Turf Wars

While the majority of our front yard is doing great, we had a fairly significant patch of dead grass between the sidewalk and street. Over the past week, we decided to do something about it.

Lawn last week.

First we removed all of the dead grass. Then we tilled the existing soil, added
some compost and lawn starter fertilizer, and raked smooth.

We watered over the last week and bought some St. Augustine sod.

Today we laid the sod.

We didn't have a lawn roller so Jason used our big shovel to push the sod down
into the existing soil.

Then we gave the newly laid sod a deep watering.

Before & After


The backyard was looking pretty bad as well. But unlike our front lawn of St. Augustine grass, our backyard is Bermuda. Last weekend, we mowed it as short as possible, raked it really well, added a layer of topsoil, and put down fertilizer and Bermuda seed. Then, we watered it every day this week.

I don't know if the seed is actually taking or if it is just looking better from the daily watering, but it does look more green this week.

Last week.

This week.

Also, we have some berries growing. The birds usually get to them before we do, but they're pretty either way.

Blackberries.

Blueberries.