About 2 months ago I laid a new sod yard. I tilled the entire yard about 6-8 inches deep to loosen the soil to give the new sod roots a good start. Well, the yard isn’t doing so good even after continued watering. I called in a lawn care company and they have treated the lawn with fertilizers and premergers (for the weeds growing between the sod). They recommend lawn aeration and overseeding this fall which is what I plan to do. I have found a few companies that offer a liquid aeration that is supposed to be better that traditional methods such as spike or core aeration. Has anyone had any experience with this type of aeration? Aerify! and LazyMan™ Liquid Soil Aerator are two of the companies. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

About 2 months ago I laid a new sod yard. I tilled the entire yard about 6-8 inches deep to loosen the soil to give the new sod roots a good start. Well, the yard isn’t doing so good even after continued watering. I called in a lawn care company and they have treated the lawn with fertilizers and premergers (for the weeds growing between the sod). They recommend lawn aeration and overseeding this fall which is what I plan to do. I have found a few companies that offer a liquid aeration that is supposed to be better that traditional methods such as spike or core aeration. Has anyone had any experience with this type of aeration? Aerify! and LazyMan™ Liquid Soil Aerator are two of the companies. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

My lawn is a combination of about 4 different grasses and weeds at this point. I’d like some suggestions on what type of seed and fertilizers to use in order to get it to be uniform in appearance. I’m a total rookie to lawn care and gardening in general.

I need some help. I have two full size female dogs, one golden retriever and one black lab. They both live full time in the back yard, have a kennel, but I leave them out most of the day. I realize it is terrible for my lawn, but does anyone have any suggestions as to how to revamp and revitalize my lawn?

Would it be best to limit their time out? Any fertilizers that can help? Any ideas would be very helpful, thanks!

Fertilizers, ant killing, etc.

I recently applied for a job as a Lawn Care specialist. I told them i hae experience in lawn care, which i do, but not as much as i think i should know. Such as applying fertilizers and pesticides and anything else i would need to do besides actually cutting grass. Is there anyone that can give me like a crash course on all the things i would need to know to do this job? Please help me!

I just bought a new house and I do not know ANYTHING about lawns. I have lived in apartment style mostly high-rise buildings all my life and always wanted to have a backyard. Now I have one, but no clue whatsoever how to maintain it… Any help/tips to get me started would be appreciated! – starting from –
1) how / how much / when to water?
2) i have not seen anybody holding a water pipe and watering the lawn.. does everybody have a sprinkler system? where do i go to get one? is it expensive?
3) how / how much / when do i put fertilizers in the grass?
4) how do i know which is good grass and which is weed?

Thanks much!

I am trying to get my grass in shape. I live in Ohio where the climate varies. I have bluegrass/ryegrass/fine fescue. My turf density is thin and there are small bare spots. The shade is moderate. the thatch is 1/2"-1" thick. I have chickweeds, clovers, dandelions and I have also found grubs. I know that I will have to thatch, apply fertilizers, weed killers, grub ex and I also want to lay seed in the bare spots. I would like to know (with as much detail as you have time to give) exactly what to use, what should be done, in what order and what can and cannot be done at the same time. Thank you in advance for your help. Nicole

I have just closed on my house and the lawn is already looking brawn compared to neighbor’s. The previous owner obviously didn’t take good care of it. I am in Chicago area, so far the temperature has been mild this winter, about 40-50F. My question is,
shall I use some winter fertilizer on the lawn? Would it be too late to use it?
What type of fertilizer would you recommend?
Besides using fertilizers, what are the other necessary steps i should take to have a beautiful lawn next spring?
Thanks.