I’ve been having a lot of fun repairing the lawn. I’ve designed 5 “zones” for the front and back yard irrigation; dealing with low water pressure has been incredibly aggravating. I’ve also applied a fair amount of organic Milo (Milorganite); it’s organic and only has an NPK of 6-4-0. Synthetic fertilizer (something like 22-0-4) which wouldn’t make much sense right now in early-ish fall, but might be a good idea for late fall for hibernation food.

To make things even more exciting (as exciting as watching grass grow can be), I also bought some Prodiamine to work as a pre-emergent and (minor) form of fertilizer for spring. It’s primary role is to help fight crab grass. I’m interested to see how it works out, but I’ll have to use it in conjunction with some post-emergent “weed killer”. I’ve found some concentrate that isn’t supposed to harm grass but kill weeds. I’m going to start with some spot treatments using some dye, so I can see where I’ve sprayed. Some videos online have also mentioned that adding a small amount of “No tears baby shampoo” to the mix can help due to surfactants in it. Basically, instead of having small individual droplets of weed killer, you get a kind of slick, smooth liquidly surface coverage over the green leaf of the weed. This is good because it’s a more thorough coverage of what the weed needs to live.