How to Renovate Your Lawn - Complete Lawn Renovation Steps, Start to Finish
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- Have you ever wanted to completely renovate your lawn, just start all over? This is how you do it! You'll end up with the best looking lawn on the block, and it's not as hard as it sounds.
The full DIY lawn renovation playlist is here, it goes through every step mentioned plus a few extras that are optional but can help make things better:
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Hello Grass Daddy, Let me start by saying I am impressed with not only you Amazing Lawn Job but your Video making. Bravo, we bought a home in central florida where there was 3 inches of leaves on 2 acres of lawn for years.... two years later and 17 trees cut down and a million pounds of seed and fertilizer it looked good, I came up with the bright idea 2 weeks ago to put sprinklers in and after digging the trenches it has rained for 2 weeks straight and now all the dirt displaced to side is growing grass and weeds through because of all the rain...I am ready to jump!
Where do you think the chemicals disappear when you have killed all the grass? You poison your soil and groundwater that then gets into lakes, etc.
But you have a nice lawn, it's important!
More importantly than growing a great looking lawn, dont you think your children's health is the priority? I would think that having them run across and play in the areas where you're putting chemicals down cannot be a good thing...
@@johnbrevard5966 just pave it lol. Better yet have kid dirt bike there. The mother's will love you.
@@joakimkohler5253 Here in Canada it's banded. On the good side lots of dandelion wine,lol
Hands down, the best cool season lawn reno tutorial on the internet. I watch this every late summer for a refresher. Thanks Tim.
Thanks!
Very nice video. I will start my lawn renovation right away!! I liked all the part were the kids formed part of this project.
I work for a local lawn care company. I love this channel. You do everything we do.
Thanks!
Great job 👏 👏 👏 with great results 👍 I've watched the video twice, and I'm very impressed with the job well done 👏 ✔️ ✔️ greetings from Wisconsin!
Thanks for you hard work in producing this excellent video. I’ll give it a shot. Regards from Australia
love the kids running through while your working!!
Thank you for making this process possible for a lawn novice. We had sod put down before we moved into our formerly abandoned, newly renovated house. After 2 years (with a no chemicals approach) the whole front lawn died. It seemed hopeless until one morning, I searched for what to do with a dead lawn and it brought me to your videos. I studied your recommended playlists, wrote down and followed each step (Using sod grade seed, rolling it.)
The little green sprigs are starting to pop up and I feel like a proud mama. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and breaking it down into easy steps.
Awesome!! So glad I could help. Be sure to apply grub preventer next year in April, it also prevents other bugs. They can destroy a lawn overnight.
This how my lawn looks like in the summer nice and green
lol that moment when the sandal breaks :P thanks for the video
between your videos and Ryan's i am feeling confident enough to tackle a renovation of my own. thanks for the awesome content. it has been so helpful!
You're welcome!! Document it on Instagram or at thelawnforum.com or somewhere! It's fun to look back at what you had to do!
your kids remind me of growing up in the D.R barefoot all the time playing around in the soil and eating mud lmao. nice vid just subscribed will renovate my lawn soon
haha yeah we struggle getting them to wear shoes when we go out too =P
Just caught this video. Great beginning to finish video. I like vids that show entire process.
Thanks!
Definitely agree with the use of peat moss or even mushroom manure over the seed. 👍🏻
I've watched a lot of TH-cam videos on how to do this, and yours is one of the best! Thank you for your time. Helped a lot.
Thanks!
Thank you for the the tips, I sure hope I do this right to fix a completely dead area in the front of the house. P.s. Your children are too cute! lol
Thank you so much for the teaching. Finally i found a site that have step by step i lawn care. To have a nice lawn ....that is my dream all along. It is notthat i can afford to pay for a lawn care srevice but the feeling is not the same when you just sign a check to pay and to see what the out come from your own hard work. I do not know that i can ask further question down the road through you or not. But so far I am so greatful. . Already sub and like!
Good video but if you want a really good lawn forget the starter fertilizer instead mix one to one peat and quality manure spread the same as peat. The manure should not be soaking wet and it should have white fungal growth in it. Once the seed is down rake it in, the manure will lose its smell after a few hours it contains all the enzymes needed to make the seed germinate and will have bacteria and fungi that the soil needs.
Great to have the lawn season starting again soon. Look forward to you tips and videos!
Thanks!
Where did you get the peat moss? Did you have it delivered or did you buy bags of it? If so how many bags did it take?
Thanks brother! Here in Canada,Roundup is banned,but the golf course are allowed. Send some Roundup,lol
Roundup is available Canada wide. Canadian Tire, Peavy Mart, Walmart, Homedepot, Home Hardware... pretty much anywhere.
Sprayer is working perfectly
Hey mate, great video. What was the product you used to avoid the washout on the sloped area? Couldn't find it in your amazon list. Great work.
Grass Daddy, what do you think, is it too late in the Spring to do a renovation in New Jersey? I was going to spray the herbicide, let everything die off, rototill it, add one tri-axle load of topsoil, and then grade everything. My lawn is mostly shaded (80%) although there are sections that get direct sunlight but only for a few hours (if even that long).
Thanks bud. You made it easy to understand and gave me confidence that "I can actually do this". I've been hesitant, and going back and forth on whether to do it myself or pay someone. Some of these landscaping guys make it seem more complicated. My lawn is thick, weed free, and looks great compared to all my neighbors, but the previous owners (I bought this house a year ago) used several different types of seed, therefore the lawn is different shades of green and has different textures (thin fescue, KBG, and rye) throughout. Luckily it's mainly just the front lawn with all these different varieties of seed. The back is almost entirely KBG and looks good. I'm going to start it this week. I'm in Minnesota so with KBG taking 30 day's to germinate, I need to start August 1st.
Drewg351 awesome! That was the goal. It's a lot of hard work but it's not complicated work just physical. Let me know how it turns out!
Grass Daddy, definitely will. I'm going thru all your videos now. If only I could choose between KBG vs going with tall fescue. Both have their strong points. Living in Minnesota, just outside Minneapolis, I suspect both would do ok, with KBG probably handling the cold winters a little better. Decisions, decisions. Thanks again bud.
Haha you can always kill it again to try the other option =P
Great video. Can't wait to redo my lawn.
Thank you for your helpful tips , Can you please send me the link for the stuff you bought for the grass seeds to stay on the hill? Thank you
What are your thoughts on using a sod cutter to remove the old grass / weeds instead of using chemicals to kill it off? would it be as effective?
When would I do this in Massachusetts? Is it too late now? I wouldnt kill off my entire existing lawn, more over an overseed. You didnt use any loam or topsoil? Just peat moss?
Thank you, very helpful. I also love the digital storm shirt! I see you like your PC's as well!
Haha yes still going strong!
You know spring is in the air when “the” GrassDaddy starts posting vids again. Come on !!!!
Forcast is for 7 inches of snow tonight!! Lol
Grass Daddy my fault !!! I cursed it
Your patience in the lawn definitely paid off, job well done!
thanks!
Would you advise me what kind of grass can grow good under shaded area please? Thanks
So you don’t have to till the ground after you killed the grass? That’s awesome! I’m thinking about renovating my front yard in the early fall. I’m not sure if I want to go with Midnight Kentucky Bluegrass or Argentine Bahia grass.
Midnight is reaaaaallly nice ;)
Question, when renovating, do you need to add new topsoil to the lawn? before throwing down the seed?
What should I do with the thick layer of dead grass after? It is very thick and appears to be growing like bermuda, so it is extremely difficult to rake thru. Thanks.
Awesome video. Simple but detailed.
Thanks!
plz I need to know what is the difference between doing all the step that you did versus the step by removing all the grass put new soil and add new turf? is it the price? or just the sake of making vdo?
Just completed my first lawn Reno. 20k sqft. Wow it's a lot of work and keeping it watered was NOT enjoyable. It looks great I guess. Just looks kind of thin. How long until it thickens up? Most of the seed took to my knowledge and I put 10 ibs per 1000 of tttf.
So not so much as thicken up but as far as it going into the tiller stage.
It looks like your yard in this video at 15:50.
Will it fill in before winter?
So you suggest using compost instead of peat moss? How much peat/compost do you use per 1,000 sw ft?
I’m sure these two questions are somewhere in the feed. But …. When should I start this renovation process and also it’s it a good idea to till my yard after all the grass is dead. I have a very uneven yard and hard soil. I was thinking to till it then roll it. What are your thoughts
So you didn’t have to fully remove all of the dead grass? Just layered everything on top of the dead grass after it’s been cut to its shortest height?
So after killing the grass, the soil below it is acceptable for future grass? I saw you put new soil on top. Thats all for the soil portion?
That was peat moss.
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but you don't have to dig or rip out the current grass before planting new stuff? Does killing the existing grass make enough room for new roots?
Nope, as long as you scalp the yard that's all you have to do. The old grass stubs actually help keep the seed from moving around.
Great video, all the steps in one viewing!
Thanks!
Can't wait for the green grass and warm temps, sick of cold nasty weather
I'm a Canadian temporarily in the UK with my British fiancee. She has a small front yard and a medium backyard.
The lawn was completely overgrown in the front. almost all weeds. The gravel and slab driveway was completely invisible under the foliage. I mowed, hedge trimmed, and snipped everything as low as I could. Got my hands in the short grass and literally lifted massive sheets of either thin vines or really long and fallen over grass. Eventually I got it all relatively short. I weeded the driveway and trimmed the small trees.
The backyard was a nightmare. Completely overgrown thorny vines along the entire border of the yard. The thorn vines coiled everywhere, some spanning over 40 feet under the lawn all across the yard. The main bushes of thorn vines stood 6ft tall and about 5 feet outward. The lawn is MUCH larger looking with all that removed. I trimmed trees back, and removed bushes and small unappealing trees. The lawn needed to be mowed 5 times, raked and mowed again. The problem I have is that the grass is very viney and it lays flat so the mower wont cut it. Raking it has been very difficult and doesn't seem to be working well. Tips would be much appreciated.
I'm at the point where it's at least under control, but I want to just nuke it and kill everything.
The transformation so far has been incredible. I'd love to give her a decent yard that makes the neighbours jealous.
Did you consider renting a sod cutter to remove the old lawn instead of mowing it? I'm about to go through this whole process myself. I've already killed everything, and now I'm considering renting a sod cutter to remove the grass, and then a tiller to help level out a couple spots in the yard. Any thoughts?
What should I do if I have a tree that is constantly throwing leaves on the lawn area I’m trying to renovate? I don’t want to rake up the new seed but the leaves will literally cover the renovated area within a week.
hard work pay o ff. nice grass...
DUDE! It's amazing how good your lawn looks compared to before! I started following your channel AFTER the renovation, so I had no idea where you started originally! I've got some work to do on mine to get to where you're at, but I'll get there. Slowly, but surely! :-)
Thanks!
Nice video full of info...thx for posting, but I can't help noticing & wondering why is the toddler always only wearing a Peat Moss diaper and everyone else has on clothing🤔...perhaps PPE lawn gear? Very interesting to say the least.
Noticed powdery mildew on my grass. Bummed out my lawn was coming in so nice and now there’s spots that the grass looks dead. Any suggestions how to get rid of it and what might be the reason for the mildew?
What seed did you use? What type of grass is that?
I think we are in over our heads.... we have a home on 2 acre lot (it used to be farm field here in IN) we purchased in winter so couldn't tell until spring but, previous owners had ONLY done what was required by the bank to close the home loan 3 yrs. previous, so basically we have 2 acres of junk grass/weeds/grabgrass/junk, not to mention it is SOOOOO bumpy and uneven, it defiantly need graded & there is no irritation (which we had at the old house) and I have had lawn companies tell us we need to burn it all off and start over. Which is estimated about $10,000. to hire done (can't afford that) & it's a bit of BIG project for us, mainly the watering in of a new lawn on 2 acre. Any good suggestions for such a large undertaking? I know all our neighbors who have beautiful lawns have to hate looking at ours.
At what time of the year do you do the grass renovation? Or grass fixing
Fall is best
Wow, quite a video. Good content. Thanks.
Thanks!
Thank you so much! This is such a resourceful video! My lawn is terrible and full of weeds and patches, even has uneven surfaces. I can’t wait to start it by killing everything off and starting new. Do you have any advise for an uneven lawn? There are so many dips and holes, I don’t know how to fill them in without creating another hole.
I just moved and have the same issue now! You want to fill the holes with soil not compostable / organic material. Otherwise over time it'll sink back down. After it rains you'll want to go check if it settled and needs any more.
@@GrassDaddy Thank you!
Great job. One question: When doing a full renovation, is it not necessary to remove the dead thatch/existing sod after it dies, and prior to seeding, starter fert, peat moss?
You don't have to completely remove it but you don't want a matted mess. It's best to scalp and rake but there will be stubs of grass left over which is ok
Good idea on the rock. Always thought of rotten wood under there creating mushrooms but never thought of solid rock. Quite frankly never thought I should worry about it at least not in a new development. Now I do. lol
New developments can be the worst! They will hide debris in the soil lol one guy I know had a huge amount of pea gravel because they dumped the excess in his yard before putting loam over it
this is great
so many questions
but i will look at more videos of yours
Would it be ok to renovate my lawn during the spring? Completely kill everything and start over? I don’t want to try it if it’s not the right time. Thanks and your videos are amazing.
It can be done but I wouldn't advise it unless you have irrigation. You have to water it more the first summer if you seed in spring because the roots won't be developed. That's why fall is recommended. However if you have irrigation it's much easier to keep alive.
Thanks man. I'm going for it this year. I have done the kill it and start over before but then the kids grew and lawn care moved down on the list. I think since I'm in Tennessee I will dethatch next week as well as core aerate - I finally broke down and bought a 27 dollar step aerator. Lol. It will do the job, I only have 1/4 acre. My plan is to overseed right after all of that and then do it again in the fall. My lawn is a hot mess but not awful. Have you seen overseeding as a solution work now that I can devote more time to it? I am thinking that a healthy fescue will eventually choke out all the crap...
Fescue won't choke it out but if you keep killing the weeds and overseeding as needed it'll get the job done. Just remember to use the starter with weed preventer ;)
How often do you water the ground after you seed? Once a day? Every other?
Thanks for the video. Can you elaborate on how to set up sprinklers, what they cost, and how much water you use for the size of the lawn? I have 1/4 acre lot, and every gallon of water I use costs me twice (water & sewer), so I would want to understand in advance how many gallons of water I might expect to use with a sprinkler setup if I decide to water my lawn.
I think an inch of water over 1000 sqft is 600 gallons. Many places will allow you to put in a separate meter for irrigation so you aren't charged a sewage bill on it. My system cost $2700 for 5 zones and 36 sprinkler heads, installed. They did the plumbing/everything.
Lawn looks great! Got my pre-emergent down last weekend. Looking forward to the up-coming lawn care season.
streetstylz , what state are you in ?
hi gd, how long do I have to wait till the grass dies? I sprayed it 5 days ago but until now I didn’t see any grass turning brown. thanks
great video. thankyou for all the tips. it may be posted here or may have said but im unclear how long you must wait to seed. was it after everything looked really brown and dead? or is two weeks long enough? thank you again
Technically you can seed the same day you kill, but the reason you wait is to see if you missed anything. So once it looks dead then go for it.
Grass Daddy Can you use a sod cutter instead of the chemicals?
Hope you're having a great day Grass Daddy. Getting to be spring like in my neck of the woods, look forward to seeing your new lawn videos.
Thanks! We got snow but it is almost melted again!
Where ya been? Was kinda wonder what I should be doing to prep my lawn before winter.
Should I aerate before applying starter, peat moss, and seeds
Excellent video!! Thank you so much!
You are welcome! Let me know how your reno turns out ;-)
Fellow Rhode Islander very cool!
very!
It looks like you used the same sprayer to spray the tacifier after spraying the roundup. What did you use to clean the sprayer in between?
Triple rinse
Good job
That’s the best ever I seen
It ended up looking great. I have some odd ball grass types in my front that I have to work on, I am hoping I can just over seed them out over a couple of seasons.
You could spot spray with roundup before over seeding, less crazy than the whole thing ;)
I really love the content. Can't wait until spring
Thanks! It was 50 again today and I saw our first bird hehe
That's good. Snow is melting here. Supposed to hit 63 Monday!!!!!!
Very nice work!
Can you overseed with St Augustine grass? If so, are there any seed types that you recommend?
Fernando Mendoza
I’m surprised that you have not received any returns on your question?
I’d like to comment on Your St Augustine inquiry ..
Generally the best approach to St. Augustine installations is “plugging it “
By that I mean to say, graft the flats by breaking into 6”x6” patches and lay those patches (about a foot apart) into-a prepared surface and maintain the space with frequent watering.
If you need to repair a n existing lawn thar has a portion of health S .A.grass, carefully dig patches of healthy grass and transplant it to the needed areas after you prepared that soil. Allow those areas that you harvested transplant material to “heal” and fill in just as you nurture the transplanted area with care in the same way.
We used to use Sulfate of Ammonia found in various Garden Supply Stores for periodic greening of our St. Augustine.
Always set your blades high on the mower (to level out the cut) instead of shaving the lawn down to the root. S. A. Grows more horizontal than fescues and other blade grasses.
Hope my reply (albeit 6mos. late) imparts some inspiration? Via con Dios
I'm redoing my mulch, using the type that breaks down into soil. Might be a silly question but, will the tackifier work on holding the mulch in place? I have a few spots where the rain tends to move it around (just a little bit) during heavy rains. Btw, probably spelt "tackifier" wrong but you get the idea lol. Thanks, great video!
Did you end up tilling? How did you level? I’m in the middle of killing right now. I’m renovating 2K sq ft, and as I use a dethatcher it seems to be broken into fine pieces and fairly level.
Is it safe to put lawn food after a week?
How can I know what kind of grass can I grow here in Fort Worth tx I was in houston tx this weekend and saw some beautiful st Agustin and now I’m wondering if I can remove my Bermuda grass and put some st Agustin in my lawn ,
Good videos by the way I been watching all your videos I want to dominate the Nabors with my lawn lol
Thinking about doing this to my lawn. I feel like my soil is compacted. Should I do something like try to add some fresh soil before I seed?
I recently planted Bermuda stembande roots. I water area daily. Now a lot of moss is growing in open spaces, I am concerned in how the moss will compete with Bermuda golf green I planted in backyard. Will Bermuda eventually outgrew the moss???
I’m sure someone already asked but how long after you sprayed the lawn were you able to seed? I was surprised to see you just put the seed down on the existing dead lawn instead of removing it down to top soil but it worked I’ll probably try this in my backyard which has a slope
So you can seed as soon as the glyphosate is dry, HOWEVER, you want to kill it a few weeks before because most likely you will miss spots or new weeds will grow. So it gives you time to apply a 2nd or 3rd time if need be.
Ok, thanks for the reply!
Grass Daddy how long did it take to get a final kill on the yard?
Would you use clover seeds on your lawn mixed in with the grass seeds of course
Good info....I am a rookie at this so far I renod two different areas of my yard. One came out awesome and the other is only a week old so there jury is out. In both areas I used a grass seed mix for my location mostly fescue and bluegrass and some rye. I was under the impression that a mix was better for health of the lawn...I guess not yours is incredible. Also in both cases instead of roundup I scraped up the existing old lawn spread new top soil then seeded. I did use peat moss over the top of the seeds.
Mixes are great for different conditions. Most likely something will grow whereas if you plant a single strain and it doesn't like your conditions it won't come in very good.
Grass Daddy I didnt realize they have sod quality seed tho I am using Pennington smart seed mix. I looked at the super seed store...it is quite a bit more of an investment. I might get a small bag to try out first to see if I see a difference. I plan on doing about 10k square feet more of my yard this fall
Rich Proto so sod quality is the amount of weed seeds in it not the type of grass. POA annua and POA triv are grassy weeds but since they are grass it's not listed as a weed on labels - instead it is "other crop". Sod quality seed should have 0 weeds and other crop. Box store types will have a % weed and % other crop but the amount varies per bag. Some are better than others.
Grass Daddy well that's quite deceiving and informative....thanks for the info
Grass Daddy one more question should I just go with 1 type of grass or a mix? The area im planting next gets lots of sun a good 8 hours a day.
Dude your lawn went from dead 💀 to amazing! Nice job and synopsis video.
I would be going gray and losing more hair if I killed my lawn. It had to bother you all year coming out and seeing a peat moss lawn. Lol
Lawn Dad it is nerve racking when it's dead and then because winter came early it didn't take off before winter like I expected lol so yes it was stressful but it's great now!
Definitely is!
Did you overseed after initial growth, or is that the natural spread of KBG?
Great video and cute kids!
Thanks! They are fun to have around =P
First and foremost I gotta say thank u for the awesome videos, ur videos are very detailed and informative. I do have a question though, I just bought my house and I need a huge renovation on the yard. The side of the house apparently had English ivy growing. Being that I used my mower over it, how do I kill them and the roots? Please Help
You'll need to use Triclopyr, preferably the higher rate brush killer concentration. But you need contact with the leaf so if you buzzed off all the leafs then you'll have to wait till they grow back.
Thanks for your video! I overseeded my lawn last weekend and I'm not sure if the starter fertilizer I used had weed preventer (tenacity) in it. Hopefully I dont get too many weeds. If I do, is there a product I can use to kill them or will I have to pull by hand? I'd hate to kill my new lawn while its still growing...
Found this to be very helpful
Thanks!
6:19 Oh man...Flintstones-mode activated! It's game over for that rock.
Awesome video!! Very detailed thanks for this!
Looking back now would you choose the same KBG varieties you did?
Yes
Great video and the lawn looks great. Question though - you mentioned that glyphosate doesn't kill Sedge! I've been wanting to do a reno like this for a long time but I seem to be getting more and more sedge each year. How do you recommend getting rid of the sedge?
what tackifier do you recommend? I could not find any products on your amazon store. Thanks man. Great video
The Journal on your website isnt working. I was able to add 1 day but the next day is not saving and not appearing. I am also not able to click on the one that did save.