Welp, I have an actual house now; Questions.
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Mine is too. I'm spending $4500'ish in the first or second week of May depending on the weather to have all my grass ripped out, dirt brought in to have it all regraded, then new sod and planting beds put in....
Tired of the shit show in the back yard and having to rinse the dogs off anytime they go and run around like lunatics because the yard is mostly mud and weeds.
I suppose you could slowly fill and rake it out over a few years, if you're doing it thin enough the new soil should work its way in and you can fill in the low spots a little thicker to get them caught up.
Pull the move I did and get the trees yanked out or trimmed up higher so you get more sun on it.
Then again you're not going to be there much longer so why invest time or effort into it if it won't be your yard?
Might help to take some new pictures of the yard too so we can see what's going on besides one from a mile away during a garage sale. LOL
It made a huge difference in my parents back yard... The trees had a bunch of limbs that were pointing down trying to get light from under the canopy, all those got yanked out.
The limbs they left were all either horizontal, but mostly pointing upward towards the light...
Night and Day difference in the amount of light reaching the grass.
The limbs they left were all either horizontal, but mostly pointing upward towards the light...
Night and Day difference in the amount of light reaching the grass.
Yuppers
I didn't even think about the dogs to be honest, I'll have to figure something out on that front. Good to know about the seed though.
Side-note, My yard is a little 'lumpy' as well, thoughts on that?
aerating and rolling the lawn will help smooth it out.
As for grass seed, I've had really good results with Jonathan Green seed. Its a tad expensive, but worth it to me. I have an area in my yard that sees maybe 1-2 hours of daylight, its very shady and the Dense seed mix was the only grass seed that has survived. I tried sod and like 3 different grass seeds and everything eventually would die.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002JGWYUM/?tag=tcg21-20
Soooooo, what do I get to do that? A little spiked drum to tow with my mower?
yeah they make a tow behind one for a ride-on mower. I've just seen the actual machine used before. You can rent them.
Googling says I shouldn't "De-Thatch" until Summer if it is even a problem.
I don't have significant areas that lack grass so adding grass can wait until I check the Thatch.
So do I aerate before or after I do my Step1?
I believe aerating is before... Then the fertilizer and everything can get down to the roots....
Some people will aerate and then overseed as well to get the new grass seed down in the holes.
So this weekend;
Aerate (Buy this: Brinly-Hardy 40 in. Tow-Behind Spike Aerator-SA-400BH - The Home Depot)
Then STEP1
Don't bother mowing for the moment I'd take it? Its not really crazy thick or anything.
you will want some cinderblocks to put on the shelf of that, if you didnt know.
I saw the pics, and it makes sense as you'd need weight to push the spikes down. I may have some the PO left behind in the garage, otherwise I can pickup a couple of them.
This. Lawn care isn't a landlord with tenants problem. It's a landlord looking for tenants problem.
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