Was going to start a new thread and then I saw this. Been working on my lawn on/off since June. Bought house 2 years ago, After the first winter, found out the PCV valve for my sprinkler broke. Long story short, went an entire year without getting it fixed. Fixed it in May this year. Slowly making improvements on my lawn. Went from completely dead to now partially alive
Still a learning experience, sort of wish I just bought sod.
June - completely dead grass & 2ft weeds
July - Pulled weeds, seeded a bit. Some growth.
August - rented a dethatcher, did a few passes, pulled up a lot of dead grass. I realized now, I should have gotten a claw and ripped out the dead sod instead.
No Picture but the front is getting there really well. Probably mostly fixed within the next two week.
Back- Lots of growth in the one section. Just bought a mower and cut it. Maybe too short, but there's a lot of nothing in other areas. I know I didn't completely remove the dead sod in some areas but others are 100% dirt. Need to do a soil test but I keep forgetting to stop at home depot when I'm in town.
Pre mow photo
Originally was going to leave the cut grass as mulch, I have it in a pile (not pictured) in the bottom right corner but unsure. Nothing is really decomposing here, just wilts.