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Originally Posted by Jen  I, personally, am not a lawn-care expert, but... My pastor's family lives in a duplex built on land that was abandoned by our local farmers for a reason (plus it's a flood plain [plane?]). Nonetheless, he has the best looking lawn because my dad fixed it for him -- he's not a lawn-care expert either, but he is an expert in soil nutrition. I can pass questions on to him. (Though there's only so much that can be done over the internet without soil samples.)
I do know that the first thing he'd want to know is what kind of soil you've got. So... what kind of soil have you got?  |
I don't know if this makes sense or not, but it's fill dirt. Our neighborhood is built on top of what used to be the town dump in the early 1900s. The area was filled in with all different kinds of soil from the surrounding country side. However, it does have a thin layer of "organic top soil" that the previous owner had put down.
I'm not necessarily looking for the greatest lawn in town, but would like to reduce the grass to weed ratio at the very least. Right now, due to a dry spell, all I'm mowing each week is the weeds, that seem to grow regardless on the amount of rain we get.
So you think the first step would be getting the soil tested?