If anything, I'd spend my money on a good dethatching procedure and
make sure you water very deeply every five days and the grass will
fill in. You can cut your own plugs and put them into the areas where
there is no turf now. After you water it well for a few weeks,
fertilize it with a quality product. For turf I like Bradfield
alfalfa pellets, but Sustane or Lady Bug is also a great product.

If you continue to mow regularly, water deeply and fertilize it, you
will fast have a lovely lawn.

On Tue, 02 May 2006 09:12:51 -0600, carol k
wrote:

I recently bought a house as is, and the lawn looks like crap. The
previous owner neglected to water it regularly and keep it maintained,
so half of the lawn is pretty much dead/weedy. It's St. Ausgustine
grass.

Any suggestions on how to redo my lawn? I don't have a lot of money,
so I can't hire a contractor or buy a truckload of new St. Ausgustine.
I'm thinking along the line of renting a tiller and reseeding it with
another kind of grass (What kind of grass can coexist with St.
Ausgustine?)... What's the best way to approach this project? I've
asked people at Home Depot and they weren't very helpful.