trax wrote:
All reasonable advice would be appreciated.
I have a big amount of lawn approximately 10,000 square feet. Location
Northern California. The lawn was established when I purchased the
house. It is a thin blade grass. I use the 'Scotts' fertilizer plan
and water regularly. The lawn was absolutely beautiful a few months
ago (April & May) but recently it has turned brown in spots and looks
dry and has lots of crabgrass. Please advice, what can I do to get my
beautiful lawn back. I also aerote twice a year.
Thanks,

If you use the Scott's plan, you were probably late with the crabgrass
pre-emergent treatment. Don't use Scott's myself as I think they overdo
it. I do use a pre-emergent that costs half as much and put it on early
or in my part of the East before the forsythia blooms.