Originally posted by NiceGuy:

Gras will also grow on it's own on plain dirt if you did not make it a path. It just takes some days to grow.

I didn't know that. Would placing down a workbench stop this? Because I haven't seen any grass grow back anywhere I've built at

Workbench does not prevent the growing but it needs to be plain dirt no path. That's what the "path" feature is good for in the hoe setting, it prevents grass from growing.

Originally posted by Bobisme:

Try placing grass and then using the cultivate soil option? It doesn't feather much, like cultivate under the path

I don't have enough space so it ends up removing too much grass, unless I'm misunderstanding. I gave up on that though because I don't really like the look of the grass, just gonna add some bushes and trees

Gras will also grow on it's own on plain dirt if you did not make it a path. It just takes some days to grow.

oh and if I wasn't clear I'm just trying to have the grass line up with the sidewalk perfectly, not going through the floor but not having an area without grass

With this game, the "near enough is good enough" way of thinking is the way to go. You will never really get it to match up perfectly. At least not on purpose.

My biggest tip: IGNORE the circle. It's a guide only. The grass/ground will feather out past that.

I would use beams to mark out the perimeter of your grassy area, then carefully put the grass in. Start in the middle and move in very small increments towards the sides to get the grass to butt up to the beams. You can then use the hoe to re-flatten any spots that go over on the other side of the beams but again, you have to move in very small increments to avoid removing the grass you've just carefully placed.

Originally posted by Renlish:

With this game, the "near enough is good enough" way of thinking is the way to go. You will never really get it to match up perfectly. At least not on purpose.

My biggest tip: IGNORE the circle. It's a guide only. The grass/ground will feather out past that.

I would use beams to mark out the perimeter of your grassy area, then carefully put the grass in. Start in the middle and move in very small increments towards the sides to get the grass to butt up to the beams. You can then use the hoe to re-flatten any spots that go over on the other side of the beams but again, you have to move in very small increments to avoid removing the grass you've just carefully placed.

Okay I'll go with that, thank you for the response :)

It's a shame you can't scroll up or down to change the affected area with the hoe and cultivator. I'm working with real limited space and when I go to re-flatten I end up getting rid of too much grass, as the perimeter is so big. Thanks again

yea,its sometimes fiddly to plant gras along a line
the grass is placed in a kind of square and rolls along the invisible grid
sometimes it woks if you place a patch near the edge and then move in in little steps. the results may be not completely optimal but mostly good enough

Try placing grass and then using the cultivate soil option? It doesn't feather much, like cultivate under the path