Wow! You have Globe Thistle!? Yes, please I would like those seeds. I can trade or send SASE. Check my list--I have a lot of perennials and I'm in zone 5 so you might find something you'd like to try. If not I'd be glad to send you the SASE. Heidi

Hey there! I'd love to trade with you - I'm interested in your Zephyr Squash, Sassy Straight 8 Cucumber, Miss Pickler Cucumber and Yellow Baby Melon. I have lots of lettuce varieties available to choose from in return. Please email me if you're interested! Thanks, Sassyb.

I have chives if you want them.They're hardy In zone 7 and if there's a late frost you can grow the seeds in a dish with water in it and in the sun and still harvest them.I would love some melon seeds if you want to trade

You probably do not need to extra soil on top - especially if your soil drains well now. The most important thing, since you are going with this low growing grass type, is to get the soil perfectly profiled for drainage. You want no dips or humps in the grade. The easiest way to do that is with the soil you have now. When you add more soil, that new soil is going to be fluffy. When it settles it will settle to the grade of the underlying hard soil. If you don't get it level now, that can be fixed later after the grass is growing. If you think you have problems with your current soil, they can be fixed from the surface after the grass is growing. There is a soil test lab in Ohio that we recommend as being the best in the US. I'm sure it would not be unusual for them to receive soil tests from elsewhere. The cost is US$25. They will email you the results. If you post the results on this forum you'll get a ton of free advice as to how to proceed with the test results. Check some of the topics with soil test in the title. Here is another link about sprigging couch/bermuda from SimonR in Adelaide. SimonR also has a video on YouTube showing him mowing his lawn.