Grass - still a way to go

At the weekend James and Bill worked on sorting out the drainage under the lawn. It turns out the the drains we had put in last year were blocked with wool, shells and plastic monkeys! We now have filters to try and stop this happening again. Also we have put in several new drains to try and divert the run off from the hill so that it doesn't end up in a muddy puddle just out from the deck. All Safe who supplied the soft fall rubber matting are sending us (free) some super duper export grade playground grass seed which will be sown this coming weekend.
We have decided to lift all the matting and resow with new seed. The children can play on this as soon as it has been relaid because the seed germinates below the matting. Unfortunately James is chairing a jury all this week and we are involved with the charity ball on 3rd October (got your tickets yet?) so we won't be able to have a good go at the matting until the weekend of 10th October. In the meantime we are beginning to lift the mats and knock out the dirt and plugs of grass. The children are enjoying helping with this although the novelty will wear off long before we get it all done! We would really appreciate any help with this big task, either on the 9/10 October or anytime before that. Daylight saving begins this weekend so perhaps you might have an hour to spare one evening to come and clean a few mats? All the mats need to be lifted and cleaned then all the clean mats water blasted. Does anyone have a water blaster we could borrow as our one has packed up?
Because of all this disruption to the play area and the pressure of getting the seed down before it get too hot, we are going to have to postpone the KIDSPACE at Sunset picnic tea on 16th. We'll have a 'grass warming' instead a bit later on. Irene