Got any grass left?

Queen Anne's lace is the second year growth of a carrot, probably a wild variety.

They sure are all over the place this year.

I had a 2x4 area of Oregano that I dug up and removed last fall, because they had gotten invasive and spread into the lawn and adjacent flower beds, where they out-compete and swamp out everything.

Unfortunately, the seeds on the Oregano were mature, and as I carried the plants to the front curb, I inadvertantly seeded my lawn with it.

Guess what grew REALLY well in my lawn during the drought? I've spent the last 2 weeks, a few minutes every night, pulling oregano from my lawn. The stuff spreads via woody runners, and I had several patches that were 12-18" around that completey wiped out the grass, before I realized what was going on.

Smells good, tho.

Been weeding the front yard... Ground is dry as dirt... Three small sections left to pull weeds before I mow then water... Been working in the shade w/ 20-30 weeds a section... Still have to weed the flagstone front walk and the flower garden between it and the house... Then done !!! Done !!! Yes, I hate the doggy !!! I hate the doggy...

I cut the grass Friday evening and could have cut it again Monday. We have been getting some nice rain in the Green Bay area for some time now and more thunderstorms forecasted for tonight. I just hope they hold off until I get home from work and can get the grass cut because it needs it and I wouldn't be able to get to it until Friday.

Today I mowed the backyard... I think I've only mowed 3x so far this season... The weeds were the tallest things out there, so it made it easy to pull them... Half the backyard yesterday and the other half this morning before mowing... I'm watering w/ auto wand sprinkler for 20 min. each new spot including plants and such... It'll look nice for the party Friday...

That's Queen Anne's Lace and from what I understand they are not native to prairies but are considered an invasive to them. At least I have helped to cull them out of a prairie restoration that I have worked on in the past under the direction of the fellow who started it. I've had a few pop up in my lawn too, which as actually returning to a shade of green this past week since we've finally gotten a fair amount of rain lately. (Just north of Madison.)

Tim

Caz, if it were me I would get the topsoil now and get it spread out. Every couple weeks if you have access to a drag or tine harrow drag it over the weeds to kill them or pull them out. It is cheaper than spraying every couple weeks. If you don't have access to a drag, or even a disc round-up is your best bet. You can buy generic round up at a coop and save some dollars there as well. Round up needs to contact the plant for it to work. As long as you don't put down a Pre-emergent herbicide you are safe to plant with in 2 weeks of your last application according to the label. I would only wait a week but I am impatient and experience tells me it will be fine. If you can supply consistent water get your seed down in early Sept. The warm days and nights will help you get a stronger start. Just remember once those seeds pop you need to keep them moist all day long. IF you can swing it financially cover the seed with a product like PennMulch. I believe Home Depot carries it. It is a paper based mulch that keeps your seed moist and reduces erosion and wind problems. It really reduces the mount of watering you need to do. You would use that instead of straw which is a pain in the arse and only adds a ton of new weed seed. After you have mowed a couple times and your lawn looks to be growing well you can come back a spray a three-way herbicide to kill your broadleaf weeds. Make sure you read the label and you should have a happy lawn. Remember more is not better.

My lawn is done.....Haven't mowed it since fathers day...rain has bypassed this area....northwest fond du lac cty.....

Caz, all brands of weedkillers are different. Some remain in the ground and prevent growth for up to 6 months. Some only kill what is currently growing. I believe the roundup falls into the second category. If you wanted to apply it now just to get rid of some eye-sores and then plant in a month or two you should be fine. Just stay away from the ones that keep killing or you won't have a lawn.

Random "lawn" question here... I just moved into a new build and don't have a lawn in yet, planned on waiting until late August or early September to do that. But in the mean time, the weeds are starting to take over. Should I hit them with round-up or another weed killer now or should I wait until I am ready to put a lawn in? How much in advance of putting my lawn in should I apply the weed killer to avoid any residual affects to the lawn? I have clay right now but plan to put top soil down when I seed it.

Yes, but it's all brown.

The 1" of rain we got last week might have saved the grass from dying, but it'll take a lot more to get it green again around here. On another note, I did water my garden last night. Turned on the sprinkler around 8pm last night.......remembered it was on at 9am this morning...DOH!!!

Just got in from mowing the back yard, first time mowing in over 6 weeks, it looks pretty good! Have been watering a bit, water restrictons here in Fitchburg also. The front yard was not watered, it's pretty much toast! I am more concerned with keeping the trees alive. Hopefully more rain this week, my water bill is gonna be a shocker!

Mowed my yard for the 1st time in about 6 weeks. Now the stuff that is growing is slightly taller then the dead stuff

I'd invest in some soil and regrade the low spot in your yard and reseed the area in the spring...

If you intend for your "winterizer", a name to get you to buy it, to be available for uptake during aerification you will need to apply it a couple weeks before. It takes time for fertilizer to break down and become available to the grass. Rule of thumb is make sure your grass is healthy before you aerify to insure a quick recovery. Spring and fall is best in most cases because grass is rooting at that time. Roots will readily fill up those holes. Exceptions would be if you had very compact area that needed extra attention, it was so dry you could not get any water into the ground, you had some thin areas and you wanted to break up the soil surface a bit to add more seed. IF you don't water during the summer you can't expect much. You can however have a kick butt lawn in the spring and fall if you keep it fed, mowed, and watered.