Landscapers tend to use the words “grading” and “leveling” interchangeably, but they don’t mean the same thing. Leveling means filling divots and holes and flattening hi… See more

The first rule of landscaping (and plumbing, too, for that matter) is this: Water runs downhill. Grading takes advantage of gravity to prevent water from pooling around a fo… See more

Grading involves two steps: Measuring the existing grade, then moving dirt to make the grade steeper or change its direction. The dirt can scraped from the bottom of the slope to th… See more

Before you start, measure the existing grade to determine how much earth you need to move and where to take it from. There’s more than one way to measure grade. But … See more