Hi All,
I've been lurking the past couple of weeks, and now I'm going to finally post and hopefully get some good suggestions from you all.
I just purchased a house that was previously owned by a little old lady who had nothing else done with her lawn besides mowing for the past
15-20 years.When I first moved in, about a month ago, the lawn was infested with creeping charlie and some kind of clover (I was told by somebody it was black medic). Two good dosings of Ortho Weed B Gone Max, and most of the weeds have indeed been killed, which of course left large barren spots.
I pulled up as much of the dead weeds as I could, and put down some "quick" patch multch/fertilzer/seed to cover the bare spots until I decide what to really do with the lawn.
The problem is, as I was putting down the patch, I discovered the lawn was terribly uneven. It seems to me like it was a garden at one point, and somebody just through seed on it and let it fill in by itself. The soil is fairly compacted.
I have some pictures,
So, my question is: what's my best course of action? Do I RoundUp the entire back yard, till it up, and reseed? Or is there something less drastic I can do?
Thanks for you input, and sorry for the long-ish post!
Ryan