Backyard neighbor recently had a tree company in to remove a bunch of trees. I was all for it, worried that two of them would hit my house if they ever came down.
Tree company asked for access to my yard to bring in their wood chipper/stump grinder equipment since they had no good access from the neighbor’s. Ok by me, and as a bonus they removed the old metal wire fence that was snarled around the trees they were removing. Back yard now looks much, much better.
However, getting the truck/wood chipper/stump grinding equipment in and out of my place left some tire ruts in the ground, probably about 4-6" deep.
Is there anything I can do to smooth those out, or just wait and let erosion do it?
For shallow ruts, the fork is the correct method. Stab the ground, drive the fork n with your foot, push down on handle (pry) till dirt puffs up, yank fork, repeat. Done it many a time dealing with commercial mower ruts left on soggy lawns.
Over time the shallow ones (less than 2") usually fix themselves with a few winters freezing and thawing. like self aeration, those ruts get filled with snow and water and when it soaks into the soil and freezes it expands. Deep ones mellow out too but never go away completely… maybe in a 100 years but I wont be around to find out.
This ^^^ It’s always best to mash down the ridges when the ground is still soft. If it’s already dried out, it’s going to be more difficult to flatten. Then fill with topsoil an seed if necessary.
