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As Doug suggested, cutting the grass high in the future is a good
practice. But when you're over-seeding, you want to cut it relatively
short before seeding.


Right. And, if you manually rip out weeds in certain spots, leaving them
bare, get yourself some burlap and a way of holding it in place (bricks,
baseball-size rocks). Burlap shades the area so it stays damp longer, like
when you're away at work and can't cater to the seed for 8-10 hours at a
time. And, it protects the seeds from birds. The new grass will grow through
the holes, and you can lift the burlap off easily at that point. It also
breaks up the sprinkler spray or rain so seed won't get splattered out of
place.

It's nuts to consider burlap for a whole lawn, obviously, but it's a great
tool for selected spots.