Fresh Turf Delivery Cut to Order at Windsor

Wisemans Ferry and Bligh Park sit at very different distances from our farm, and freshness means something slightly different in each. Bligh Park is close to Windsor, with suburban yards that bake in summer and homeowners who often want to lay first thing on a Saturday. Wisemans Ferry is a much longer trip downriver along winding roads, so every hour between harvest and laying needs careful planning. In both places, turf that has been sitting around before it leaves the farm will struggle once it arrives.

That is why we never stockpile. Your turf is harvested from our paddocks for your delivery day, loaded and sent out, so the time it spends rolled up is as short as we can make it. We will help you get the site ready beforehand, so the rolls can go straight down. Learn more about our wider turf delivery service, or call the farm to book a harvest date.

Wisemans Ferry is one of the more distant parts of the Hawkesbury from our farm. The drive follows the river through winding country roads, and on a hot day the rolls on a truck keep warming the whole way. Turf that already spent a day or two in a stockpile before that trip would arrive tired. Turf cut for the delivery has far more life left in it.

Remote properties bring their own timing problems. Many Wisemans Ferry homes are holiday or weekend places, and if nobody is there when the truck arrives, the turf can sit in the sun for hours. Steep driveways and limited turning room can also mean the load has to be set down further from the lawn than you might like.

The answer is planning. We agree a delivery day when you will be on site and ready to lay, talk through where the turf can be placed, and time the harvest to suit. That way the longer drive costs you nothing in freshness.

A roll of turf is a living plant with a thin layer of soil and roots attached. Once it is cut and rolled, it cannot feed itself properly, so it gradually loses vigour, and in hot weather that decline speeds up. That is why fresh turf should be laid on the day it arrives.

Given a good start, freshly cut turf is quick to recover. Laid on prepared ground and watered regularly, it usually starts rooting within about two weeks in warm weather. Fresh turf also carries moisture, which is part of why it typically weighs around 15 to 25 kg per square metre.

On the farm side, a harvested paddock needs around 10 to 18 months to regrow. Cutting only what has been ordered protects those paddocks and means no turf is left waiting to be sold.

Bligh Park is close to our farm, so travel time is short, but summer heat can still undo a fresh delivery. Suburban yards there are often ringed by paving, driveways and Colorbond fences that reflect heat back onto the lawn area. A pallet left on a hot driveway warms quickly, and the outer rolls can dry along the edges within hours.

Soil is the second challenge. Many backyards have compacted ground from years of foot traffic or old building work, and turf laid on that surface dries out faster than turf with loose soil beneath it. Shade from neighbouring two-storey homes can also leave part of a yard with only a few hours of sun.

We suggest preparing the soil the day before, setting the pallets in shade if you can, and laying the hottest, sunniest areas first. For shaded corners, Matilda and Sir Walter thrive with as little as 3 to 4 hours of direct sun, so the whole yard can stay even.