r/lawn

Decided to smooth out my lawn this year.

First pic is June 12 (day after leveling)
Second pic is Friday June 26

I used a 50/50 blend of Compost/Masonry sand.

Steps I took:

1. Did a soil test

2. ⁠Put down lime to correct low pH in March/April
3. ⁠Scalped down to 1/2 inch b4 leveling, core aerated, put down PGF complete after aerating <~ had to fertilized BEFORE leveling because…life lmao.
4. ⁠Leveled yard
5. ⁠Put down Double Dark by yard mastery about 2 weeks after Sand leveling because PGF complete was still in the yard.

6. Got lucky af with a lot of rain and free irrigation (April showers happene in June this year)
7. We here today.

Still got some sandy spots but hopefully they will fill in by mid July.

I think this project was a success. Can’t wait to do it again next year.

My landscapers drove a digger through the yard but now it looks like this. How can I fix this? This is Bermuda grass near Raleigh NC. Thanks for the help!

I've been waging a war against thistle the last couple summers and loosing.

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I've mostly been trying to stay on top of mowing, I've been reseeding, feeding, and watering too. Last year and spends weeks crawling around and pulling out by hand and it made no progress.

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Any advice would be appreciated!

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I'm looking for anything from a quick fix that I can do myself to hiring a company to resod the whole yard (don't even know if that would work)