2025 Lawns & Gardens Thread. Making Lawns Great Again

[Baroclinic Zone]

On 3/21/2025 at 6:07 AM, dendrite said:

Ha. I overseed with it. Sprinkle it in baby.

This is straight winter wolf rage inducing.

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

On 3/21/2025 at 6:07 AM, dendrite said:

Ha. I overseed with it. Sprinkle it in baby.

I have clover mixed into my lawn. I don’t hate it. If it’s cut short you literally can’t even tell it’s not grass unless you know what you’re looking at.

It also stays green when it’s dry 

[dendrite]

They have that microclover too. It doesn’t get as tall as the dutch white.

[CoastalWx]

Put a flame thrower to the yard with that. 

[Brewbeer]

If it’s green and grows and mows, it’s a lawn

[WalpoleJoe]

On 3/19/2025 at 6:47 AM, BrianW said:

This is what I use on my organic lawn.

Ive had really really good results with the Purely Organics fertilizer from home depot. It's made from waste distillery grains.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Purely-Organic-Products-25-lb-Dry-Lawn-Food-Fertilizer-LFJRDK1/204279747

 

For weeds I have had good look with Tenacity which is all natural and derived from the bottle brush plant. 

Tenacity herbicide can be used for pre- and post-emergence control of more than 46 broadleaf weed and grass species. Its active ingredient, mesotrione, is based on a naturally occurring compound produced by the bottlebrush plant (Callistemon citrinus) that inhibits photosynthesis in susceptible plant species. It is absorbed by plants through the roots, shoots and leaves and distributed throughout the plant by both xylem and phloem translocation.

Active Ingredient(s): Mesotrione

 

 

I use Tenacity as well. Works great. 

[SouthCoastMA]

Soil temp back to 44°

[tunafish]

On 3/21/2025 at 7:50 AM, jbenedet said:

I’m trying to do a solid mix of hardy shrubs/small trees with a carpet of grass in the front. 
 

Grass is overrated for many reasons but I also think the fact you lose the green in winter is another big negative. I really enjoy maintaining color in the darkest and coldest periods of winter which is why I’m looking for various shrubs/coniferous small trees to take up a lot of the grass area. 
 

Year round Color/hardiness (very low maintenance)/water absorption; has been my ongoing project in the front.

 

You guys have any good recommendations? I’m in an urban setting so deer and varmint threats are non-existent. 

Red dogwood.

[Baroclinic Zone]

I did use tenacity for a bit. It’s a great herbicide, albeit pricy.

[bristolri_wx]

On 3/22/2025 at 8:37 AM, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

I have clover mixed into my lawn. I don’t hate it. If it’s cut short you literally can’t even tell it’s not grass unless you know what you’re looking at.

It also stays green when it’s dry 

Clover naturally fertilizes your lawn with nitrogen.  If you don't want to "deal with shit" in terms of a lawn, a drought resistant fescue mix with white clover or micro-clover mixed in is the real deal.  I've been gradually converting my yard over to this and these are the parts of the lawn that now look the best.  It can look uneven at times but looks great after a fresh cut when the clover and the grass are both growing.

[Sn0waddict]

Moved into my house last year, and right before we moved in the prior owners put in a brand new septic tank in the backyard. Which is great except the entire backyard was just dirt and rocks when we moved in. Going to over seed the shit out of the yard this spring, but the backyard gets a lot of shade so I worry it may not get enough sun. Is there any grass seed out there that does well in shade? the lack of sun means less weeds which is great but I need some damn grass back there I’m sick of looking at dirt and stepping on rocks