re: New House, lawn is TERRIBLE. First steps?

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Don’t lose your patience…..the whole process will take years.

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Very good point. However, I must ask, how important is a nice yard to you? Do you just want something "presenatable" or "your pride and joy?" If its the latter and your lawn is the "typical" suburban lot you really may consider just biting the bullet and getting a tiller and putting down new sod. Now, if you plan on moving in two years or so this might not be a good option. But if its important to you and you're NOT patient just do it.

Craw, do you have familiarity with cool zone grasses and weeds, or just southern? I've got some shite areas I'm trying to figure out and our extension office from Purdue is dogshit.

what part of Indiana are you in?

No I don’t have knowledge of cool season grasses. Maybe ronk has good knowledge of cool season grasses.

If you you are not happy with the assistance provided by your local county extension agent, then I’d contact the primary turf extension specialist on main campus to see if he will provide better assistance. That appears to be Dr. Aaron Patton LINK. Make sure you tell him you’ve not been satisfied with assistance you’ve gotten at the county level, and provide him as much information as possible on your lawn issues, past and present. Photos always help when appropriate.

Thanks a lot for the reply and digging out a potential contact. I'll check that route. As someone else mentioned South Bend is a small hop grom Purdue's main campus, but I figured they have a county extension here in St. Joe County that exists for this, lol. Calling them only gets a "we can't help you on the phone, please email us" intern response, and emailing is completely non-responsive.