- 1). Cut two pieces of garden twine about 4 feet long, using scissors.
- 2). Tie the end of a piece of twine to each end of your piece of lumber (a 4-by-4-inch piece of lumber a few feet long should have the proper weight for dragging the seed).
- 3). Drag the piece of lumber back and forth over the area you have seeded; hold onto each piece of twine and drag the lumber behind you as you walk forward. Drag the lumber in one direction until you reach the edge of your seeded area, then pick it up and move it one length over, then drag in the opposite direction. This is the same sort of pattern you would make if you were mowing a lawn. Dragging like this will help mix the seed into the top layer of soil, resulting in better and faster germination.
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