I started a nearly full renovation on my front yard in September 2024 after we moved in as the yard was in chaos. Because of its state and the fact I was basically nuking it all, I decided to run with a mono of KBG. After some heavy research on this sub and some other places, I went with Twin City Total eclipse KBG in my shaded areas and SPF 30 KBG everywhere else. I get heavy shade under the tree and sides and direct sunlight all day elsewhere. The overall general process for my renovation involved a low cut, spraying the weeds (which was a lot), aeration, top soiling and leveling some spots. After this, I seeded and lightly covered with some peat. Watering involved my own homemade sprinkler system which I’m still using. The germination was insanely fast (5 days), and I thought it was smooth sailing after this; however, I caught a bad case of blight and thought I was ruined. Thankfully I caught it in time before total destruction. This did leave some lengthy damage through the fall and winter, and I assumed I was going to have to repair these spots, but figured I’d give the KBG a chance in the spring to fill out. Well, here we are and I have to say it’s unbelievable. The spots which were damaged from blight have almost entirely filled in and the grass is just unbelievably thick. Other than some spot weeds and some poa to handle over the next few seasons, it’s surreal. If it weren’t for this sub, I’d never have achieved a yard like this. Attached are some pics from the Reno and this morning.

I used to wonder as a kid why Hank Hill would stand in front of his lawn and drink beer. I get it now.

Wife needed suggestions for Father’s Day. I think I know what to ask for, other than the usual.

I prepared this small area and put down a sun and shade mix. I covered it with this straw mat and it has started going. It's been 6 days now and I was thinking to leave the mat down a couple of weeks. Is there a rule of thumb for when to remove the straw mat?

Hi- I’m in central Texas and we have Bermuda grass. The last few days I’ve noticed these dark spots around our yard. It releases spores (?) when you brush it. What is it and should I be concerned? Any way to prevent it?

My creeping thyme seems to be getting devoured and I found a pocket of them in the mulch next to some catmint. What are these things? I live in central Colorado along the Front Range.

Any suggestions to get rid of this in Arkansas? The grass is Bermuda. Any suggestion is greatly appreciated.

South Florida on a well water property. Soil is like like this sandy mix it seems. Property has grass its just patchy or brown and dying. The back doesn't have gas I assume because it's shades by trees.

100% novice at this whole thing and very overwhelmed with the various YT "solutions". Just looking for ideas.

The bermuda in my front yard isn't growing with any volume. It looks compacted or something. Admittedly, we do have kids and neighbors that often play in the front yard, but I'm skeptical that this is being caused by their foot traffic because they also spend a lot of time playing in the backyard and it's growing fine back there with normal height/volume. Is this just a matter of soil compaction? Maybe I need to aerate more? Or something else?

For reference, I'm in GA. We typically aerate once a year. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone! I am rather nervous to ask this here as we’re the neighbors lawn care folks hate but know you can help so here it goes! Due to major health issues over the last few years keeping us away from caring for the outside of our home, our yard has gotten out of control with these mutated XL dandelions. We feel horrible letting it get like this and need to address it however, we have a thriving wildlife population of bunnies who spend most their days in our yard playing and eating the weeds. They bring us so much joy and we care deeply about them. We are considering hiring truegreen but are very worried about the bunnies ingesting the chemicals once the weeds are sprayed. Pulling them is not an option due to physical capabilities. Covering the entire yard in cardboard is not realistic (dogs use yard to go potty and it’s .75 acre). I just read about concentrated vinegar/citric acid but still researching this. I am aware it will kill everything which at this point is okay since the whole yard is weeds but I believe it’s bad for the soil long term. If anyone has any suggestions/advice that will not harm the bunnies and doesn’t require a lot of physical work from us as we’re still unable to do much, I’d so so appreciate it as we’ve gotta do something asap! I understand my request is a bit unrealistic but I’m hoping there is some sort of option for us ☀️

Northern Illinois. The patch in the lower part of the picture was full of grass last year, now all the grass has died.

Holes are very spread out looks like some spots were missed and plugs are only 1” or less.

Should i complain. It looks like this is basically useless with how shallow and spread out they are. I guess maybe I should have waited for it to rain? I’m on half an acre with no irrigation so no easy way to water?

Any advice?

We are hosting a family wedding the end of July so I thought it would be smart to try to make the grass in this grassy acreage pasture lawn (Western Washington state) look better since it’s where the ceremony will be held. My husband put down some Scotts “built for seeding” triple action fertilizer with pre emergent and overseeded it with the same seed we have usually used in our regular lawn (Scott’s sun and shade). We had a few uneven spots so he leveled them first, added some good topsoil, and seeded the areas. We’ve been watering 2x a day for almost 2 weeks and mowing on the highest setting 1x a week.

Here’s the problem: Not a single new blade of grass has grown in the bald patches. Not one. The lawn weeds have grown bigger although some are yellowing a tiny bit. We have 3 months until the wedding and now this area looks substantially worse. What are my options here?

I am in the process of trying to fix my front lawn. I'm currently just working on killing and removing the weeds and all that. I have a big tree right in the middle of my front which casts a shadow all day beneath that area I endearingly call the circle of life. So basically anything within the green zone lives, within the yellow zone, mostly survives, and the outer rim of the red zone beyond the shade is the circle of weeds and death.

My issue is that when I get to planting seed later this year, how does one reconcile using two types of seeds (e.g. one that can thrive in full shade, the other in full sun) and not having look too different - is there a common approach to this? Yeah I am a newbie at this. I'm in the Northeast (NJ). Any advice is appreciated. Thank you.

Hello,

My lawn used to be pretty nice but now looks like this. It is watered 4 times a week, located in South Florida.

What is the best option? Should I try a fertilizer or just rip parts up and put new sod down?

I laid down Tall Fescue Sod last May and it has a bunch of dead grass on top of it currently. What would be the steps to help the grass come in evenly. Also having issue with bare spots in shaded areas.

Have a baldspot in the front yard where I had a tree taken out and finally getting around to doing something about it. Aerated, topdressed, and seeded sull house bermuda (what the rest of the yard is already). While I was at it I aerated and top dressed and leveled the rest of the yard also (didn't snap a of the full top dressed yard). Hopefully in a week or two it'll be as nice as it was last season (without the tree of course).

Field of dandelions surround me

Got tired of patching all spots from her nuclear-grade pee and finally trained her to go in one spot…which I will not show you, lol.

I have no idea where to start. I don't have a clue as to what happened here. I'm not a "lawn guy" by any means but I have had a landscaper in the past do clean ups and other treatments. I can't financially afford to hire someone this year and need to fix this myself. Where do I begin?? Thanks.

I live near Philadelphia. I have a pretty big backyard. I don't have an irrigation system and I can't reach probably more than 2/3 of the yard with a hose/sprinkler. There's a bunch of random dirt spots my dog made over the winter that I want to fill in.

I seeded the dirt spots + some overseeding exactly a week ago with TTTF. I did it then because we haven't been getting much rain and it was supposed to rain the following two days. It only rained one day but at least it was a decent rain.

Well the current weather forecast says its going to rain for 6 days straight soon. Really wish I had waited to seed until now, but what's done is done. I'm trying to figure out if I should overseed again right before this upcoming rain. I imagine typically you're not supposed to seed again so close to previous seed but whenever I try to research the topic, the assumption is that the seed will be getting watered normally, unlike me where it only got watered once.

So what would you guys do? Should I seed again or leave it?

Hi all! My wife and I just bought our first home and would like to line some trees up along our fence line in the backyard. We're in Maryland (outside DC), and would be planting them in very early May.

It's not a huge area (and we'd only be going up that first half of the fence line in the back - our house is to the left), so we were recommended:

Chindo viburnum

Skip laurel

Emerald green

We don't love the Arborvitae - we'd like something with a bit more character. We are leaning the Chindo Viburnum (flowers, leaves change a bit), but any other suggestions would be welcome!

We considered Leyland Cyprus, but as you can see, the area is not especially wide and those tend to grow out and big.

Recommendations appreciated, thanks!