Hello, somewhat new to the forum and paying attention to my lawn. I joined last summer and tried to do what I could with my limited knowledge. I'm not one to make excuses but my family and job keep me very busy in the summer, and I had not thought much about my grass and more specifically bermuda. Anyways, I caught the bug and started paying attention and realized I was going to need to come up with a game plan and start in '23.
We built and moved into our house in spring of '19. We live on an old row crop field that hadn't been farmed for several years. Growing up, I was familiar with fescue and cutting when it was convenient. I thought that could work here, but I soon realized with no trees around I needed to harness the power of bermuda instead of fighting it. After reading a lot about bermuda, I realized I was going to have to change my cutting habits. Also, I am having to change my plan of taking a natural approach. I plan to not be quite as intensive with some of the measures that could be used, but understand my lawn might not quite look like some on here.
We live on just over 10 acres, and our "lawn" is roughly 27,000 sq/ft(Have an acre on the other side of the drive that I cut and about 3 acres in the back that I cut from time to time). About a 1/3 of it grows fairly well. I need to get my soil test completed. We have 3 kids and a dog so that also plays a part in why I plan to take a less intensive approach. Our front lawn is the most difficult spot with several weeds and soils. Not sure if I need to focus on a smaller part at a time(one a year) or see if I can do the whole thing. Budget is another reason for taking a less intensive approach.
When I started last summer(June-July '22), I took some pictures to see if I noticed any difference. The bermuda was beginning to spread, but not quite as fast I thought it might. I will try to get some of those posted soon. Fast forward to January '23. I disked 2/3 of the lawn(where the bermuda isn't established) to help level it. Along the way I broke a piece of my tractor(in the shop for who knows how long). I finished it yesterday with a section of chain link fence and some posts. I thought it helped a lot. Put down some Pre E and then the rains came last night. Created some washouts in small areas.
If you are still following on this first post, I appreciate it. Like Pre E, I figured there was no better time to start a journal than the present. It will also help me to keep up with timing and what I have done to the lawn. It will also help me get some insight from y'all on this forum. Any help and advice will be greatly appreciated. It has been amazing and encouraging to see some of the transformations on here. Looking forward to the adventure and process! Going to give it my BEST²!
We built and moved into our house in spring of '19. We live on an old row crop field that hadn't been farmed for several years. Growing up, I was familiar with fescue and cutting when it was convenient. I thought that could work here, but I soon realized with no trees around I needed to harness the power of bermuda instead of fighting it. After reading a lot about bermuda, I realized I was going to have to change my cutting habits. Also, I am having to change my plan of taking a natural approach. I plan to not be quite as intensive with some of the measures that could be used, but understand my lawn might not quite look like some on here.
We live on just over 10 acres, and our "lawn" is roughly 27,000 sq/ft(Have an acre on the other side of the drive that I cut and about 3 acres in the back that I cut from time to time). About a 1/3 of it grows fairly well. I need to get my soil test completed. We have 3 kids and a dog so that also plays a part in why I plan to take a less intensive approach. Our front lawn is the most difficult spot with several weeds and soils. Not sure if I need to focus on a smaller part at a time(one a year) or see if I can do the whole thing. Budget is another reason for taking a less intensive approach.
When I started last summer(June-July '22), I took some pictures to see if I noticed any difference. The bermuda was beginning to spread, but not quite as fast I thought it might. I will try to get some of those posted soon. Fast forward to January '23. I disked 2/3 of the lawn(where the bermuda isn't established) to help level it. Along the way I broke a piece of my tractor(in the shop for who knows how long). I finished it yesterday with a section of chain link fence and some posts. I thought it helped a lot. Put down some Pre E and then the rains came last night. Created some washouts in small areas.
If you are still following on this first post, I appreciate it. Like Pre E, I figured there was no better time to start a journal than the present. It will also help me to keep up with timing and what I have done to the lawn. It will also help me get some insight from y'all on this forum. Any help and advice will be greatly appreciated. It has been amazing and encouraging to see some of the transformations on here. Looking forward to the adventure and process! Going to give it my BEST²!
