Well, I have been told a billion times that autumn is the time to plant
and feed, so having bought a home with about 3 patches of grass, I
rented a tiller and tilled up about 6" of soil, fed it, seeded it,
tamped it, fed it and seeded it again, covered it with hay and started
watering.

After about 3 weeks, nothing has come up. I noticed a few sprouts
yesterday, but it just doesn't look good.

Now, is it possible that this is just an autumn dormancy thing and come
spring I'll have a beautiful, deep-green lawn sprouting up, or have I
done something wrong? I've got the lawn covered with hay, but of course
I won't be able to leave it there all winter...

Thanks,
fnord