What side of the house is this lawn going on? North, south, east, or west? About how much sunlight per day do you think it will get? I'm leaning toward a hybrid bermuda or UC Verde buffalo for full sun applications. Both spread laterally and form a fairly dense turf. If you are not familiar with UC ...

I'm a little late, but I'm still first?!?!? If you still have the lizards, feed your yard with organic fertilizer to maximize the other wild life around for them to eat. Minimize the use of insecticides and herbicides, because lizards are sensitive to just about all the -isides.

I worked from home or in a hotel room for 8 years. Everything bpgreen said worked for me. If you don't get up and face the day like a normal work day, sure enough there will be a (small) meeting you have to go to, and you won't be ready to go.

... but also need to apply fertilizer for the spring. No you don't need to apply fertilizer FOR the spring. You need to apply fertilizer AFTER the spring. Disregard what the television tells you about when to fertilize. Those people are selling fertilizer. If you apply now you will need to apply ag...

Last time I looked those did not meet the building code where I live, but that was 2014. Be sure to check your local regs.

My wife's school district had extended spring break for a second week. Then late last week (end of 1st week), two teachers in the district got symptoms and were tested. Don't have the results yet but that spooked the district into extending to a 3rd week of break. It's really a good thing those teac...

You absolutely need to know what kind of grass you have before you spray herbicide. N Georgia is transition zone and might have any kind of grass. Can you post a picture of it? Preferably take the picture in the shade or on a cloudy day. Also don't be shy about getting your camera right down into th...

If you are watering deeply and infrequently, and mowing high, then the St Augustine should take over. St Augustine is sensitive to most herbicides, with the exception of atrazine. I would try that if you can get it in SoCal. We don't get St Aug by the plug. We get it by the piece with one piece bein...

CCtexas, you should not "need" fertilizer right now for St Augustine. The bermuda can use fertilizer any time after you mow the bermuda (not the weeds) for the second time. Waiting ensures the roots have awakened and can take up the nutrients. I'm a month late so you are very likely already mowing. ...

I killed bind weed with one application of RoundUp. I am as organic as I can be with my yard and my historical yards since 2002, but some things just need killing. I had a yard a few years ago that had bind weed in the previous owner's veggie garden, 30 feet long and 15 feet wide (garden not the bin...

I killed bind weed with one application of RoundUp. I am as organic as I can be with my yard and my historical yards since 2002, but some things just need killing. I had a yard a few years ago that had bind weed in the previous owner's veggie garden, 30 feet long and 15 feet wide (garden not the bin...

I'm interested in an update on this if escondido is still visiting here.

Bermuda tends to thin out due to shade, mowing too high, and lack of fertilizer.

I missed this post in my sporadic returns to AroundTheYard. Bermuda and St Aug take different care. Bermuda can be fertilized heavily every month of the growing season. It especially loves to be fed in the hottest summer heat, so don't hold back. It also loves to be mowed at the mower's lowest setti...

The problem is you have some spots of common bermuda mixed in with the TIF. How much work do you want to do to cure this? Since both grasses need the same type of care, it it hard to selectively kill out one versus the other. My approach would be to locate the common bermuda and spray with Round Up ...

Regardless of what it is, I would spot spray with an atrazine product in late March to mid April. It was too late in the season to do anything about it last season when you first posted. Here's one I use. They have a new bottle with a new spray head which is infinitely better than the one in the pic...

Yes, Automoglo, you have the same thing. Corn meal is the easy cure. I would apply at the first sign of awakening this spring.

St Augustine becomes extremely dense in full sun. It can seem like thatch if you are used to fescue or even Kentucky bluegrass. When mowed at the mower's highest setting, it becomes dense enough to fight off almost all weeds.

Even not considering showcase lawns, I've seen a homeowner's bermuda lawn not recover at all from a ryegrass overseed. They sold the house not long after that with very poor curb appeal. The new owner switched to St Augustine and not overseeding. It has looked very nice since then. It would be nice ...

I've read about it and the consensus was that it was a waste of time, but it could be they were using the wrong tools. Were you thinking of grass seeds?

Check out these guys. Is that what you were thinking? You could conceivably grow your own flats of sod with that approach.

Is it an area where she could spray? And does she happen to have St Augustine?