"Fleemo" wrote in message
om...
Despite all the hard work I spend on my lawn, this spring it looks
like CRAP! We've had an unusally wet winter, and all my neighbors'
lawns look lush and green. But mine looks all yellow and just plain
crappy. (See a photo of this disaster at
http://www.inhouzemusic.com/q/lawn.html)

Where am I going wrong? My back yard, which I redid two seasons ago,
is lush and green and beautiful. My front yard, which I hope to redo
someday soon, is just plain ugly. Despite fertilizing and regular
mowing, it's pretty sad. Even areas where I put in new sod look
yellowish and pathetic. Could it be lack of aeration? Bad soil? How
can I make it lush and green, short of tearing it out and starting
over? HELP!

And it is not good for those trees to keep mowing their roots. The trees are
taking the nutrients and the water and the sun from the grass so why grow
grass there? Plant something else between the roots like pachysandra but do
not bury the roots or the trees will die. Why do you need to grow grass when
other things will do much better?

alice