***OFFICIAL Lawn and Landscaping Thread***

[loochy]

So, who out there is obsessed with having green grass?

Are you installing a flowerbed and some shrubs?

Do you need a sprinkler system installed?

Do you just want to brag?

Let's talk about lawns in here.

[ptlyon]

I don't landscape, but my girlfriend wishes I do

[Bufkin]

I live in my apartment. A complex dominated by white men. The owner of the complex is also white. Not an ounce of Hispanic in him. The entire yard looks like it hasn't been touched since the Reagan Administration.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

As long as the old lady keeps her bush trimmed I'm good

[loochy]

I'll take some pictures when I get home. My grass is the greenest on the street and it's starting to get incredibly thick. It's tif 419 bermuda.

[Bufkin]

Originally Posted by loochy

I'll take some pictures when I get home. My grass is the greenest on the street and it's starting to get incredibly thick. It's tif 419 bermuda.

You should include yourself in that pic. I'm interested in what you look like.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by Bufkin

You should include yourself in that pic. I'm interested in what you look like.

faces and names thread

fishing thread

[Bufkin]

Originally Posted by loochy

faces and names thread

fishing thread

Thanks

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by Bufkin

You should include yourself in that pic. I'm interested in what you look like.

A/s/l?

[loochy]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

A/s/l?

45/man/'merican

goatee and shaved head

[ptlyon]

Originally Posted by Bufkin

You should include yourself in that pic. I'm interested in what you look like.

Awkward...

[mr. tegu]

When we bought our house a few years ago the yard was a mess. Dominated by weeds and a general lack of landscaping. It is pretty much awesome now.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

When we bought our house a few years ago the yard was a mess. Dominated by weeds and a general lack of landscaping. It is pretty much awesome now.

Please elaborate. Do you have before and after pictures? What did you do to it?

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by loochy

Please elaborate. Do you have before and after pictures? What did you do to it?

I don't really have any pictures of the lawn before and after. But it was really bad, lprobably 75% weeds. I did the front and backyard lawn in separate years because it would have just been too much doing it all at once since it all had to be redone. I did the same method both times starting with the backyard.

The first step was to spray it with Round Up to kill everything. I then cut and bagged it twice. I had to do it twice because I needed to get it as short as possible. After that it was the verticut rental. Then came the worst part. Pulling up all of the thatch from the verticut was a huge pain but it had to be done to ensure good contact for the seeds with the soil. From there it was just water and fertilizer with the occasional weed-b-gone. This was done in 2013. Weed-b-gone is no longer necessary at all.

Then last fall I did the front yard the same way. I was a little late doing it so I ended up putting more seeds down this spring. I found a product from Home Depot that I highly recommend. It is a food for new grass plus a weed killer. It works awesome because it keeps the weeds from growing, which typically grow faster than the new grass, but it also fertilizes the seedlings. It greatly improved the results both in quickness and effectiveness.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

I don't really have any pictures of the lawn before and after. But it was really bad, lprobably 75% weeds. I did the front and backyard lawn in separate years because it would have just been too much doing it all at once since it all had to be redone. I did the same method both times starting with the backyard.

The first step was to spray it with Round Up to kill everything. I then cut and bagged it twice. I had to do it twice because I needed to get it as short as possible. After that it was the verticut rental. Then came the worst part. Pulling up all of the thatch from the verticut was a huge pain but it had to be done to ensure good contact for the seeds with the soil. From there it was just water and fertilizer with the occasional weed-b-gone. This was done in 2013. Weed-b-gone is no longer necessary at all.

Then last fall I did the front yard the same way. I was a little late doing it so I ended up putting more seeds down this spring. I found a product from Home Depot that I highly recommend. It is a food for new grass plus a weed killer. It works awesome because it keeps the weeds from growing, which typically grow faster than the new grass, but it also fertilizes the seedlings. It greatly improved the results both in quickness and effectiveness.

That sounds like an epic pain. Maybe it would have been easier to have someone with a bobcat to come out and just scrape off the top couple of inches, then bring an inch or so of new dirt in. I had that done in a couple of areas of my yard followed up by hydroseed and it has done well.