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Having soil that’s really compacted, or areas that dip down and collect water can kill existing grass and make it really hard for newly planted seeds to thrive.Go around and sprinkle a generous amount of topsoil on these areas.

The existing grass should grow up through the soil and enjoy the nutrients, but plant some new seed as well if you like..Embrace a multi-species philospophy.By multi-species, I mean lots of different kinds of plants in your lawn.

And by native plants, I mean weeds.This is a lawn philosophy that’s being adopted more and more by modern gardeners and landscape designers lately and that’s because it really works.

Weeds have the ability to tolerate and thrive in the exact kind of climate you live in as they’re completely native and designed exactly for where you live.

They stay green almost no matter what and, while they may seem unsightly on smaller city lots, they really aren’t that noticeable when they’re filling in the blanks in a large field-like setting.Give yourself a big work surface.

I like to use a clean tea towel on my counter to keep anything from rolling away.Lay out 10 or so softened cabbage leaves.

Put about 3 tablespoons of filling onto each leaf and roll them up, tucking in the ends.Place them one at a time into the crock pot.