Showing posts with label lawn renovation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lawn renovation. Show all posts
Organic Lawn Renovation: Results
Last fall I undertook a large lawn renovation using organic products to get a darker, greener lawn that wouldn't require as much effort.
I documented the steps I took and products I used through different posts. Now let's look at the results and my final opinions and thoughts.
But before we do... a little recap.
I started out by neglecting my lawn from around the summer on. It got baked, weedy and diseased as it normally would unless I maintain it.
In the fall I killed the lawn and weeds so I can test 2 different organic herbicides.
When the grass was dead I prepared the soil by amending it with composted manure and did some grading. Followed by seeding with a tall fescue grass seed (Jonathan Green Black Beauty.)
On to the results, but first...
I documented the steps I took and products I used through different posts. Now let's look at the results and my final opinions and thoughts.
But before we do... a little recap.
I started out by neglecting my lawn from around the summer on. It got baked, weedy and diseased as it normally would unless I maintain it.
In the fall I killed the lawn and weeds so I can test 2 different organic herbicides.
When the grass was dead I prepared the soil by amending it with composted manure and did some grading. Followed by seeding with a tall fescue grass seed (Jonathan Green Black Beauty.)
On to the results, but first...
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