we live in wisconsin, and have started new lawn on a couple of acres of our
yard. VERY CRAPPY, CLAY, SOIL
it is full of weeds, but will overtime be thick wonderful grass.
tom is watering alot, and in the fall he will fertilize and overseed.
in the spring he will fertilize and overseed again.
he cuts the lawn at a 4inch level and it does quite well.
best of luck!

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rosie

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"bthiede" wrote in message
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I moved into my new house in May. The contractor tilled and put seed
down, but unfortunately I was gone a lot for the first few weeks so I
wasn't there to water/take care of the grass, so it didn't do well.
Also, I think the soil is pretty bad. Now I have some grass, but
mostly weeds and hard, rocky soil.

I sent a soil sample to be tested, but aside from the treatments to get
the soil right, what else do I need to do before planting?

I assume my best chance is to get rid of all the weeds and grass and
start fresh? Would the grass have any chance of forcing out the weeds
over time if I just overseeded?

Should I kill off and dig up all of the weeds?

Would tilling get rid of the weeds anyway without having to spray
anything?

Is it worth it to rent/buy a tiller or would it be reasonable to do it
with something like the Garden Claw? I only have about 0.2 acres.

I assume I should get rid of as many of the rocks as possible?

As you can tell, I am very new to this, so any and all advice is
welcome...