slam on GCI Turf or his in-laws, nore his great DYI videos. But, it's so common that people say they built/purchased a new home but can't afford the yard. And the homebuilders are doing a disservice to selling homes without any developed yard, in their attempt to make it appear a home is more affordable.

3:22 LMAO

I M SURPRISE YOU'RE NOT PUTTING BETTER SOIL DOWN / super juice

OMG is there any content creators out there that can walk you through the freaking steps? Jesus Christ.

Nice video Pete! I too put out xsoil yesterday-check out the vid I posted.

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We seen this over and over again how many times you going to show us how to grade a yard Pete with your expensive equipment you showed us how to grade to many times

You talk to much

Talk so much

is your fescue going to be on sale anytime soon?