Hydroseeding in Brunswick, NY

Hydroseeding in Brunswick is a good fit for the kind of building going on here. The town has historically been agricultural, and it still holds significant farmland, including the county's largest dairy farm. Suburban growth picked up in the late 20th century, especially after Route 7 was widened to four lanes in the 1980s, and a 2006 article noted the town was averaging 43 new homes a year.

Big lots, big lawns

Brunswick's usual one-acre lot requirement means new homes often come with a lot of ground to cover. Sod on an acre is a large bill. Hydroseeding covers the same area for much less, and it lets us use a seed mix suited to a rural lawn that may get less watering and more sun.

Field soil is not finished soil

When a former hay field or pasture becomes a house lot, the soil is often decent, but the surface is rough, compacted by equipment and full of stones turned up by digging. The Highland Creek development, for example, was built on 210 acres of former farmland. We rake out rocks, fine grade and spread topsoil where the builder left it thin, then hydroseed.

Hills rising east

Brunswick has gently rolling hills that rise to the east, with ridges of the Petersburg range in view. Bald Mountain, also called Mount Rafinesque, is the most prominent height. Driveways and house pads cut into those hills leave banks that wash in heavy rain; we treat them with heavier hydromulch or blankets.

Creeks and old mill sites

The Poesten Kill crosses the town on its way to Troy, and the first grist mill was built on the Quackenkill in 1772. Lots that drain toward these streams should have silt fence during construction.

What we often do here

• New lawns on one-acre lots
• Bank seeding along new driveways
• Field-to-lawn conversions

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